r/HPylori

Does anyone have positive eradication stories please after having the same symptoms as me? Please give me hope!

I started having h pylori symptoms just over 1 year ago but I started with just cramps in the stomach that come and go every few weeks/month. June this year everything got 10X worse for me, I started getting hot sweats, severe dizziness, breathless on simple tasks including eating, chest/heart feels like it’s jittery and going very fast, I feel fatigue, dull headaches, I struggle to swallow I have to try like 3 times to just get saliva down it feels like my throat closes, I just feel utterly deflated.

My doctor give me triple therapy antibiotics in July which I completed a 7 day course- I felt amazing after I felt as good as new, until it suddenly hit me again 1 month later and now I’m back to square one. I have an endoscopy 12/10 to see how severe the h pylori is and if there’s anything else going wrong before they give me more antibiotics.

I currently take symprove probiotics (has anyone else tried this and is it good? I also have mastic gum which I will start taking too, and I have 1 spoonful of doctor manuka honey. Is there anything else I should do/take whilst taking my next lot of antibiotics and what timings should I take them between antibiotics? Please any tricks and tips? My life is ruined right now

I can’t wait to feel better and i shall keep this updated for you all throughout the process. Thank you

Thanks in advance

Eu Estou Confuso, Não Sei Qual das 2 Opções Eu Realmente Faço

I'm a nurse and unfortunately don't even get paid sick time (of course, if symptoms are so debilitating, I will call in sick but I'm trying to avoid that).

I work 12-hour shifts and really cannot afford to be running to the bathroom all day lol.

For those who’ve done treatment, how bad was the diarrhea (if you had any)? Were you still able to work normally?

was on day six out of fourteen, during the third dose I threw up trying to take the bismuth (huge pills). Then managed to get the tetracycline and the omeprazole but couldn't get get the metronidazole down before vomiting again

Went to the emergency room before vomiting again, and I don't think I can stomach the last dose of the night.

Did anyone else experience intense vomiting and nausea?

For people who had confirmed H. pylori, I'm interested in what your symptoms actually felt like and how they changed over time, including symptoms you may have had months or years before diagnosis.

Did you have any of these?

1. FALSE-HUNGER / GNAWING

A hollow, gnawing or “hungry” stomach sensation even when you knew you weren't actually hungry?

Was it worse on an empty stomach or at night? What happened when you ate — did it go away, return later, or turn into burning, rawness or fullness?

2. STOMACH SQUEEZING / SQUISHING

Did your upper stomach seem to spontaneously squeeze, contract, bubble or make a wet/squishy sensation or sound while you were sitting or lying completely still?

I'm not talking about normal hunger growling or liquid sloshing when you move.

Was it random, after eating, after drinking water, or while fasting? Did it happen repeatedly for a while but disappear completely on other days?

3. ICKY / NASTY STOMACH FEELING RELIEVED BY BURPING

Did you ever get a hard-to-describe unpleasant, sick, “icky,” pressure-like or nasty sensation in your stomach that noticeably improved or disappeared immediately after you burped?

4. “MANUAL BREATHING” / UNSATISFIED BREATH

Did you ever become unusually conscious of your breathing, almost as though breathing felt “manual,” or repeatedly feel the need to take a deep/satisfying breath even though you were actually breathing normally?

Did it happen with stomach fullness, gas/burping or reflux, or did it sometimes occur separately?

5. STRANGE WHOLE-BODY HEAVINESS

Did you ever randomly get a distinct sensation that your body itself felt unusually heavy or weighted down, despite NOT actually feeling tired, weak, sleepy or fatigued?

Did it come and go, so that at other times your body felt completely normal? Did it happen around meals/stomach symptoms or seemingly at random?

Also, did your symptoms tend to flare for days or weeks and then disappear or change into different symptoms? Did you have unexplained stomach problems years earlier or during childhood/adolescence?

If you remember, please include how your H. pylori was confirmed (stool antigen, breath test, endoscopy/biopsy/RUT, PCR/GI-MAP), what your endoscopy showed, and whether any of these particular symptoms changed after H. pylori treatment.

I'm mainly interested in the symptom pattern and timeline, not assuming H. pylori necessarily caused every symptom.