Diagnosing SIBO and IMO
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and Intestinal Methane Overgrowth (IMO)
Using a series of breath test results Alison explains:
- Risk factors and symptoms experienced by clients with Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
- Which breath tests are most suitable to request and can be used to diagnose SIBO
- Significance of the timing and rise of hydrogen and methane and what a flat line can indicate
- How to identify Intestinal Methane Overgrowth (IMO) and presence of hydrogen sulphide
- The number of breath tests which are potentially being inaccurately reported
- Basic management and treatment plans based on breath test interpretation
- There is still a lot to learn!!
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About the Presenter
Alison Stewart has been practising as a dietitian for 29 years. She has mostly worked in private practice, collaborating with GP’s, gastroenterologists, diabetes educators, aged care facilities, exercise physiologists and psychologists.
Alison found some of her clients diagnosed with FODMAP intolerances did not improve with conventional dietetic strategies. She has investigated the management of SIBO and begun incorporating treatments in her clients using a more functional medicine approach.
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