Not exact matches
Lactose intolerance and fructose malabsorption can be diagnosed through the
use of an elimination diet or a
hydrogen breath test.
Using a technique referred to as lactulose
hydrogen breath testing (LHBT), researchers were able to gauge concentrations of bacteria in the bowels of nearly 200 participants.
The condition is diagnosed through the
use of a
hydrogen breath test.
Although there are questions about its validity, most cases of SIBO are diagnosed through the
use of
hydrogen (or methane)
breath testing.
Instead,
hydrogen - methane
breath testing is
used, with the glucose
breath test (GBT) having superior specificity (meaning it detects few false positive)(Ghoshal et al., 2014).
Ileal loss of available carbohydrate in man: comparison of a
breath hydrogen method with direct measurement
using a human ileostomy model