Patient Comments: Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth - Symptoms
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth - IBS
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth - Experience
Question: Please describe your experience with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth - Causes
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My husband has had this for about 2 years. He has fainted, gotten mean without even remembering it, eats like a horse and never gains weight. It's very scary. He is dizzy, his chest hurts, he sometimes can't breathe, and sometimes he says his heart is racing but when we take his blood pressure, it's low or normal. His docs haven't done a thing.