H pylori

M60 tanker

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Posted 10/15/2016 1:47 PM (GMT 0)

March of this year I had my second Nissen wrap done the first one slipped and my hiatal hernia had returned. My new Dr performed a 270 wrap and repaired my hernia. Three months later I started having acid reflux and lower back pain and nausea. Went back to the Dr he performed a upper scope and found H pylori and Gastritis. Started the 3 antibiotics. As this was going on my wife also came down with H pylori. I was retest and tested neg. But my wife had to go thought 2 rounds of antibiotics because she retested positive for H pylori. For the last 6 months I have been having acid reflux and lower back pain and nausea again. I went back to the Dr on Friday he said I sounds like the H pylori again cant be tested till first on Nov because been on PPI and antibiotics for a cold. The Dr said when he did the last scope that the wrap was good and no hiatal hernia. Just getting tired of feeling like crap. Has anyone that the H pylori come back.

SD93

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Posted 10/17/2016 12:15 PM (GMT 0)

I apologize if any of the infos I post are inaccurate I'm doing this from memory. First a bit of info on pylori from what i remember about half the population is infected (usually during childhood) but only causes symptoms in about 5% of the infected people. It is indeed fairly easy to transmit I remember reading it can even survive on utensils for awhile so I'd guess (haven't read specifically) transmission through kissing is high (your wife).

So with that said doctors don't know (yet) why it causes symptoms in some people and not in others. The theory is the immune system keeps it under control. Antibiotic are indeed the way to put it back under control when the immune system does a bad job but it doesn't eradicate it nor does it give you immunity to it. So if the antibiotics removed the excess but your wife still had it it's possible it made recolonization faster.

At this point my guess would be it's probably been out of control for awhile but due to easy access out of your stomach it couldn't concentrate on doing damage in only part. Your body had time to heal and maybe even manage to somewhat keep it under control by getting stuck in the esophagus (maybe even throat) with no food source. Now that it's confined to your stomach it can focus the damage there creating symptoms.

When you get tested again for it if it comes positive I'd start looking into why it keeps happening. Maybe boosting your immune system would help and I know there are quite a few diets online to keep it under control so that'd be worth a try. One thing to keep in mind as far as I'm aware the only real way to know 100% if your symptoms are h pylori is through an upper endoscopy but I'm guessing this isn't possible with the Nissen? I mean, they can detect it even through your breath but like I said half the population has it so it's not as effective as looking for internal stomach damage. But if the antibiotics worked the first time and they work again then I guess y'all just really unlucky and you're really gonna need to find a way to boost your immune system or a special diet.

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