Can Sibo Cause Celiac Or Gluten Sensitivity?

[peeptoad]

I haven't researched this yet, so there's possibly a connection, but just wondering if anyone knows if SIBO can predispose a person to developing a gluten sensitivity?

I've also read that a person can have asymptomatic Celiac Disease that is "stimulated" by some other condition (stress, or another GI issue, etc), so perhaps SIBO can do this?

My GI issues started, originally, with bacterial overgrowth (or a diagnosis of SIBO anyway). I feel that diagnosis was accurate because I responded dramatically to a course of rifaxmin (antibiotic commonly used to treat SIBO). Since the bacterial overgrowth I have not been the same... which of course resulted in an IBS diagnosis, which in turn is like having no diagnosis at all.

Thanks for any info...

[mushroom]

I think that yours may possibly be a chicken and egg-type question; i.e., does SIBO cause celiac or does celiac cause SIBO? Many celiacs also have/develop SIBO. I did a quick, cursory google and came across this on Wikipedia:

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Now, I am certainly not providing this as a definitive answer to your question, but I have always considered SIBO in this context, as caused by celiac rather than causing it.