SIBO-Rosacea Connection | Dr. Leonard Weinstock

A lot of people with rosacea are struggling to understand what is causing it. It’s a condition that can make you feel self-conscious and frustrated. My personal experience has taught me that to understand rosacea, you need to understand its underlying causes. One of the major causes, we’re learning, is small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). My guest today, Dr. Leonard Weinstock, is an expert on this and I am so happy he joins us to help break it all down.

Dr. Weinstock is board certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine with his own private practice. He’s also an associate professor in clinical medicine and surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. He has published numerous articles, book chapters, abstracts, and editorials on the subject of gastroenterology. His particular research focuses on SIBO and mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS).

When inflammatory chemicals leave the gut and end up where they don’t belong, so many other problems can occur, such as rosacea. It’s crucially important for anyone with rosacea to listen to all their body’s symptoms, not just the ones on the skin. That way they can address the root cause of the problem.

SHOW NOTES:
• How SIBO can cause rosacea
• Understanding that a problem in the gut, like SIBO, will manifest as a problem elsewhere
• What to consider when taking medication for GI issues and rosacea

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Jennifer Fugo, MS, LDN, CNS is a clinical nutritionist empowering women who’ve been failed by conventional medicine to beat chronic skin and unending gut challenges. Because she’s overcome a long history of gut issues and eczema, Jennifer has empathy and insight to help her clients discover missing pieces and create doable integrative plans.

She holds a Master’s degree in Human Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport and is a Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist and Certified Nutrition Specialist. Her work has been featured on Dr. Oz, Reuters, Yahoo!, CNN, and many podcasts and summits. Jennifer is a faculty member of the LearnSkin platform, an Amazon best-selling author, and the host of the Healthy Skin Show.

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Hope you enjoyed this episode! I'd love to hear what you thought. Leave your comments + questions below :)

[zephyrhills]

I knew I had SIBO and IMO and Rosacea because of it BEFORE my GI doctor AND my dermatologist. I don't need the cream she gave, though. Some acid cream. But i am on Neomycin and Rifaximin constantly and it is the only thing that gives relief and short-term quality of life. But i keep getting both. Its actually the IMO that is the worst of the 2. I know this bc i was on Rifaximin alone and did little. I was on this for MONTHS. I had to figure out what was wrong. Turns out the GI doctor i had to ask for the test for, didn't actually look at the table which showed BOTH methane AND hydrogen. Why? Bc there was a 6 sentence blurb on the result that said Hydrogen-dominant SIBO. So the fault lied between both the lab and the doctor. I shouldn't have had to be the one. But my BIGGEST advice is to look for the Methane (archae) bc that is everywhere in the dugestive tract whereas SIBO hangs in the small intestine. I also began getting hip pain and RLS lower back pain brain fog and more. Well Neomycin is the only thing that takes care of it. Oh and i developed Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.

P.S. i want to be completely clear that SIBO and IMO are different. They shouldn't even be done within the same test. Ugh.

[zephyrhills]

Btw "floods out" couldn't be more true.