title: [Estimation of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients with constipation and diarrhea irritable bowel syndrome].
abstract: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common reason for gastroenterology consultations. The diverse in symptomatology of the disease comes from its rich etiopathogenesis. Recently studies talk about infectious etiology of IBS and because of that it is necessary to expand its diagnostics by small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) test. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients with constipation (IBS-C) and diarrhea (IBS-D) irritable bowel syndrome with regard to nutrition.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study involved 46 subjects (33 women and 13 men) in average age of 44 years, which were divided into two groups: diarrhea and constipation IBS. All patients underwent hydrogen breath test studying bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine. In addition, each person had fulfilled a feeding questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  Student's t-test, Pearson test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It has been shown that there is no statistical significances between the prevalence of SIBO in form of diarrheal IBS and constipation IBS and gender. Average value of increments of hydrogen in breath during the test was higher in IBS-C in comparison with IBS-D, which was the highest in the intestine bacterial overgrowth in patients with IBS-C. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS showed that there is no relationship between the type and frequency of consumption of milk, meat, fruit and vegetables, sweets and coffee and the prevalence of SIBO in form of diarrhea and constipation IBS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The occurrence of constipation or diarrhea irritable bowel syndrome is not related to gender. SIBO is more common in patients with IBS-C than in IBS-D group. There is no relationship between the type of food consumed and the amount of SIBO in people with IBS. Type of food intake do not affect the status of the intestinal flora of people with IBS.
authors: Katarzyna
authors: K
authors: Łokieć
authors: Grazyna
authors: G
authors: Klupińska
authors: Ewa
authors: E
authors: Walecka-Kapica
authors: Aleksandra
authors: A
authors: Błońska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001765:Blind Loop Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D001944:Breath Tests; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D003248:Constipation / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000382:microbiology*; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D006859:Hydrogen