Gut Flora still out of whack
#363412 - 02/10/11 06:34 PM
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Not sure if you can help me but here goes...I have had GI problems for 10 years...all started after i contracted Giardia from a river in Oregon and was also on a 5 month course of antibiotics prior. After that developed gluten and dairy intolerance, IBS, constipation and numerous food sensitivities. Right now i take high quality probiotics and digestive enzymes but still have problems. I also started testing positive for parasites on Metametrix tests a year ago but my main concern is low bifido and lactobacilli. i feel these low levels are preventing me from recovering and getting normal bowel function. a few months ago i took rifaximin to treat bacterial overgrowth and followed it up with 1 month of probiotic megadosing (400 billion a day and kept alternating brands...used VSL3, HLC and custom probiotics) but my recent stool test again showed low levels of beneficial bacteria as well as 3 parasites (hookworm, unknown and endolimax nana). Can anyone help? ive been battling this for years and just cant get better and my quality of life has been progressively going downhill. ANy help would be appreciated
Regards,
J
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come on people- someone must have something useful to say
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Who did the stool test? Your GP? Is it possible you just have IBS? A while ago you said you were diagnosed with gastroparesis? How are you handling it?
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Doc ordered stool test by Metametrix - IBS is an understatement i think..LOL. dont think i have full blown gastroparesis, but probably a delayed gastric emptying. handling better now that im taking enzymes but still have to get my healthy flora levels up
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Interesting. I have never heard of a test that could definitely tell you which GI flora bacteria are low. There are about 1500+ different kinds of bacteria in the bowel. To date only about 500 are known. From you posting it seems the test showed lacto and bifido are low. However, which ones out of the dozens of species did they say were low? How did you GP suggest you handle hookworm and the other parasites? It is usually treated with drugs.
Is you doc a GP or GI doc?
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