→ SHOP MY MERCH HERE: bartonella-babe.creator-spring.com → SHOP MY JEWELRY HERE: www.etsy.com/shop/bartonellababe ✩ Thank you for supporting my hard work and my channel! See more ways to support my channel below. ✩ 25% of all MERCH proceeds go to the Bartonella Project at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Link to donate directly to the Bartonella Project: securelb.imodules.com/s/1209/giving/plain.aspx?sid=1209&gid=214&pgid=3813&cid=6343&appealcode=LB000278&dids=3869&bledit=1&sort=1&fid=6343 ✩ OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT MY HARD WORK: I believe that everyone should have access to affordable, high-quality healthcare and I also believe that people should be compensated for their hard work. If you appreciate my hard work, research, and advocacy, you can also support me via PayPal and Venmo. You can find me on PayPal with my username @bartonellababe or by searching Jake Picker. My username on Venmo is Jake-Picker. No one needs to support me in this way and please do not gift me if you are not in a position to do so! ✩Instagram: @bartonella_babe ✩Facebook: facebook.com/bartonellababe ✩Inquiries: jakethebartonellababe@gmail.com
Bless you and I'm so FUCKING APPRECIATIVE THAT I'M CRYING RIGHT NOW. I'VE BEEN SO MISERABLE FOR SO LONG AND ISOLATED AND WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M NOT COMPLETELY ALONE -- although I literally am
Watching your videos is enlightening. My daughter almost died at two years old from multiple deadly issues. Since then she's remained sick and sensitive with SIBO like symptoms. It's like banging my head off the wall for three years. Who wouldn't love dr. M 🥺 Hopefully one day I'll find a team brave and knowledgable enough. I plan to show her your bravery and humour one day... Not giving up. Stay you ❤️🩹
Thank you so much! I appreciate that. I posted it in the SIBO subreddit and it got only 56% upvoted. Not going to lie, sometimes it feels like I work so hard for nothing! So thanks for your comment ❤️
@@BartonellaBabe Snake oil miracle cures probably get more traffic, but there's something to be said for well-researched, well-edited information, too. One of the reasons I watch your videos, besides wanting to see something on the topic of my suffering by someone who suffers from what I suffer from but will make me laugh about it, is that you see a doctor at Cedars Sinai, and therefore have insight on what the world leaders on this are doing in their actual clinical practice. I mean that's worth a lot to me. 🧇 This Friday I get to see a new GI and ask for the TrioSmart test and an endoscopy. I have a lot of medical trauma. Wish me luck.
@@baffledwaffle too much snake oil out there! Drives me nuts! I am happy for you that you are getting the trio smart test and I hope that you get some answers and I hope the endoscopy goes off without a hitch! Good luck ❤️
Exceptionally helpful explanation on surprising (to me) factors contributing to and potentially causing SIBO -lots of gems here. Funny as well. Thank you.
Hi Jake, I have had IBS for years driving me crazy, finding you has finally given me hope of improvement 🙏 strangely I had cat scratch fever as a child 🤔 also
So sorry to hear of your IBS! It can be debilitating. It's definitely worth pursuing the SIBO test and then treatment with a doctor that knows what they're doing, if you're positive. And wow the history of cat scratch disease! Bartonellosis can also be debilitating, as I know too well. Hoping for better health for the both of us in the near future!
So the team at Cedars-Sinai say that the best way to lower the anti-vinculin antibodies is to make sure you never get food poisoning ever again so they have some patients take rifaximin prophylactically when traveling out of the country. Over time, the antibodies may come down. Other than that, I am not sure what they have seen in clinical practice. Perhaps you can submit that to their next Q and A on Instagram: the mast program
I have found that digestive enzymes with HCL kill any incipient suspected food poisoning. I love your videos. Thank you for helping me understand a little more what's going on.
Hi Jake, I’d love to see you do a video on Methylene Blue for Bartonella. I have been encouraged by the research on it coming out of John’s Hopkins. A lot of people with persistent Bartonella are hoping this drug can help them clear the germ.
Hi Brian! Yes I have seen that research. I will definitely consider doing a video on it. In the meantime, Dr. M discusses it briefly in this webinar: th-cam.com/video/rYi4z1cFVcQ/w-d-xo.html
@@BartonellaBabe great video and thanks for the link. Dr M. makes it very clear how the bartonella germ hides in biofilm colonies. I saw on Dr. M's website that he is no longer seeing patients. Does your doctor consult with him or do you see him directly?
