What is bacterial overgrowth syndrome?

Small-bowel bacterial overgrowth can occur from alterations in intestinal anatomy or gastrointestinal motility, or lack of gastric acid secretion that can lead to vitamin deficiencies, fat malabsorption, and malnutrition.

How do members experience bacterial overgrowth syndrome?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with bacterial overgrowth syndrome*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for bacterial overgrowth syndrome*

*Data from patients with bacterial overgrowth syndrome, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with bacterial overgrowth syndrome*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Flagyl)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
bacterial overgrowth syndrome (1)

*Data from patients with bacterial overgrowth syndrome, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has bacterial overgrowth syndrome on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 22
30s 58
40s 56
50s 53
60s 50
70+ 37

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 46
Female 226