Considerations for retesting include:

If a client is not seeing symptom improvement, retesting can be reassuring for their ______________ to help them see that change is happening.

If symptoms are __________ or better and budget is limited, it is best not to retest.

If symptoms are less than 90 percent better and the budget allows, is it wise to retest?

Without testing, is recurrence more likely?

No, once symptoms are gone, SIBO is removed
Yes, there is no certain way of knowing if it is fully gone, so chances are higher it will recur

If you retest and SIBO is gone, can it recur?

If using herbal treatment for SIBO, we recommend retesting _____________ of treatment.

After two weeks, OR at 1 week while treatment is still being continued
Around the one month mark
After the first day of treatment
Around the two month mark once treatment is completed, OR at 6 weeks while treatment is still being continued

With methane type SIBO, if methane is decreasing upon retesting and hydrogen has increased is this a positive result.

Certification 1-03: SIBO and SIFO

SIBO Treatment: Duration and Retesting Quiz