Name
BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH SYNDROME
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES: * STASIS CAUSED BY IMPAIRED PERISTALSIS * CHAGES IN INTESTINAL ANATOMY ( DIVERTICULUMS * DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SMALL & LARGE BOWELS* DEMONSTRATION OF INCREASED LEVELS OF AEROBIC AND/OR ANAEROBIC COLONIC TYPE BACTERIAS IN A JEJUNAL ASPIRATE- DIAGNOSTIC * SCHILLING TEST - ABNORMAL . BECOMES NORMAL AFTER 5 DAYS COURSE OF ORAL TETRACYCLINE * BREATH HYDROGEN TEST FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATION OF LACTOSE * SERUM B12 LEVELS - LOW * SERUM FOLATE LEVELS - HIGH
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, SERUM FOLATE, SERUM B12, SCHILLING TEST