I need help
I think I have H. Pylori but my stool test and biopsy from my endoscopy were negative, here’s the full story, pls lmk what you guys think. (Btw I’m a 22 F)
Context of what I was eating before this, three nights in a row I ate spicy before bed (I also just ate spicy in general) and one day before I ate a triple chocolate concrete from Andy’s custard (which chocolate is very acidic, that’s why I’m mentioning it) (I also drank a lot of Coke Zero in the weeks leading up to this 😛)
April 12th: Sunday morning (middle of the night)
-Woke up with intense stomach pain
-acid reflux (stomach on fire and throat) (worse when I’m laying down)
-coughing (throat felt weird)
-felt dizzy
-bad taste in mouth
-white tongue
Took 3-4 tums, helped with pain but still felt acid reflux and my stomach felt heavy.
I ended up falling asleep but woke up still feeling the same symptoms, took pepto bismal and probiotics and it got better
Since that point I ate bland food, boiled meat, rice veggies, fruits like bananas, yogurt. (I kept burping after anything I ate like even the fruit)
I continued my diet and everything seemed okay ish but I still felt like my stomach was weird, but a lot better than the first day. (I pooped every 2-3 days)
I started trying to introduce more normal food so I made butter salmon with a little bit of garlic seasoning on Thursday, everything was fine until the night, around 2am I was still awake (gaming) and I suddenly had this intense feeling of panic and my stomach suddenly felt heavy and tight, I felt weak, I had a bad taste in my mouth and a white tongue, my chest hurt, tried drinking water thinking maybe I was having a panic attack and maybe it would go away on its own, it kept getting worse so I took pepto, it kind of settled it enough for me to fall asleep.
(Friday, April 17th) I wake up still having the feeling of my stomach being heavy, I ate a banana, I immediately got stomach pain and little bit of intestinal pain, I then take pepto, it didn’t help the bloating, I started to feel weak from 3-5pm, my Raynauds syndrome (I found out I have an auto immune disease where my hands and feet get suddenly cold or hot) flared up, my hands and feet went cold, I felt dizzy, weak, I thought it might be bc I didn’t eat enough so I ate Greek yogurt, another banana, and some liquid IV (I thought I was dying)
I felt less dizzy after 30mins-1hr but still feel like my stomach is heavy and bloated
I took miralax thinking that maybe if I pooped I would feel better, I started feeling a little better, I pooped but it didn’t feel like I pooped enough (felt like I didn’t get everything out) later while peeing I wiped and it looks like it’s stuck in my colon/rectum
(I went to my family’s primary, Saturday, April 18th)
I started taking Omeprazole (Sunday, April 19th) with probiotics until my appointment with my primary Thursday, April 23rd). I was able to sleep flat, even on my stomach after 3 days. I became less bloated after eating, I was able to eat broccoli cheddar soup, and continued to eat bland, boiled meat, chicken soup, yogurt, peanut butter without added sugar, granola. (Also my anxiety got a lot better)
My primary said to get off Omeprazole for a week (Friday, April 24th) to get tested for h pylori, I continued eating the bland diet and instead of physical symptoms I had severe anxiety. This anxiety was so strange, I didn’t feel like I was in my body, I felt like I was going to lose control any second.
(Tuesday, April 28th) That night I drank a mango and strawberry smoothie with no added sugar and the same intense symptoms from the start happened again. I contacted my doctor and she said I could take the stool test whenever I wanted to, so I sent it in Thursday, April 30th. I immediately started taking Omeprazole and probiotics.
Since this point my stomach has been more sensitive, I stopped eating yogurt and oatmeal bc it made me really bloated. I’ve been eating rice, veggies, boiled chicken, and rice cakes. I have been sleeping sitting up since this last flare up, bc my stomach continues to feel heavy and acid builds up when I lay down. When my body was getting used to Omeprazole after this last attack, I noticed my hands and feet would get extremely cold after eating.
I waited a long agonizing week for my stool to be negative for h. Pylori.
(I wrote all of this for my doctors^^)
I immediately started taking omeprazole again and probiotics but I feel like since this last bad flare up, it’s been the same and little worse.
Now it’s May 19th, in the beginning of May I made an appointment to go to a gastroenterologist, he told me it’s probably hiatal hernia and not h. Pylori bc my stool tested negative but he would still take a biopsy for it.
He told me that I can continue taking omeprazole if it’s managing the gastro symptoms.
My symptoms have been all over the place now bc I can’t tell if it’s the bacteria or a combination of being malnourished.
My diet for basically 3 weeks:
-Boiled chicken, and veggies (carrots, broccoli, and cauliflower)
-And I would switch off w boiled eggs.
-rice crackers
-occasionally low-sodium bone broth
(I’ve been scared to try yogurt again bc I immediately started bloating)
I had a flare up recently from trying to introduce peanut butter and chicken noodle soup, bc I was scared that I was deficient in nutrients. (I’ve had insomnia since then, my nervous system could not calm down, I’ve had to try to tire myself out)
These are my symptoms as of now:
-Sometimes when I eat I feel stones in my stomach and get a wave of no energy.
-Weak, dizzy
-Anxiety, hyper vigilance of my surroundings, ear popping, light sensitivity, weird head pressures in the back of my head
-I hear popping in my ear, tinnitus
-Sudden astigmatism and floaters
-My knees felt heavy (kind of got better when I took iron)
-Constipated
-Bloated
-Burping after ingesting anything, even water.
I got my results yesterday from my endoscopy and I am negative for H. Pylori but I had mild inflammation “mild linear erythema in the antrum of the stomach”
What do you guys to think I should do?
Everyday I feel like I’m slowly dying.
Context:
I was depressed as a teenager and I didn’t brush my teeth everyday and I feel like I have always had chronic bad breath and a white tongue. (I tried to fix it in college but I never fully got rid of it, even with good hygiene)
I brushed it off by saying I don’t have any stomach issues so I should be fine, and now I’m here 😍
I’ve lost 50-60 pounds since 2023
I smoked nicotine from 16-20 years old
I was diagnosed with Raynaud syndrome and anemia (heavy period) this past Fall and I had a blood test in March, my iron was back to normal (I took iron supplements)
I’ve been having issues with constipation for a couple months now and sometimes acid reflux (that I would fix with taking probiotics)
I had a similar attack this past fall during my period I had nausea where I felt my stomach burning so I made myself vomit, and it got better. (The first time I ever felt my stomach burning)
In February I had eaten spicy poke in Hawaii, and that night I had similar symptoms and tried to throw it up, didn’t work so I took pepto bismal which helped. (Btw I went to Hawaii the first week of February for one week)
I noticed that I felt like I didn’t poop all the way and sometimes I had to wipe extra when I peed, like it got stuck in my rectum.
Also I graduated college a year ago and I’ve been having trouble finding a job, so I basically was stressing out for a bit of time.
I’m just confused if this is anxiety induced because right before this I was about to start substitute teaching (finally having a purpose) and I was trying to enjoy life as well (got back into gaming, and going out with friends) (I’m a first-gen American and my family is having a hard time understanding my situation)