Guest guest Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Hi , I did the test recently and it gave me lower abdomen gurgling, with some discomfort, gas and bloating. This occured later in the day, after the 3 hour testing period. My test (through QuinTron/Commonwealth)was only lactulose- no lactose, not that that really matters since the point of lactulose is that it is indigestible to us but digestible to the bugs! The quintessential illegal! I think stool tests are great too, especially Metametrix, but they are not testing the same thing. The breath test is for bugs in the Small Intestine whereas the stool test only reflects what's in the Large Intestine. BTVC is describing an SI bug problem. It's true, the test isn't that accurate. There isn't any other test for the SI though- except culturing which is even less accurate. GI docs say it's not great but it's all they have. Lots of people come up negative who have all the symptoms, myself included. It's possible our problems could be due to yeast and/or bugs in the LI but I think false negatives are probably very high. IBS-C 35 years SCD 8 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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