Intolerance Test (Lactose, Fructose, Sorbitol) and SIBO
If you're going to have a breath test to study if you have an intolerance to sugars or bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine (SIBO), we recommend read the following information carefully. Follow the guidelines of preparation is essential to ensure the validity of the study and to obtain an accurate diagnosis.
PURPOSE
PURPOSE
The breath test (H2/CH4) aim to detect the intolerance to sugars (lactose, fructose, etc) that are present in regular diet, fresh food, packaged, or in the excipients present in the drug. It is of simple tests that serve screening to find out if intolerance to sugars or bacterial overgrowth is the source of discomfort, gastric or intestinal how to burning, sensation of fullness after meals, diarrhea or flatulence.
PREPARATION
PREPARATION
4 weeks before performing the test
- Not having taken antibiotics, or laxatives.
- Not having undergone colonoscopy, intestinal washing or contrast enema.
2 weeks before performing the test
- Not having taken Prokinetics (Cinitaprida, Domperidone, Metoclopramide, etc).
- Not been made enteroscopy or gastroscopy.
48 hours before the completion of the test
- Should not have taken another breath test
24 hours before the completion of the test
Do NOT eat:
- Legumes, vegetables, fruit, potatoes, nuts, hard candy, chewing gum, sweets, home or industrial, onions, cabbage, bread, cereals, pasta (except rice), carbonated beverages or alcoholic, sausages made, milk or milk products (yoghurt, cheese), smoked fish.
- Meals that will occur normally discomfort, gastric or intestinal.
IF you can take:
- Eggs (boiled, fried, etc), meat of any origin, white or blue fish, rice, ham serrano or iberian.
- Tofu-white
- Coffee, coffee without sugar or sweeteners.
- None of the food prior will be able to carry a SAUCE OF ONIONS, GARLIC, TOMATOES, or DRIED FRUITS.
- Yes you can eat Probiotics
12 hours before
- Be fasting, you can only drink water.
- Do not perform intense physical exercise.
On the same day of the test:
- Take with water your usual medications, unless contraindicated by the test (antibiotics, prokinetics).
- Wash your teeth WITHOUT TOOTHPASTE, you will rinse with elixir mouth in order to decrease bacteria in the mouth.
- Avoid using the adhesive the denture.
- Shall not smoke, nor take candy, or gum, or perform any type of exercise.
IMPORTANT: If you suffer from acute gastroenteritis during the week prior to the test, you must get in contact with Analyses to delay your appointment.
DURATION OF THE TEST
3-4 hours.
PROCEDURE
PROCEDURE
During the test do not drink, and be at rest.
The breath test is performed after administering orally a sugar substrate. Done different intakes of breath samplein stripes of time certain.
TIME OF RESPONSE OR OUTCOME
20 days.
ADDITIONAL INFO
ADDITIONAL INFO
For any additional queries please do not hesitate to contact through e-mail [email protected] or on the phone 914 297 541.
