THE MANUAL FOR PRACTITIONERS
Treatment of small intestinal bacterial over growth – an integrated approach
Are you a health care practitioner who treats people with digestive complaints?
Pain
Constipation
Diarrhoea
Alternating constipation and diarrhoea
Food sensitivities
Fatigue
Reflux/ burping
Abdominal cramping
Bloating and/or wind
Are you a health practitioner who is?
Feeling overwhelmed with all the information about SIBO
Confused about what SIBO is
Unsure about the causes of SIBO
Confused about how best to test for SIBO
Unsure about how to treat SIBO
Unsure about how to reach out to other health practitioners
Unsure about how your clients diet and lifestyle contributes to SIBO
Confused about why there is a high rate of relapse with SIBO
Confused about what to do when your treatment plan doesn’t work
“All disease begins in the gut.” – Hippocrates
Hippocrates said this more than 2,000 years ago, but we’re only now coming to understand just how right he was. In fact, many researchers believe that supporting intestinal health and restoring the integrity of the gut barrier will be one of the most important goals of medicine in the 21st century.
SIBO is not simply a dysbiosis in the small intestine that can be treated with probiotics. It is a complex, multi-faceted disorder, which in turn requires are integrated treatment approach.
Did you know that 70% of clients who are diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) have a condition called small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)?
SIBO is a condition where there is an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine, when normally bacteria should be found in the large intestine.
As naturopathic practitioners both Alon and Karly saw a gap in current treatment recommendations for SIBO. They have both commonly spoken to practitioners, who didn’t understand the complexity of the condition and felt overwhelmed by it in clinic. This inspired them to create this practitioner manual full of the recent research and a specific treatment plan.
SIBO is a complex condition, with a high rate of relapse – but with this manual to treating SIBO in your clinic, you will have a much clearer understanding about the approach to take with these clients and therefore increased clinical outcomes for your patients.
This book will give you:
- A thorough understanding of SIBO and IBS
- Insight into what the symptoms of SIBO are
- How SIBO can be related symptoms and presentations beyond the digestive system
- An in-depth understanding about the causes of SIBO
- Testing for SIBO
- How to interpret test results for SIBO patients
- An understanding of the complexity of the condition and relapse rates
- Treatment of SIBO – conventional, naturopathic, nutritional and lifestyle
- An overview of how conventional medicine and naturopathic medicine can work together to increase clinical outcomes in some patients
- An understanding about what prokinetics are and some examples for treatment
- A specific 10-week treatment plan to use when working with patients with SIBO
- Post SIBO treatment guidance
