anncavan
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Hi friends,
My has been diagnosed with Sjogrens, recently Lupus (the type that shows itself in the form of skin rashes and mouth sores) and now they're talking Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth(SIBO).
For SIBO testing, she had to eat only white food for 24 hours (white bread, potatoes and chicken) before a saliva test. That sounds insane to me. My only guess is they wanted severe yeast overgrowth to show in the tests.
Her symptoms started to really up act after her recovery from knee replacement surgery. She had been on some serious pain medication, and of course it was stressful.
She also mentioned she'd had a foot fungus and was once put on 30 days of diflucan. She's not sure if that messed up her gut bacteria.
All of this sounded like things my fellow ME/CFS friends have gone through. Do any of you have any suggestions, resources, anything I can share with her? She lives in Iowa. I'm nervious these small town doctors don't know what's up. She's close to the Quad Cities and just a few hours from Iowa City... in case anyone has doctor rec's.
Thanks for any help/suggestions!!!
My has been diagnosed with Sjogrens, recently Lupus (the type that shows itself in the form of skin rashes and mouth sores) and now they're talking Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth(SIBO).
For SIBO testing, she had to eat only white food for 24 hours (white bread, potatoes and chicken) before a saliva test. That sounds insane to me. My only guess is they wanted severe yeast overgrowth to show in the tests.
Her symptoms started to really up act after her recovery from knee replacement surgery. She had been on some serious pain medication, and of course it was stressful.
She also mentioned she'd had a foot fungus and was once put on 30 days of diflucan. She's not sure if that messed up her gut bacteria.
All of this sounded like things my fellow ME/CFS friends have gone through. Do any of you have any suggestions, resources, anything I can share with her? She lives in Iowa. I'm nervious these small town doctors don't know what's up. She's close to the Quad Cities and just a few hours from Iowa City... in case anyone has doctor rec's.
Thanks for any help/suggestions!!!