Hi everyone. I have been having severe symptoms for the past 10 years on and off and just got this test back. I had taken ubt, rut and stool antigen which all turned out negative. There is also overgrowth of other bacterias. Should I start treating h pylori or need to do something about other overgrowths and any suggestions to handle this effectively
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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.