@@BLR653 sorry I thought I replied to this or maybe I did somewhere else? I consult with him directly. Got in well before he stopped consulting with new patients, luckily for me
I don't really have SIBO symptoms, for me it's more upper GI like reflux. I have reflux, GERD, Barrett's Esophagus, etc and have test negative for H Pylori. I also have chronic sinusitis and chronic fatigue. Nothing has helped me yet.
I had severe reflux and GERD due to SIBO that resolved once I treated. There is literature linking SIBO to GERD. It’s possible that the gases relax the smooth muscle of the esophagus, allowing the contents of the stomach to back flow. Testing for SIBO for all three gases might be worth trying, if you haven’t done so already
If your IBS is due to SIBO or at least partially due to SIBO, then treating SIBO will help your symptoms. To learn more about SIBO, I have a playlist on the topic you can find in the video description box beneath this video 🙂
@@BartonellaBabe hey babe...funny I can say that here without getting on trouble ha...this is a bit overwhelming for me. Do naturopath doctors have this same info or am I better off trying to figure this out completely using youtube?
@@josepe2448 there are both MDs/DOs and NDs that are SIBO experts. Many mainstream GI docs do not know about SIBO or at least don't know enough. So finding a SIBO expert is key, whether they be an MD, DO, or ND
@@anastasiastrizhakova3252 hi there! I find doctors in many different ways. I think Facebook groups are one of the best ways. Also health podcasts and referrals from docs I like
→ SHOP MY MERCH HERE: bartonella-babe.creator-spring.com
→ SHOP MY JEWELRY HERE: www.etsy.com/shop/bartonellababe
✩ Thank you for supporting my hard work and my channel! See more ways to support my channel below.
✩ 25% of all MERCH proceeds go to the Bartonella Project at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Link to donate directly to the Bartonella Project:
securelb.imodules.com/s/1209/giving/plain.aspx?sid=1209&gid=214&pgid=3813&cid=6343&appealcode=LB000278&dids=3869&bledit=1&sort=1&fid=6343
✩ OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT MY HARD WORK: I believe that everyone should have access to affordable, high-quality healthcare and I also believe that people should be compensated for their hard work. If you appreciate my hard work, research, and advocacy, you can also support me via PayPal and Venmo. You can find me on PayPal with my username @bartonellababe or by searching Jake Picker. My username on Venmo is Jake-Picker. No one needs to support me in this way and please do not gift me if you are not in a position to do so!
✩Instagram: @bartonella_babe
✩Facebook: facebook.com/bartonellababe
✩Inquiries: jakethebartonellababe@gmail.com
Bless you and I'm so FUCKING APPRECIATIVE THAT I'M CRYING RIGHT NOW. I'VE BEEN SO MISERABLE FOR SO LONG AND ISOLATED AND WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M NOT COMPLETELY ALONE -- although I literally am
Watching your videos is enlightening. My daughter almost died at two years old from multiple deadly issues. Since then she's remained sick and sensitive with SIBO like symptoms. It's like banging my head off the wall for three years. Who wouldn't love dr. M 🥺 Hopefully one day I'll find a team brave and knowledgable enough. I plan to show her your bravery and humour one day... Not giving up. Stay you ❤️🩹
I love your thoughtful, hilarious videos. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much! I appreciate that. I posted it in the SIBO subreddit and it got only 56% upvoted. Not going to lie, sometimes it feels like I work so hard for nothing! So thanks for your comment ❤️
P.S. baffledwaffle is the best name
@@BartonellaBabe Snake oil miracle cures probably get more traffic, but there's something to be said for well-researched, well-edited information, too.
One of the reasons I watch your videos, besides wanting to see something on the topic of my suffering by someone who suffers from what I suffer from but will make me laugh about it, is that you see a doctor at Cedars Sinai, and therefore have insight on what the world leaders on this are doing in their actual clinical practice.
I mean that's worth a lot to me. 🧇
This Friday I get to see a new GI and ask for the TrioSmart test and an endoscopy. I have a lot of medical trauma. Wish me luck.
