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Posted 9/7/2019 1:45 PM (GMT -5)
I have had some reflux lately....so I went to my Dr. and she gave me a script for Zantac and a lab req to get H. Pylori tested.

My regular Doc doesn't hesitate to get lab work done...or imaging...I'm grateful for that...

Of course I googled it. Wish I hadn't.

Anyone else have H. Pylori and how did you treat it. It looks like several (X3) antibiotics...most ones I've been on before. So there is a potential for resistance apparently.
Posted 9/7/2019 5:36 PM (GMT -5)
I don't know what antibiotics you have been taking, but clindamycin gave me bad reflux. I don't think it was H.Pylori, as it resolved once I stopped the clindamycin.

I did get some other intestinal infection, which caused a lot of diarrhea, but resolved with one of the other abx combos I took. Never figured out exactly what it was.
Posted 9/7/2019 7:14 PM (GMT -5)
hpylori is highly destructive. causitive agent of stomach cancer , reduced acid production hurts absorption as well... took months of mastic gum and rife to get out of crevasses
Posted 9/7/2019 7:27 PM (GMT -5)
Well I haven’t been diagnosed with it yet - I’m doing a breath test at the lab

Not on clindamycin .

Yup - I know it can cause stomach cancer and I think ulcers as well.

Apparently most (all?) of us have it but we keep it in check -
Posted 9/7/2019 8:43 PM (GMT -5)
Idk I tested negative for it but the treatment looks simple enough
Posted 9/7/2019 9:55 PM (GMT -5)

jb1994 said...
Idk I tested negative for it but the treatment looks simple enough

Except I’ve been on a few of the abx - so it may resistant to those - I don’t want to take the fluoroquinolone
Posted 9/7/2019 10:47 PM (GMT -5)
I was tested for it, but not a breath test. I think I had a blood test. It may have been included in a comprehensive stool analysis also. The only breath test I have heard about was for SIBO.
Posted 9/7/2019 11:26 PM (GMT -5)

WalkingbyFaith said...
I was tested for it, but not a breath test. I think I had a blood test. It may have been included in a comprehensive stool analysis also. The only breath test I have heard about was for SIBO.

The breath test is the most accurate - and then I think the stool test is 2nd best.
Posted 9/7/2019 11:28 PM (GMT -5)
Girlie, do you have any other symptoms that suggest H. Pylori?

I recently had the full gamut of GI symptoms out of nowhere, so tested for C diff and H. Pylori and nothing came back positive - still not sure how i feel about that. I was Dx IBS instead.
Posted 9/8/2019 1:13 AM (GMT -5)

DeadMan said...
Girlie, do you have any other symptoms that suggest H. Pylori?

I recently had the full gamut of GI symptoms out of nowhere, so tested for C diff and H. Pylori and nothing came back positive - still not sure how i feel about that. I was Dx IBS instead.

I went to my regular dr because I have had some phlegm in the back of my throat for several weeks - waking up with it - and periodically throughout the day. And I know that can be caused by acid reflux.
And a few days my stomach was bloated as well.
And in the late afternoon and evenings acid reflux

She doesn’t hesitate to run tests - so after giving me a script for Zantac - she also gave me a lab req to get the h pylori test done.

I don’t know how to differentiate between h pylori symptoms and IBS.
My symptoms are not affecting my intestines - ie no diarrhea or constipation... mine is higher up - stomach and throat.
Posted 9/8/2019 5:03 AM (GMT -5)
People with mutations to BHMT8, C677T, and MTHFR03 have a predisposition for having H pylori. They also have a predisposition for having lower copper levels.
Posted 9/12/2019 12:39 PM (GMT -5)
Did the breath test - just got results - negative

Yay.

The test results aren’t 100% accurate though -

Report said that < 5% of negative results will have active hpylori.
Posted 9/13/2019 11:25 AM (GMT -5)

Girlie said...
Did the breath test - just got results - negative

Yay.

The test results aren’t 100% accurate though -

Report said that < 5% of negative results will have active hpylori.

they said that about my first lyme test too. lol
do you have someone to do a sputnum microscopy?
you can try some hcl and digestive enzymes with your next high protein meal and see if their is some relief. if so it points to hpylori
Posted 9/15/2019 1:06 AM (GMT -5)
Treat for h pylori found during routine colonoscopy and endoscopy. 3 diff drugs to clear.
Was before Lyme and co was figured out and now I wonder if it was related to the Candida or leaky gut
Posted 9/15/2019 1:43 AM (GMT -5)

bluelyme said...

Girlie said...
Did the breath test - just got results - negative

Yay.

The test results aren’t 100% accurate though -

Report said that < 5% of negative results will have active hpylori.

they said that about my first lyme test too. lol
do you have someone to do a sputnum microscopy?
you can try some hcl and digestive enzymes with your next high protein meal and see if their is some relief. if so it points to hpylori

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

No, I don’t have anyone to do a sputum microscopy...

So, I’m doing better - reflux is minimal now and my tummy hasn’t been as bloated...

This last round of abx - I took with food. I’ve always tried to take Rifabutin on an empty stomach for absorption but I think it’s ok to lose a little of it - The way I look at it - I’m taking the same dose as a man - my husband weighs 190 lbs and I weigh 135 lbs. so losing some by taking with food should be ok?
Posted 9/15/2019 1:45 AM (GMT -5)

sandyfeet said...
Great news Girlie.

I hope you can figure out the reflux soon.

I think it might be the abx.
Posted 9/15/2019 1:49 AM (GMT -5)

Village Crazy Lady said...
Treat for h pylori found during routine colonoscopy and endoscopy. 3 diff drugs to clear.
Was before Lyme and co was figured out and now I wonder if it was related to the Candida or leaky gut

How’d they test for h pylori via colonoscopy or endoscopy?
Take samples? Or?
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