Liver disease symptoms in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

Abstract

Introduction. It seems that there is a relationship between small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The main objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of SIBO among NAFLD patients.

Keywords

• non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
• small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
• breath tests
• abdominal pain