![]() Not surprisingly, people with SIBO are nearly six times more likely to have slow motility in their small intestines. Extra food gives bacteria the power to grow and multiply much more quickly… and that can lead to overgrowth… to SIBO.Extra time gives the bacteria in the small intestine more access to food than they’d normally have.Slow motility keeps food in the small intestine for longer periods of time. ![]() People who have celiac disease often have slow motility in their small intestines.Here’s how motility impacts celiac and SIBO: “Motility” refers to the way food moves through your digestive system – especially when it comes to speed. But there’s a strong possibility that it has to do with intestinal motility. Scientists don’t know for sure why people with celiac disease often get SIBO, too. Research shows that people with celiac face a higher risk of SIBO.Īnd people with nonresponsive celiac disease – meaning it doesn’t get better when you stop eating gluten – are up to 30% more likely to also have SIBO. You can have SIBO and celiac disease at the same time, which makes getting a proper diagnosis and treatment even trickier. And that’s especially likely if your celiac attacks won’t calm down even after you’ve gone gluten-free. SIBO is typically diagnosed through a breath test, sometimes followed up with endoscopy.īut diagnosis gets extra complicated when you have both SIBO and celiac disease. That’s why it can take such a long time to get the right diagnosis… and start the right treatmentĭiagnosing Celiac disease usually starts with blood tests, then moves on to endoscopy – a medical procedure that lets the doctor look at the lining of your small intestine. To add insult to injury, the symptoms of both celiac disease and SIBO have much common with a number of other diseases. That makes it very difficult for most doctors to diagnose either of these conditions properly. And both can cause damage to the villi lining the small intestine. Both can cause symptoms throughout your whole body. Two Conditions With Very Similar Symptomsīoth celiac disease and SIBO bring on severe gastrointestinal discomfort. But they can also suffer from a wide-range of whole body health problems, from osteoporosis to brain fog to joint pain. People with celiac disease often experience constipation, diarrhea, bloating, gas, and abdominal pain. In fact, at least 87% of celiac patients suffer from malnourishment because of those deficiencies.Ĭeliac disease affects your digestive system first, causing symptoms any time gluten sneaks into your food. ![]() So you could be eating a super healthy diet and still have nutrient deficiencies. Over time, this damage can make it harder for your body to pull nutrients out of food. You need them to help your body absorb more nutrients from food and deliver them into your bloodstream. Villi are tiny finger-like bumps that line your small intestine. In the case of celiac disease, gluten – the primary protein in wheat and some other grains – is the trigger that causes the autoimmune response.Įvery time your body senses gluten, even just a crumb, your immune system attacks and damages the villi in your small intestine. That’s one way SIBO can start to negatively impact your entire body.Ĭeliac disease is an autoimmune condition, meaning your immune system attacks your own body by mistake. SIBO can also affect the way your small intestine processes food, leading to severe nutrient deficiencies. Over time, the harmful bacteria in your small intestine can start to attack it, causing damage to its inner lining. SIBO can cause very uncomfortable digestive symptoms… and it doesn’t stop there. That causes SIBO – small intestinal bacterial overgrowth – more bacteria than your small intestine can handle. They settle there, and start to multiply. Sometimes, bacteria from the large intestines make their way into the small intestines. The small intestine also contains bacteria, but around 10,000 times less than the large intestines. Your digestive system contains trillions of bacteria, and most of them live in your large intestine. And luckily, there’s a natural way to relieve at least some of those symptoms no matter which condition you have… ![]() When you finally have the right diagnosis, you’ll be able to treat your symptoms more effectively. That’s especially likely if dietary changes – like getting rid of gluten – didn’t make your symptoms go away. To make matters worse/more confusing, you could be dealing with both. Because their effects can be so similar, SIBO and celiac can be mistaken for each other. Two of the most commonly misdiagnosed conditions – celiac disease and SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) – can both cause these persistent, troublesome symptoms. If these symptoms have been dogging you for far too long, and won’t go away no matter what you try, it’s possible you may have the wrong diagnosis.
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