H Pimentel et al., 2014, Gastroenterology
Methane on breath testing associates with constipation-predominant IBS and slower transit; methanogenesis acts as a hydrogen sink altering colonic fermentation.
- Limitation
- Breath-test populations; not all constipation is methane-driven
- Tags
- methane, ibs-c, constipation, breath-testing, methanogens