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Why Does My Gut Feel Painful?

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Channel: CanXida · 2018 · Education

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Hi there. I have a question here from a subscriber I'm going to read out. My name is Eric Bakker. I'm a naturopath. This is the Candida Crusher Gut Pro Channel. We're going to go through a name change, guys. I think we call it Gut Expert, or Gut Pro, or something like that. Thanks for tuning in. Let's get into it.

Why does my gut feel painful? Why have I lost all appetite? This is a question from a subscriber. Although many reasons why your gut could be painful, the question to you would be, where is the gut painful? Can you point to one finger where it is? Is it in the lower right quadrant? Is it in the lower left quadrant? 

What's the nature of the pain? How long's the pain last? When do you get it? All these other questions are important to discern more likely what you're possibly going to be suffering from. The obvious thing to do is a stool test to find out what's going on inside.

When we see the word painful, I start thinking about parasites or bacteria. Candida can cause pain in the gut, but it's more likely to be a dysbiotic load of bacteria, or a parasite problem. Parasites very commonly cause pain around the umbilicus or around the ileocecal valve region on the right ... very common. 

Something I've seen so many times in the clinic. Pain means inflammation. It will almost certainly show in a test, either in terms of it upregulated antibody. The IgA will be elevated. You'll also, potentially, find some elevations in dysbiotic flora. 

Now, remember I asked you before about when the pain occurs, what time, in relation to eating, for example? Because that could also signify where these bacteria are. If you look at the small intestinal bacterial overgrowth or SIBO breath test, particularly if it's done 30 minute intervals, we can generally see if a spike occurs, and what part of the GI tract the bacteria are going to be. 

Doing a SIBO test and stool test simultaneously gives the practitioner the ability to identify the target species, and also look at where in the gut those bacteria are. Do the test and forget the rest. Okay? Thanks for tuning in.

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