I agree with you that there is a lot of treatment options missing still.
It’s really hard to change your (leaky) gut and microbiome, even if you keep testing it and checking.
It’s really hard to change your (leaky) gut and microbiome, even if you keep testing it and checking.
I think one of the problems is that because it is not “mainstream” yet, that we don’t treat it until you have had it for years. I think it gets harder and harder to treat the longer you have it.
Another problem is that I think this problem can only be treated by a personalized treatment plan and how do you test that in a protocol.
What helped for me is treating the dysbiosis (sibo) constantly, giving the immune system support for getting the LPS out (LDN, immunoglobulins), trying to influence the microbiome (probiotics), treating inflammation in the gut (curcumine, mesalazin, omega 3)
I don’t think any of those things would have worked on their own, so it wouldn’t do well in a study.
I don’t think any of those things would have worked on their own, so it wouldn’t do well in a study.
I also am on cromolyn sodium, ranitidine, and ketotifen though I wonder what these drugs do to the microbiome and wonder if they're contributing to the problem. I've never had SIBO, though I know many patients do. And I'm on curcumin and don't need omega 3s.
There needs to be more science around this as most of the studies are testing only one intervention at a time. It's too complex a problem. My family hss been doing stool trsts for 10 years and trying interventions and the results one gets are not always predictable.
But we need to try anyway, as it's important.