Got IBS? Why It Might Really Be Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
6 min readAug 8, 2023
What happens when bacteria colonise your small intestine, where they don’t belong
At about 20 feet (7 metres) long, the small intestine is really not that small at all. Or insignificant: it is the industrial hub of food digestion and absorption. With so much metabolic activity going on, the potential for mayhem is immense.
