Just Diagnosed with H.pylori Bacterial Infection in My Stomach

Hi L.,

My biggest word of advise is make sure that you have a ton of yogurt on hand. Make sure that you dont take your antibiotics and the yogurt at the same time, but this will provide the good bacteria that you need. I never got a yeast infections even though I was on a ton of drugs :) so dont worry. There is preventive medication that you can take to prevent the yeast infection. Trust me I got a really bad intestinal infection and I was on like 3 different antibiotics. Let me know if you need any more advise.

S.

H Pylori is well known for causing stomach cancer. It's a very common type of cancer among Asians, but not so common amoung caucasians. I wonder if you can get better treatment in the West Coast just because there're a lot more Asian populations than here...

I'm not a doctor, so don't know the exact answer to your question, but my guess is the fact that you have had tummy issues for quite some time but never had them treated....probably didn't do much good. But many people with cancer caused by H Pyloti just don't realize that they need immediate treatment until much later. I hope there're many ways for doctors to make you better.

In the meantime, please don't get stressed out too much. Stree is really the root cause of every bad disease... I will be praying for you.

Generally, they do not use antibiotics for a month. What is usually done is being given two different kinds of antibiotics for about two weeks. At the same time, some sort of acid reducer is given, perhaps a PPI.

Although stress can cause stomach upset, it is unrelated to h.pylori. Also, not all individuals who are infected with h.pylori develop ulcers, but immediate treatment is necessary. Your doctor can always run tests to see how much damage has been done to your stomach. If you have, in fact, had h.pylori for some time, it could have caused gastritis and/or peptic ulcer disease. Stomach cancer is really only a factor if left untreated.

H.pylori can be contagious, afterall it is a bacterial infection. Make sure that you and your family wash their hands, eat food that has been properly prepared, drink safe water. Although they are unsure of its definate cause, they do believe that it derives from "bad" food and water intake.

Good luck... and don't worry... worrying only makes things worse. :-)

E.

p.s. You may not even develop a yeast infection, not everyone does.

p.p.s. Your dad is in our prayers.

Hi L..

Don't know anything about H. pylori, but I'm writing about your dad. So sorry to hear about his diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma. I know the prognosis for this tends to be pretty scary.

My dad was diagnosed 12 years ago and given 6 months to live without treatment. We got him into a clinical trial at the University of Pennsylvania and he lived for 11 years(and was very healthy) until his death last year.

Just wanted to recommend that you contact one of the two associations for Multiple Myeloma, if you haven't already(see links below) ...they can recommend doctors who specialize in multiple myeloma who live near your dad. The IMF recommended a specialist for my dad and a hospital that offered clinical trials for Myeloma which he took part in and that ultimately saved his life.

International Myeloma Foundation - http://www.myeloma.org/
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation -- http://www.multiplemyeloma.org/

On the upside, there is a new drug called Revlimid which is showing really great results and I believe it is being fast-tracked for FDA approval. Some things I've read have suggested that this and other similar drugs may enable the Multiple Myeloma to become a chronic condition rather than a terminal one.

I wish you and your dad the best of luck. -- C. :)

p.s. MMRF local chapter has a 5K fundraiser event in the fall. I'm planning to take part this year (probably walking ;( -- but do let me know if you want to participate to and we could do it together.) -- C

I've never heard of it before, but I hope the antibiotics help.

I also wanted to say I'm sorry your dad is sick. Sent up a prayer for him.

my doctor tested me for h.pylori when i was compaining about problems swallowing. i came up with over a 7oo count. i took the prev. pack (all four types of pills came together). it wasnt that bad. it did for two weeks leave a bad taste in my mouth but i survived. i didnt have a yeast infection at all. went back to the doctor and my count was almost doubled (up to 1300 something). i was upset. they put me on different anitbiotics and generic pepto and antacid and one other pill. it was horrible. i only took that set of pills for three days. i felt sick and had a metal taste in my mouth the whole time. my boyfriend even said when he kissed me he could taste it and smell it on my breath. luckly i have a friend of a friend that is a g.i. specialist. i my case i do not show symptoms of h pylori and she told me that my swallowing problems are not from h pylori and not to worry about that and get my other problem treated. it really isnt that bad. alot of people have it and will never have any proplems from it. unfortunatly you sound like you have some symptoms from it. i hope that the prev pack does the trick for you. the one other treatment was bad.

My husband was actually diagnosed with this about two years ago... After a round of treatment it was gone... and no ulcers... Hopefully that is your case... Good luck!!!!!!!!