Celiac.com 04/25/2018 - A team of Yale University researchers discovered that bacteria in the small intestine can travel to other organs and trigger an autoimmune response. In this case, they looked at Enterococcus gallinarum, which can travel beyond the gut to the spleen, lymph nodes, and liver. The research could be helpful for treating type 1 diabetes, lupus, and celiac disease.
In autoimmune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes, lupus, and celiac disease, the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells and tissues. Autoimmune disease affects nearly 24 million people in the United States. 
In their study, a team of Yale University researchers discovered that bacteria in the small intestine can travel to other organs and trigger an autoimmune response. In this ca...

Celiac.com 04/30/2018 - Rosacea is one of the most common skin diseases, and usually manifests as chronic inflammation of the eyes and the central part of the face. Rosacea is medically harmless, but it can trigger strong self-consciousness and reduce people’s overall enjoyment of life. For most people, symptoms of rosacea include flushing and erythrosis or reddening of the face. A small percentage of patients also get the formation of papules and pustules, with phymata.
Doctors have posited numerous possible triggers, including hypochlorhydria, dysmotility, anatomic anomalies of the intestine, and immunologic causes. SIBO is an acronym for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, a medical condition marked by an abnormally high concentration of bacteria in the jejunal aspirate on cu...

Celiac.com 01/31/2020 - We've written previously about the connection between SIBO and rosacea, along with efforts to develop a breath test for celiac disease.
Diagnosis for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is usually made using non-invasive breath tests (BTs), namely lactulose BT (LBT) and glucose BT (GBT). However, there is no consensus opinion on the best way to standardize the test parameters. In an effort to move toward a consensus opinion, a team of researchers recently set out to perform a meta-analysis to analyze diagnostic performance of LBT/GBT for SIBO diagnosis. 
The research team included Giuseppe Losurdo, Gioacchino Leandro, Enzo Ierardi, Francesco Perri, Michele Barone, Mariabeatrice Principi, and Alfredo Di Leo. They are variously affiliated wit...