Meanwhile, I started supplementing with the probiotic Saccharomyces Boulardii, sold as Florastor in America and SB Floractiv in Australia (which is a yeast and therefore unaffected by antibiotics). I took 2 courses of Tinidazole, 2 g about 2 weeks apart, as recommended by my gastroenterologist. My symptoms were: abdominal cramps, abdominal distension, bloating, abdominal pain and discomfort, constipation, diarrhea, nausea, intense brain fog, very low energy levels, lack of concentration, lack of appetite at times but increased cravings at other times and strangely enough weight gain (about 5 lbs, probably due to the urge I had to eat more to get more energy or because I succumbed to the cravings and went back to my terrible binge eating habits for a little while… and probably combined with my total lack of physical activity).īlastocystis hominis can do a lot of damage to the intestinal wall, leading to a leaky gut, inflammation and decreased immunity, as you can read here.īlastocystic hominis destroying my intestines! (source: ) I was lucky because we quickly found from a faeces analysis that I was infected with blastocystis hominis (the tricky part is usually to find it). As you may be aware, during my first Paleo challange I had quite a lot of GI issues which were not improving with the Paleo diet and this is why I sought out some medical help to figure out what was going on.
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