Posted in Gastro-intestinal health
Gastric Inflammation: How A Bacterial Infection Causes Tissue Changes
Posted by Geoff Beaty
on 22 April 2022
When the bacterium Helicobacter pylori infects the stomach, it causes gastric inflammation and increases the risk of stomach cancer. A team of researchers have been able to explain characteristic changes which occur inside the gastric glands during an H. pylori infection. The researchers discovered a novel mechanism which, by restricting cell division in healthy stomach tissue, protects the stomach against cancerous changes. An inflammation of the stomach, however, de...
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Beyond Breath Testing: Using the GI-MAP to Uncover Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgroth
Posted
on 2 June 2021
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) indicates abnormal concentrations of bacterial in the small intestine. Although the classic definition of SIBO refers to the overgrowth of commensal organisms, opportunistic, and pathogenic organisms are often involved. SIBO is one of the most common issues reported by all of our patients undergoing cancer treatments.
The current diagnostic standard for SIBO within the functional medicine community is a three-hour lactulose breath test. This test...
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