Akkermansia and IBS
Hello everyone, I’m not sure if this has been asked before but as with anything relating symptoms, many of us are unique is some ways. I just hope someone who has had similar experiences to me can help.
I’m a 33 year old male.
So, after doing keto for 1 month in January in order to try and lower my blood sugar, I started having symptoms of tenesmus and loose stools. I brushed it off for 2 weeks then decided to go to a gastroenterologist.
They did CT scan with contrast, stool test, and blood test. CT came back normal, stool test showed no occult blood or inflammation. Blood test did showed inflammatory markers though. My doctor told me my issue was anxiety that I should speak to a psychologist. He did not officially diagnosed me with IBS but that’s the universal diagnosis I suppose. My symptoms did not improved and I got discouraged from visiting the doctor again because I went 4 times and never came out with a solution.
I ordered a GI map test in March and the results showed no detectable Akkermansia and 3 opportunistic bacteria were high. I figured ok this is probably my solution, I ordered Pendulum Akkermansia, took it for 2 weeks but my tenesmus got worse, I stopped taking it but now I’m dealing with horrible burning in the sigimoid and rectum and last night the burning sensation went up my entire GI tract, and then on random parts of my skin.
Has anyone taken that supplement and had similar experiences?