00:00In this video, we are going to show you how to create a new microbiota with the help of a new method.
00:15The increasingly deep knowledge of the complex microbiota-intestinal universe has paved the way for new diagnoses,
00:24which, on the one hand, forces doctors to acquire new awareness on which to re-impose more targeted and effective therapies,
00:31on the other, precisely because of their originality, they risk remaining largely unknown, if not totally ignored.
00:39SIBO is a very widespread pathological condition characterized by an increased concentration of bacteria in the intestine.
00:48In fact, the term SIBO is nothing more than an acronym for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth,
00:56a condition in which an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine, that is, in the thin and thick intestine,
01:06is often associated with a situation of malabsorption due to an increased permeability of that tract of the intestine.
01:15On the clinical level, SIBO is characterized mainly by a marked condition of abdominal swelling,
01:23which in turn is often associated with flatulence, alveoli, stiffness or diarrhea, or more often alternation of stiffness-diarrhea,
01:33and still pain, an intense pain that is usually felt in the right quadrant of the abdomen.
01:41And then there is still a reflexive phenomenology with tachycardia, with raclase, that is, this dry cough,
01:49which is caused by a sort of constant constipation, constipation in the throat, and still dysphonia, that is, lowering of the voice,
01:58raucedine, dysphagia, that is, impediment, difficulty in swallowing, metallic taste, alitosis.
02:06Often, moreover, these symptoms are also associated with disorders of absorption, absorptive deficits,
02:15that is, vitamin deficiency, for example B12 or B9 or D3, and therefore also anemic state due to lack of iron,
02:25and still anomalies of the anus, hair, nails, osteoporosis, weight loss, muscle weakness.
02:34Still, the bacterial flora of the intestine, which, when unbalanced, is an important co-artifact of our well-being,
02:41can become responsible for various problems in cases in which that balance, for some reason, should be lost.
02:48SIBO, as well as intestinal pathological quadri, such as celiac disease, SNAS, or diverticulosis,
02:56is frequently associated with surgical practices, such as gastric resections, post-surgical adherence,
03:03ileocolic resections with the elimination of the ileocecal valve, gastrointestinal bypasses,
03:10and any alteration of the normal intestinal structure and function.
03:14But the most frequent cause of SIBO is certainly represented by a continuous intake of drugs
03:22that belong to the category of the so-called proton pump inhibitors,
03:27more simply, more commonly known as gastric protectors.
03:32It should be remembered that these drugs are practically able to inhibit the production of hydrochloric acid,
03:38and are often taken by patients for very long times, as if hydrochloric acid were an option,
03:45as if it were the production of something that the body has decided to produce, even if it was not necessary.
03:51Hydrochloric acid has a very important function, as it prevents food from being digested,
03:58that is, it eliminates the food that, after being digested, will continue its path in the various phases of digestion.
04:05Now, if this process is inhibited, it happens that the undigested food reaches the intestinal bacteria
04:12that are more downstream, which, receiving the undigested food, especially if FODMAP,
04:17that is, if it is fermentable, will produce fermentation, with all the consequences that this fermentation can generate
04:25and that we have previously pointed out.
04:28Among the other drugs that can contribute to the emergence of SIBO, I recall antibiotics,
04:34when, of course, they must be taken continuously,
04:38antibiotics that we know are able to profoundly alter the composition of the intestinal microbiota,
04:44and also antispastics that are often self-supplied,
04:50in the case, for example, of the irritable bowel,
04:53antispastics that, by blocking the peristaltic action of the intestine,
04:57slow down the intestinal transit, favoring the action of the fermentative bacteria,
05:02and then I also recall the states of anxiety as a possible cause of SIBO,
05:07as in the states of anxiety an altered production of serotonin is determined,
05:13which is important for regulating the intestinal transit,
05:17and, last note, I would like to reserve it for a nutrition that is practically free of fiber.
05:26It is essential to deal with SIBO temporarily,
05:29since untreated cases can lead to long-term complications and nutritional deficiencies.
05:35The correct treatment of SIBO necessarily involves the setting up of therapeutic protocols
05:41aimed at reducing the excessive growth of bacteria,
05:44together with changes in the diet to support the health of the intestine.
05:49SIBO diagnosis is based on the breath test,
05:52that is, a breath test that allows to measure the amount of hydrogen and methane gas
05:58produced by the intestinal fermentative bacteria,
06:01as well as a test of intestinal permeability conducted correctly,
06:07a test that is carried out on a urinary matrix,
06:10can allow to carry out a correct diagnosis.
06:15I say right away that diagnosis is essential,
06:18because it is from correct diagnosis that an equally correct therapy comes out,
06:22a therapy that, in the case of SIBO,
06:25obviously cannot be based on the use of gastric protectors,
06:29because rather than curing the pathology, they tend to induce it.
06:33So, diagnosis, I repeat, is essential,
06:36also because it is necessary to keep in mind that the acid produced by bacteria,
06:41which tends to generate reflux phenomena,
06:43is sulfhydric acid and not chloride acid,
06:46and on sulfhydric acid, gastric protectors have no effect.
06:51So, watch out for diagnosis,
06:53because it is from this that a therapy can derive,
06:56really capable of stabilizing the pathology.
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