
When to worry about ALT levels? Gastroenterologist Explains.
Any unexplained elevation of your ALT levels should be a cause of concern. You have to worry about high ALT levels or persistent minor elevation for unknown causes.
✅ Evidence-Based.
By Dr. Farahat.
Probiotics are “live” and “active” Bacteria or fungi that are similar to your gut microbes. They are the ”good guys“ of the micro-organism world.
Probiotics are generally safe to take with rare and minimal documented side effects. to the degree that the CDC Doesn’t consider it medication and is marketed as a dietary supplement.
Regarding nausea, Probiotics are not known to commonly cause nausea in the long term. However, in the first few days of taking a new probiotic, you may experience some stomach upset, mild bloating, and nausea which soon subside.
They are some ways to know if your nausea is caused by probiotics or another cause:
If the onset of nausea is associated with some gastric upset, distension, bloating, and mild diarrhea, it is more suggestive that the nausea is due to the new probiotic.
Examples of some common co-existing conditions:
– Gastritis, GERD, and functional dyspepsia (indigestion).
– Motion sickness.
– Gastroenteritis (stomach bugs).
– Painful conditions: any prolonged pain can result in nausea and loss of appetite.
– Medications: some medications are very common to cause nausea, such as anoanorectalgesics, chemotherapy, oral contraceptive pills, some antibiotics such as azithromycin, Flagyl, and many other drugs.
– Alcoholo, Coffee abuse.
– Undiscovered Pregnancy.
– Too much stress, anxiety, decreased sleep.
– Severe headaches and migraines.
For a complete list and detailed explanation, learn more HERE.
Double-check to make sure that your probiotic is the cause of nausea. because it is extremely rare for probiotics to cause nausea.
But if you are quite sure that probiotics are related to your nausea, ask your doctor about the best options which may include:
Always work with your doctor to determine the best option according to your condition.
There is growing research evidence that many probiotic bacteria can improve appetite, nausea, and food behavior (ref).
Probiotics are generally good for your appetite and gut health as they:
Again, Probiotics are just the same as the naturally occurring bacteria inside your digestive system. and the incidence of side effects is rare and usually of benign nature.
Possible side effects include:
Any unexplained elevation of your ALT levels should be a cause of concern. You have to worry about high ALT levels or persistent minor elevation for unknown causes.
bright yellow diarrhea can be due to speeding up of gastric contents, food intolerance, yellow foods, and others.
black watery diarrhea can be caused by peptic ulcer bleeding, bleeding esophageal varices, or taking black medications or black foods. The most important and the most dangerous cause of black watery diarrhea is bleeding inside your gut tract.
No definitive levels of ALT and AST can accurately assess the extent of liver damage. Dangerous levels of ALT and AST differ according to the disease’s cause and nature.
Mid-back pain at the right side can raise from back muscles, bones, ligaments, or form internal organs.
Bananas can make you poop more due to their high content of fibers. Fibers add bulk to the stool and stimulate colon motility leading to more frequent bowel movements and larger stool volume.
Apples make you poop because they contain sorbitol and fructose, which may cause loose stool. They also add bulk to your stool which helps you poop more.
Bubbling sensation in the lower abdomen is often due to colonic causes. The most common conditions are gassy foods, Food intolerance, irritable bowel syndrome, SIBO, and stress.
Blood on the outside of the stool is usually caused by disease of the anoanorectal canoanorectal. The most common causes are hemorrhoids, fissures, polyps, and coloanorectal cancer.
IBS is diagnosed on a symptom-based criteria including chronic or recurrent abdominal pain, stool form, and bowel habit changes.
Blood in stool with IBS may occur due to variety of condition. One of the most common causes of bloody stool is anoanorectal fissures or piles due to severe IBS-Constipation
Impaction of the stool occurs when a hardened stool mass is retained inside the last part of the colon or in the rectum. The best laxative for proximally impacted stool is Polyethylene glycol (MiraLAX®)