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Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome

What is Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome?

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth is a disorder of excessive bacterial growth in the small intestine. With this disorder symptoms like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and weight loss may be present. For the diagnosis of bacterial overgrowth, aspiration from the jejunum is made where the bacterial growth is more.

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I am a 39yr old male. For the past 3+ weeks I have been experiencing nausea, upset stomach, XXXXXXX hued bowel movements (no diarrhea), and some...

doctor1 MD

Hi XXXXXXX

Thanks for your query.

Citrobacter bacteria is a gram negative coliform organism generally found in the soil, water, sewage & waste...

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i have just currently went to UK,colchester , i had a meat and salad on plane then after 2 hours i had a glass of water from kitchen sink then...

doctor1 MD

Hello,

Thank you for your query.

From the history provided it seems that you might have had a episode of food poisoning either due to bacterial...

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