Hello doctor in the house, please i would like to know what perfect treatment, diet and lifestyle is good for some one with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). the person was treated last month with ELICORID but symptoms keep reoccurring like after 3 weeks of treatment. Symptoms include migraine headache, enteric fever, temperature and chills.
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AmbulatoryMedic:


Thanks. The question is if you actually have h pylori, you can get tested for it in a lab but having the bacteria doesn’t mean it is causing your symptoms. If it is truly h pylori that is causing your symptoms, treatment should have worked unless you didn’t take your medications fully or something else is causing your symptoms.
OGD is also called endoscopy and it will provide better explanation for your symptoms.

Thank you for responding Doctor, you know at some point i thought so too that if it is h pylori it should have cleared away with treatment. I even used elicorid the three regimen drug. So i have been wondering that with a lot gas and bloating and reoccurrence.... it might be small intestine bacterial overgrowth.
But i will try to follow your suggestion of the OGD. It is just that most Doctors i visit do not prescibe it for me. All the prescribe is antibiotics again.
Thank you once more!

AmbulatoryMedic:


Hi Leem
Am not sure what you mean by having bacterial overgrowth as it can mean two different diagnosis like helicobacter pylori gastritis or small intestine bacteria overgrowth. Which one were you diagnosed with?.
I also wonder if you are having symptoms of c.difficile based on your recurrent antibiotic use. I think you need to follow up with your GP

Thank you for response Doctor, it is helicobacter pylori gastritis that was suspected because i also do have heartburn and indigestion frequently.

Hello Doctor, pls i have been having bacterial overgrowth over time now, and i have been prescribed amoxicillin 1g but i notice it gets better after treatment but after like 10-14 days after treatment it keeps reoccurring. Is that normal?
I also experience symptoms like stomach pain, purging and too much gas which smells bad.
Pls help i have been using antibiotics continuously
Hope to hear from you soon