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Being hypothyroid increases your risk of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, the stomach acid

connection.

Hi, this is Dr. Rucho, and being hypothyroid has been associated with increased risk of small intestinal

bacterial bacteria overgrowth through the causative mechanism of low stomach acid production.

But there's good news, this mess, this causative mess that can frustrate patients because

I can't figure out where their symptoms are coming from

actually has a solution.

And if you understand this domino rally of causative events that can cascade, it's actually

not too difficult to clean up the mess, but there's one important factor that must be included

in how we look at a patient with hypothyroidism, especially one who's still

suffering from and describing symptoms. And that is the gut connection. And here's the simple,

the simple kind of causal cascade I'd like to lay out for you. We'll include all of the references

that support this in a moment.

One thing I want to be always very careful to do whenever we are discussing hypothyroidism is use high-quality references.

Because unfortunately, I have been appalled on the internet the amount of fictitious and erroneous claims that are made regarding hypothyroidism, and it's very

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