@@baffledwaffle too much snake oil out there! Drives me nuts! I am happy for you that you are getting the trio smart test and I hope that you get some answers and I hope the endoscopy goes off without a hitch! Good luck ❤️
Exceptionally helpful explanation on surprising (to me) factors contributing to and potentially causing SIBO -lots of gems here. Funny as well. Thank you.
The graphic was worth it
Thank you for all your hard work 🙌
Hi Jake, I have had IBS for years driving me crazy, finding you has finally given me hope of improvement 🙏 strangely I had cat scratch fever as a child 🤔 also
So sorry to hear of your IBS! It can be debilitating. It's definitely worth pursuing the SIBO test and then treatment with a doctor that knows what they're doing, if you're positive. And wow the history of cat scratch disease! Bartonellosis can also be debilitating, as I know too well. Hoping for better health for the both of us in the near future!
Is it possible to regrow these nerves in the gut?
Great video - what's the name of the test to check for antibodies? Assuming it's not covered by insurance. Thanks!
Hi Jake! Do u have any infos on how to lower those freakin anti-vinculins? Ive heard about water fasts/prolon diet/LDN. Any other tips?
So the team at Cedars-Sinai say that the best way to lower the anti-vinculin antibodies is to make sure you never get food poisoning ever again so they have some patients take rifaximin prophylactically when traveling out of the country. Over time, the antibodies may come down. Other than that, I am not sure what they have seen in clinical practice. Perhaps you can submit that to their next Q and A on Instagram: the mast program
I have found that digestive enzymes with HCL kill any incipient suspected food poisoning. I love your videos. Thank you for helping me understand a little more what's going on.
Aww yay love to hear that and thank you so much for watching 🙂❤️
Hi Jake, I’d love to see you do a video on Methylene Blue for Bartonella. I have been encouraged by the research on it coming out of John’s Hopkins. A lot of people with persistent Bartonella are hoping this drug can help them clear the germ.
Hi Brian! Yes I have seen that research. I will definitely consider doing a video on it. In the meantime, Dr. M discusses it briefly in this webinar: th-cam.com/video/rYi4z1cFVcQ/w-d-xo.html
@@BartonellaBabe great video and thanks for the link. Dr M. makes it very clear how the bartonella germ hides in biofilm colonies. I saw on Dr. M's website that he is no longer seeing patients. Does your doctor consult with him or do you see him directly?
@@BLR653 sorry I thought I replied to this or maybe I did somewhere else? I consult with him directly. Got in well before he stopped consulting with new patients, luckily for me
Looking good.
So how long should the prokientics be taken?
Would love to see a video that discusses over use of antibiotics as a cause of SIBO - as this is what caused my methane sibo
I will definitely research this! Do you happen to know if you have anti-vinculin antibodies?
@@BartonellaBabe I haven't been tested for those, I'm from the UK but will ask my gastro about it! :)
I don't really have SIBO symptoms, for me it's more upper GI like reflux. I have reflux, GERD, Barrett's Esophagus, etc and have test negative for H Pylori. I also have chronic sinusitis and chronic fatigue. Nothing has helped me yet.
I had severe reflux and GERD due to SIBO that resolved once I treated. There is literature linking SIBO to GERD. It’s possible that the gases relax the smooth muscle of the esophagus, allowing the contents of the stomach to back flow. Testing for SIBO for all three gases might be worth trying, if you haven’t done so already
Ok thanks but how do we fix this?
If your IBS is due to SIBO or at least partially due to SIBO, then treating SIBO will help your symptoms. To learn more about SIBO, I have a playlist on the topic you can find in the video description box beneath this video 🙂
@@BartonellaBabe hey babe...funny I can say that here without getting on trouble ha...this is a bit overwhelming for me. Do naturopath doctors have this same info or am I better off trying to figure this out completely using youtube?
@@josepe2448 there are both MDs/DOs and NDs that are SIBO experts. Many mainstream GI docs do not know about SIBO or at least don't know enough. So finding a SIBO expert is key, whether they be an MD, DO, or ND
@@BartonellaBabe how do you find these doctors?..
@@anastasiastrizhakova3252 hi there! I find doctors in many different ways. I think Facebook groups are one of the best ways. Also health podcasts and referrals from docs I like