SIBO Pro Course Topics 
Dr. Siebecker's Practical and Clinical Pearls Included!
Communication checklists for patients, suggested visit schedule, patterns of patient responses, clinical anecdotes, desk reference charts, and other practical tools you’ll use daily.
Introduction - SIBO sub-types hydrogen, methane, hydrogen sulfide, symptoms & signs, prognosis and treatment overview.
Etiology - What goes wrong in the body to allow SIBO to occur (such as deficient migrating motor complex and anatomic abnormalities), and the many risk factors that lead to SIBO and why.
Pathophysiology - Understand how SIBO creates symptoms through bacterial gas fermentation, carbohydrate malabsorption, endotoxins and more.
Diagnosis - Learn keynotes to recognize SIBO in the clinic, if it's SIBO or something else, how to interpret SIBO breath tests (with lots of examples), how to use tests to inform your treatment, and why testing and retesting is important.
Symptom Relief & 1st and 2nd line Treatment - What to try before antibacterials plus OTC and Rx treatments for SIBO symptoms.
Dietary Treatment - Learn how to use diet as a 1st line therapy; for symptomatic relief; to support antibacterial treatments; for prevention of relapse; and for chronic SIBO management.
Antibacterial Treatment - Learn how to use the three antibacterial approaches to eradicate bacterial overgrowth: pharmaceutical antibiotics, herbal antibiotics, and elemental diet, as well as specific treatments for hydrogen, methane, and hydrogen sulfide type SIBO, and what to expect.
Preventing Relapse & Summary - Learn various approaches for preventing relapse, including meal spacing, bodywork, diet, pharmaceutical and herbal prokinetics, plus Dr. Siebecker's 12 Key SIBO Success Points, comprehensive treatment charts, and case examples.
"I love the Desk Reference PDF Booklet, I keep it open and use it everyday in my practice."
- Jeff Horacek MD
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Classes are 10-20 minutes long: watch 1 or 2 at a time, check-off classes as you finish and pick back up easily. |
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Introduction
1. Prevalence, Definition, History 2. Anatomy, SIBO Bacteria 3. Symptoms & Signs 4. SIBO Types 5. Treatment Algorithm, Prognosis 6. Summary Pathophysiology 7. Symptom and Gas Pathophysiology 8. Carbohydrate Malabsorption 9. Other and Sign Pathophysiology Etiology 10. Introduction and Overview 11. Physiologic Underlying Causes, Deficient MMC 12. MMC Risk Factors 13. Structural Risk Factors 14. Ileocecal Valve Syndrome Diagnosis and Treatment: Dr. Sandberg-Lewis 15. HCl, Immune, Bile & Enzyme Risk Factors 16. Discontinuing PPIs: Dr. Sandberg- Lewis 17. Synopsis and Clinical Points 18. Underlying Cause Testing, Treatment |
Diagnosis
19. Clinical Key Indicators 20. SIBO Associated Diseases 21. SIBO Differential Diagnosis 22. Differential Diagnosis Testing 23. SIBO Testing 24. SIBO Breath Testing 25. Why Test & Retest 26. SIBO Test Interpretation 27. Test Examples 28. Retest Examples & Testing Summary Treatment 29. 1st & 2nd Line Therapy 30. 1st & 2nd line Options: Dr. Jacobi 31. 1st & 2nd line Options: Dr. Ruscio 32. Symptom Treatment: Overview, Pain, Bloating 33. Symptom Treatment: Constipation 34. Symptom Treatment: Diarrhea 35. Symptom Treatment: Nausea, Reflux, General 36. Symptom Relief: Supplements to Avoid 37. Treatment: Overview |
Diet
39. Uses, Effectiveness 40. Patterns, Principles 41. Key Indicators 42. Carbohydrates (parts 1-3) 43. SCD, GAPS Diet 44. FODMAP Diet 45. SIBO Specific Food Guide, Bi-Phasic Diet, Cedars-Sinai Diet, Fast Track Diet 46. SIBO Diet Comparisons 47. Foods & Meals (parts 1-3) 48. Diet Clinical Application parts 1-3 (How and When, Problems, Expanding) 49. Summary 50. Resources Elemental Diet 51. Elemental Diet 52. Challenges & Clinical Tips 53. Case Examples 54. Summary Antibiotics 55. Antibiotics for SIBO 56. Alternative Options & Logistics 57. Summary Herbal Antibiotics 58. Protocol Types, Single Herb Protocols 59. Herbal Antibiotic Properties 60. Combination Herb Protocols 61. Case Example 62. Key Points & Summary |
Antibacterial Treatment Points
63. Methane Treatment 64. Hydrogen Sulfide Treatment 65. Hydrogen Sulfide Diagnosis 66. Antibacterial Treatment Response 67. Antibacterial Treatment Application 68. Antibacterial Treatment Adjuncts Prevention 69. Prognosis 70. Prevention: Overview Prokinetics 71. Foundations and General Use 72. Individual Prokinetics: 73. Mechanisms, Site Activity, Safety 74. Use in SIBO 75. SIBO Options, Dosing 76. SIBO Clinical Application 77. Prevention and Prokinetic Summary Summary - Clinical Points 78. Clinical Application 79. Key Success Points 80. Case Examples |
Every practitioner is welcome!
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