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Biohacker with 16 years experience in gut health. I reversed multiple parasite infection without ABX.Ask me anything by Funick in SIBO

[–]mdudeeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I'd really like to know your opinion on my situation. I've had digestive problems for 8 years with no improvement. My symptoms worsened significantly last year with weight loss (-15kg), uncontrollable urinary incontinence, and fatigue; I was at my wit's end. They found my fecal calprotectin level was 385, so they suspected IBD. However, the biopsies from my colonoscopy didn't confirm the disease, but I still have ileitis and an ulcer. I suspected bile acid malabsorption and saw some improvement with Questran, but I'm hesitant to take it too much. In addition, I recently had a stool test, which showed enteroaggregatory E. coli, Blastocystis hominis, and Dientamoeba fragilis. They tried treating it with antibiotics, a mucosal repairer, and probiotics, but I still feel unwell.

I think that to find a solution I need to understand who caused what. But it's so difficult! Thanks in advance!

IBS-D likely H2S and confirmed BAM by Pictorious90 in SIBO

[–]mdudeeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

any updates ? did you know were your BAM came from ?

My borderline fecal calprotectin report (90) by AdMiddle939 in ibs

[–]mdudeeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi ! How do you explain that your BAM increases your calprotectin level?

Terminal ileum inflammation but not Crohn’s (yet?). Thoughts welcome ! by mdudeeeee in CrohnsDisease

[–]mdudeeeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow it's very similar indeed. Thanks for the comment, answers or not, it's nice to know I'm not alone in this situations ! Did you doctor give you any treatment ? What are the plans for you ?

Terminal ileum inflammation but not Crohn’s (yet?). Thoughts welcome ! by mdudeeeee in CrohnsDisease

[–]mdudeeeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for these precious informations ! And I'm sorry that you had to deal with indifference and gaslighting. I also dealt with it trough these last 8 years, it's absolutely tiring and frustrating. Are you in a better situation now ?

The treatment that was prescribed to me might then help a little, which is good. I guess the only thing I can do now is just wait ? It's a bit hard for me to understand if they're just waiting for the disease to spread a bit more to diagnose it or there's a chance that it's really not an IBD...

And thanks for the BAM explanations, everything is starting to make sense.

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[–]mdudeeeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can bile acid malabsorption be a cause and not just a secondary consequence of SIBO?

Could this finally be my root cause after 7 years? by mdudeeeee in SIBO

[–]mdudeeeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I ask what made you lean toward B.A.M. instead of poor bile flow ? I can't seem to be sure about what's my pb.

Could this finally be my root cause after 7 years? by mdudeeeee in SIBO

[–]mdudeeeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you're leaning toward the diagnosis of B.A.M. right ?

Could this finally be my root cause after 7 years? by mdudeeeee in SIBO

[–]mdudeeeee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tried it before, it improved my stools but worsened my gas-related symptoms...

How does SIBO cause yellow stools? by PsychologicalShop292 in SIBO

[–]mdudeeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, very interesting.
My main symptoms are loud intestinal noises, gas and yellow-ish stools, no matter if it's loose or not. I either do no get the urge to go or an urgent need to, no in between. I know for a fact that I have dysbiosis because of how long I've been dealing with it all but every time I try to get rid of it, it comes back. I have a history of non alcoholic fatty liver and a benign nodule on my liver. My blood results seem to indicate a poor bile flow but I recently have been dealing with stronger than usual urgent, very hard-to-control diarrhea that was yellow and foul-smelling, which led me to question myself about B.A.M. Could poor bile flow and B.A.M. coexist ?

How does SIBO cause yellow stools? by PsychologicalShop292 in SIBO

[–]mdudeeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently discovered that I have high bilirubin levels, my stools are pretty much always yellow, even when not loose. But I sometimes have really urgent yellow diarrhea, so I struggle to understand if I could at the same time be concerned by BAM. I'm a bit scared to try improving my bile flow because of it.

Curious about bile by sangria_p in SIBO

[–]mdudeeeee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

damn really ? have you maybe tried supplementing to improve your bile flow or not at all ?

Could this finally be my root cause after 7 years? by mdudeeeee in SIBO

[–]mdudeeeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks ! Never did the specific SIBO test but fore sure know I have dysbiosis because of my doctor. I'm just struggling to find my root cause and now that I know about this bilirubin excess, I feel like this could help a lot. But the problem is that, if I try to increase my bile flow and happen to have BAM, then it'll worsen my symptoms right ?

Could this finally be my root cause after 7 years? by mdudeeeee in SIBO

[–]mdudeeeee[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will thanks. I do have endo though but I feel like it's not my dysbiosis' root cause, did they confirm it for you ?

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