u/CodeTailor

▲ 8 r/SIBO

Still bloated after 14+ days of elemental diet. Lost hope

I am constantly bloated/distended and it is driving me mad. For 5 years it's been this way, 99p of the time, but it gets worse through out the day as I fill up and less in the morning.

I finished 14 days of peptamen whey based elemental diet plus some added MCT oil. Then I added chicken and eggs to the diet for 5 days, and since then I have reintroduced low fodmap cooked vegetables for a few days, so I'm on day 21 and I'm still bloated.

I'm also taking 1 mg prucalopride and 1000mg ginger a day. And also taking megaspore and boulardii since I finished first 14 days of the diet.

In the past I have tried many things including rifaxim multiple times and herbals. Tried a bunch of different probiotics also and other supplements

I rarely hear my stomach being loud so I thought maybe I have a motility problem but no idea why. I had pelvis MRI and enterography with no obvious findings from the typical radiologist.

What the **** is going on ?

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u/CodeTailor — 5 days ago
▲ 1 r/SIBO

I'm on day 13 of elemental with near zero bloat improvement.

AI told me that if I lay on my back and the bulge disappears, then it's APD.

Is it true or no. I do look skinny when I lie on back

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u/CodeTailor — 14 days ago

I've been having some bleeding with BM for 5 months but the pain was mildish. Never had problem sleeping.

Finally get it checked yesterday. Doctor did a proctoscopy. It was only for a second but I cried with pain. Then after the pain seemed to die down until night and then it became really loud.

He found a pea sized hemmerhoid and a small tear, according to him.

Well now the fissure is much more painful and idk what to do. It took many hours and Tylenol to fall asleep last night. It feels much worse and I'm afraid a BM might send me the hospital or infect an open wound

I've been on a liquid diet anyway trying to treat SIBO but only doing that for 2 more days

Will I be ok ? What should I do

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u/CodeTailor — 16 days ago