Respiratory Hydrogen Test - is the Standard for Diagnosis of SIBR
The hydrogen breath test is suitable for the diagnosis of carbohydrate intolerances and is carried out with different substances. If you suffer from diarrhea, flatulence, nausea or other uncharacteristic digestive problems, you may have such intolerance or bacterial colonization of the intestine. H2-breath tests are performed in special medical practices, for example in a specialist practice for gastroenterology. For the breath test, you drink in practice a certain sugar solution. Then you have to blow at fixed intervals into a small device that measures the concentration of molecular hydrogen (H2) in your breathing air. For the entire examination, you should plan for about three hours. Please note that you must not eat anything twelve hours before the test and does not smoke as well. You need to be sober on the morning of the exam - so you must not have eaten or drunk. H2-breath test with lactose: The H2-breath test with lactose serves as proof of lactose intoleranc