top of page

SIBO Testing: An Overview

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) EasySampler™ Breath Test Kit

What Does the Breath Test Kit Measure?
Analyzing breath samples to measure fermented gases can offer patients and practitioners valuable and complete insight into GI symptoms, leading more quickly and accurately to personalized treatment plans

​

How Breath Testing Works?

  1. The patient drinks substrate.

  2. The substrate undergoes bacterial fermentation in the small intestine, and the gases produced are absorbed into the bloodstream.

  3. Hydrogen and methane gases are released from the blood into the lungs, then exhaled and collected in sample bags.

  4. Sample bags with gas levels are sent to the lab for analysis.

  5. Data is analyzed, and Breath Test Result consultation is provided.

​

The patented EasySampler™ Breath Collection Kit offers ease and flexibility. It’s a simple, at-home solution for breath sample collection. Patients can easily collect and mail their samples at their convenience.

Microbiome-Labs_Purple.png
unnamed (1)_edited.jpg

What do elevated levels of fermented gas indicate?

Hydrogen is produced when certain bacteria consume sugars. 
Elevated hydrogen levels are indicative of SIBO. 

​

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is a condition in which an excessive number of bacteria in the small bowel cause gastrointestinal symptoms. Typically, the small intestine has fewer microbes than the colon, but in SIBO, this balance is significantly disrupted.

unnamed (2).png

Methane is produced when archaea (single-celled organisms similar to bacteria) consume hydrogen.

 Elevated methane levels are indicative of IMO.

​

Intestinal methanogenic overgrowth (IMO) is caused by an overgrowth of methane-producing archaea (methanogens) in the small and large intestines. Excess methane production seems to be associated with Methanobrevibacter smithii, the dominant methanogen in the human gut. Abnormal methane levels are linked to constipation, and the amount of methane is proportionate to the severity of constipation. 

​

IMO is a newer term that replaces methane-dominant SIBO. The newer terminology characterizes two main differences between IMO and SIBO:

  1. IMO is caused by methanogens called archaea, not bacteria.

  2. IMO can occur at any point along the digestive tract.​

​

Pricing

Breath Collection Kit = $287.00 (+ 3% credit card fee of $8.61)​

bottom of page