摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To disclose a method of treating small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject. <P>SOLUTION: The SIBO-caused condition includes irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, impaired mentation, impaired memory, halitosis, tinnitus, sugar craving, autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, drug sensitivity, autoimmune disease, and Crohn's disease. The following are also disclosed: a method of screening the abnormal easiness of existence of SIBO in a human subject, a method of detecting SIBO in a human subject, and a method of determining the relative severity of SIBO or a SIBO-caused condition in a human subject in which the serious proliferation (SIBO) of small bowel bacteria is detected. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |