Your gut is never quite settled.
Persistent bloating, intolerance to certain foods, and changes in bowel habits. The gut affects more than digestion.
Bloating that lasts more than a few weeks is not normal. It is a signal worth investigating with clear tests.
Gut symptoms rarely arrive alone. Tick what happens at least a few times a week over the past three months.
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Tick only what is happening. These are not counted in the score.
What you ticked is best looked at earlier than a routine appointment. Send it to us so the doctor can see it first.
If it is happening right now and getting worse, go to the nearest emergency department.
This check is not a diagnosis. A doctor interprets it after consultation and testing.
First, H. pylori infection irritates the stomach lining and links to ulcers. Second, bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine produces gas after certain carbohydrates. Third, an enzyme shortage such as lactase leaves food undigested. Fourth, slow gut motility drags everything out, and that usually ties back to chronic stress, poor sleep and irregular meal timing.
We usually start with a stool panel including H. pylori antigen, because it answers the infection and absorption questions in one test. If your symptoms track specific foods, then we add allergy and tolerance testing. Meanwhile a general health screen catches the anaemia and thyroid problems that often masquerade as gut trouble. The Bahasa Melayu pathway covers the same ground.
Not every test here is ordered for everyone. The consultation decides which ones are relevant.
If H. pylori is the cause, treatment runs fourteen days and we confirm six weeks later. If enzymes or meal patterns explain it, most people notice a change within two or three weeks. Slow motility takes longest, since sleep, stress and meal timing all have to shift together. Therefore we re-measure at eight weeks, so you can check what you feel against numbers.
Avoiding foods hides symptoms without answering the cause. Over time your diet narrows until nutrition suffers. Instead, we identify the cause first, and then use a structured elimination with a start date and an end date rather than a permanent banned list.
The protocol most often used for gut problems at this clinic is the Gut Reset 5R. It is run after testing, not as an off-the-shelf package.
Free, no sign-up. Use them as a starting point before the consultation. See all tools
It depends on the cause. With bacterial overgrowth, probiotics can worsen bloating. Identify the cause first.
Not necessarily. A stool and H. pylori panel is usually the sensible first step unless there are warning signs.
If the cause is infection, treatment runs fourteen days with confirmation testing six weeks later.
An initial consultation to understand your situation before any testing is recommended.
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