Tag: ph
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Malabsorption
Even if someone’s diet seems to include plenty of a particular nutrient, if they aren’t absorbing the nutrients they are consuming they could still have deficiencies. In the Discussion section of their paper, the authors of the LIFEHOUSE study (Stone et al., 2023) mention vertical ridging of the nails as an example of a symptom…
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SIBO
A case report by Kurtovic et al. (2005) describes a man who had been experiencing diarrhea and abdominal pain for 27 years. He was diagnosed with SIBO by duodenal aspirates registering 1012 CFU of bacteria/mL. He was given antibiotics for four weeks, with no improvement in either symptoms or bacteria count. Then he was given…
