This was not observed in the present study but this could be due to the inclusion of long-term IBS patients with chronic functional diarrhea defined as "Loose (mushy) or watery stools", i.e. a rather homogene- ous phenotype, all having elevated baseline BSS (6 to 7 for at least 75%...
The fact that IBS can cause people to have one type of stool pattern more often than another can be used to support the connection between IBS and SIBO.For example, SIBO patients will typically exhibit excessive gas present within their GI tract due to the increased presence of gas-producing ...