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Just wanted to give you some fast facts on today's episode regarding the connection

or the potential connection between chronic SIBO being caused by chronic Lyme disease.

Chronic SIBO, especially methane positive sebo, may be caused by Lyme disease or Lyme disease co-infections.

This may occur due to the impact on Lyme affecting the immune system or potentially through Lyme affecting the nervous system in your gut.

IBS check the test that's available for quantifying if you have autoimmunity against

intestinal cells that can lead to SIBO does not seem to correlate well with this type

of presentation, meaning people that have Lyme and have SIBO.

According to Dr. Rabar, although he still finds this test valuable, he just hasn't found it

correlates in this population. Some common symptoms that may tip you off that you have a tick-borne

infection like Lyme or a Lyme co-infection as the underlying cause of

SIBO, the most common 10 symptoms according to Dr. Rabar are bloating, fatigue, anxiety, abdominal pain,

insomnia, constipation, food intolerances, irregular bowel movements, weight gain or weight loss,

and joint pain.

Testing for Lyme includes hygienics, advanced labs, infecto labs, and armin labs,

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