Fructose Breath Test

Procedures: Bacterial Overgrowth Breath Test

WHY AM I HAVING THIS TEST?

Your Doctor has arranged this test to evaluate for bacterial overgrowth, in your small bowel intestine.

WHAT OCCURS DURING THE EXAMINATION?

You will be asked to report to the office. You will blow into an instrument and your breath will be analyzed for hydrogen gas. Then, you will be asked to drink a cup of lactulose dissolved in water. Then breath test results will be obtained every 15 minutes for an hour and a half.

ARE THERE ANY POSSIBLY SYMPTOMS?

If breath test reacts to solutions, symptoms may be bloating, cramps, diarrhea, and gas. If there is no reaction it will pass through the digestive tract into the colon.

WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER THE PROCEDURE

Diarrhea, bloating, or abdominal discomfort may occur. It may last 24 to 48 hours.

GENERAL PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS

Do not eat or drink anything after midnight before the procedure.
No escort is required because this test does not use anesthesia.
Wear comfortable clothing; you will be at the office for 1 ½ hours.
No smoking or teeth brushing the morning of the exam.
No mechanical bowel cleansing or antibiotic use one month prior to exam.

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 PROCEDURES


 Colonoscopy

 EGD

 ERCP

 Esophageal
 Manometry

 24 Hour pH Probe

 Flexible
 Sigmoidoscopy

 Bacterial Overgrowth
 Breath Test

 Fructose Breath Test

 Lactose Breath Test

 Helicobacter pylori

 Liver Biopsy

 Colon Cancer
 Screening

 Small Bowel
 Capsule Endoscopy

 Electrogastrogram
 (EGG Test)