I think I have SIBO or something

1. 2018-08-09 at 9 PM UTC

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   Cootehill African Astronaut [my unsymmetrically blurry oregano]
   SIBO = small intestinal bacteria overgrowth, which is when you eat too much easily fermented foods so get too much gut bacteria.
   
   I just have had really bad gas, cramping, etc from the region the last day or so, and particularly bad brain fog. Maybe it's just a bug, whatever. I usually feel some level of brain fog anyway, and the only time it really went away was back when I changed was losing weight, as I changed my diet majorly, so I am doing that again.
   
   It's just that living healthy is really goddam hard. Society is geared up to feed you rubbish.
2. 2018-08-09 at 9:09 PM UTC

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   Technologist victim of incest
   Coot,
   Did you look this up on one of the many self diagnosis sites? Don’t do that!!! I can’t tell you how many people come in and say they have this or that, only to find out their diagnosis is wayyyyyyy off.
   
   The symptoms you speak of could be IBS, colitis, diverticulitis, the list goes on and on. That’s the problem with those sites, so many symptoms of ailments are overlapping.
   
   Try a probiotic. Couldn’t hurt!
3. 2018-08-09 at 9:15 PM UTC

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   mikeyagain African Astronaut [unalterably regard the persecutor]

   Originally posted by Technologist Coot,
   Did you look this up on one of the many self diagnosis sites? Don’t do that!!! I can’t tell you how many people come in and say they have this or that, only to find out their diagnosis is wayyyyyyy off.
   
   The symptoms you speak of could be IBS, colitis, diverticulitis, the list goes on and on. That’s the problem with those sites, so many symptoms of ailments are overlapping.
   
   Try a probiotic. Couldn’t hurt!

   
   Probably a tumor...
4. 2018-08-09 at 9:17 PM UTC

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   Cootehill African Astronaut [my unsymmetrically blurry oregano]

   Originally posted by Technologist Coot,
   Did you look this up on one of the many self diagnosis sites? Don’t do that!!! I can’t tell you how many people come in and say they have this or that, only to find out their diagnosis is wayyyyyyy off.
   
   The symptoms you speak of could be IBS, colitis, diverticulitis, the list goes on and on. That’s the problem with those sites, so many symptoms of ailments are overlapping.
   
   Try a probiotic. Couldn’t hurt!

   
   If I complain about brain fog to a doctor I'll just get fobbed off. And they'll just put the gas down to food poisoning.
   
   Anyway, my problem is most likely something stomachy - solution is to change my diet.
5. 2018-08-10 at 2:45 AM UTC

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   cupocheer Space Nigga [unwillingly condescend the dp]

   Originally posted by Cootehill SIBO = small intestinal bacteria overgrowth, which is when you eat too much easily fermented foods so get too much gut bacteria.
   
   I just have had really bad gas, cramping, etc from the region the last day or so, and particularly bad brain fog. Maybe it's just a bug, whatever. I usually feel some level of brain fog anyway, and the only time it really went away was back when I changed was losing weight, as I changed my diet majorly, so I am doing that again.
   
   It's just that living healthy is really goddam hard. Society is geared up to feed you rubbish.

   
   
   It's called (medically) IBS.
   
   Start taking pro-biotics to help balance bacteria levels.