Elemental diet SIBO
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Elemental diet SIBO
Have any of you tried or thought of trying an elemental diet? Have any of you thought you might have small intestine bacterial overgrowth, and if so, have you explored possible treatment options. If so, what have you tried?
IMO virtually all of us have some degree of SIBO when we are reacting. I had obvious signs of SIBO a few weeks ago when inflammation caused by a kidney stone triggered a reaction. As always, the issue resolved as the inflammation faded away and my digestion returned to normal. The best treatment seems to be a safe diet, in order to restore normal digestion.
I haven't had any experience with an elemental diet, though.
Tex
I haven't had any experience with an elemental diet, though.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Jennifer,
I forgot to mention that many members here have tried to treat SIBO, but I don't recall ever reading any success stories where it actually made a positive difference in their recovery. A search of the archives should turn up many old threads about the topic. Quite a few have tried 1 or more regimens using Rifaximin, for example, but even though their GI docs insisted it would solve their problem, any improvement always quickly faded away after the treatment ended.
Tex
I forgot to mention that many members here have tried to treat SIBO, but I don't recall ever reading any success stories where it actually made a positive difference in their recovery. A search of the archives should turn up many old threads about the topic. Quite a few have tried 1 or more regimens using Rifaximin, for example, but even though their GI docs insisted it would solve their problem, any improvement always quickly faded away after the treatment ended.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hi Rich,
Sorry to hear that. I hope yours weren't too painful. I got off lucky as far as I can tell. I had never had one before either, but the first one showed up about a month ago. It stopped my motility, so with an ileostomy, I naturally assumed that I had a blockage, so I high-tailed it to the ER, where after a few hours they tracked it down to a kidney stone located just above the bladder in the right ureter. They didn't give me anything, and by the time I got back home, I was already feeling better, so I assumed that it had passed into my bladder. And my gut started working again. That was the last I "heard" of it.
Exactly 3 weeks later, I had another, same side, but that time I didn't bother going to the ER, since I recognized the symptoms. And since I didn't stop drinking water (when you go to the ER, they won't allow any water until they figure out the problem), it made the trip faster, so the pain wasn't as severe and didn't last as long (or maybe it was smaller). The second one triggered an apparent MC reaction, however, which lasted about 4 or 5 days before beginning to fade away.
I'm pretty sure that mine were caused by a combination of dehydration and inadequate vitamin A and vitamin K2, which kicked up my calcium blood level (since I take plenty of vitamin D). I've ordered some A and K2 supplements. I assumed that my multivitamin had plenty, but after checking the label, I found that it didn't.
It's hard to win with an ileostomy, because I can't recycle water. If I don't drink enough water, I become dehydrated during the night. If I drink plenty of water, then my kidneys work faster, and in additional to having to get up during the night, I get dehydrated even faster. Before I started drinking more water to try to prevent the development of additional kidney stones, I rarely felt dehydrated (and my kidneys didn't run it all into my bladder as fast as possible).
There has to be a happy medium somewhere, but I'm having trouble finding it again. 
Anyway, I hope that we can both nip this in the bud, because some of the descriptions I've heard about kidney stones didn't sound very appealing, to say the least.
Tex
Sorry to hear that. I hope yours weren't too painful. I got off lucky as far as I can tell. I had never had one before either, but the first one showed up about a month ago. It stopped my motility, so with an ileostomy, I naturally assumed that I had a blockage, so I high-tailed it to the ER, where after a few hours they tracked it down to a kidney stone located just above the bladder in the right ureter. They didn't give me anything, and by the time I got back home, I was already feeling better, so I assumed that it had passed into my bladder. And my gut started working again. That was the last I "heard" of it.
Exactly 3 weeks later, I had another, same side, but that time I didn't bother going to the ER, since I recognized the symptoms. And since I didn't stop drinking water (when you go to the ER, they won't allow any water until they figure out the problem), it made the trip faster, so the pain wasn't as severe and didn't last as long (or maybe it was smaller). The second one triggered an apparent MC reaction, however, which lasted about 4 or 5 days before beginning to fade away.
I'm pretty sure that mine were caused by a combination of dehydration and inadequate vitamin A and vitamin K2, which kicked up my calcium blood level (since I take plenty of vitamin D). I've ordered some A and K2 supplements. I assumed that my multivitamin had plenty, but after checking the label, I found that it didn't.
It's hard to win with an ileostomy, because I can't recycle water. If I don't drink enough water, I become dehydrated during the night. If I drink plenty of water, then my kidneys work faster, and in additional to having to get up during the night, I get dehydrated even faster. Before I started drinking more water to try to prevent the development of additional kidney stones, I rarely felt dehydrated (and my kidneys didn't run it all into my bladder as fast as possible).
There has to be a happy medium somewhere, but I'm having trouble finding it again. Anyway, I hope that we can both nip this in the bud, because some of the descriptions I've heard about kidney stones didn't sound very appealing, to say the least.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.