Do I have to take antibiotics for H. pylori bacteria?
Thursday, December 24th, 2009 at
5:27 am
I had GERD problem about a couple of months ago. Too much coffee and soda caused it. A doctor recommended a edonscopy procedure and he found H.pylori bacteria and wants to have an appointment. Reading about it. 1 in 3 in the world population has this bateria. Now, I don’t have any digestive sympton, but I am worried that this bateric can be trasmitted to my kid. Has anyone had this bacteria and what was the treatment? I want to know about it before I see the doctor who is usually aggressive about removing batecria.
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Ok, here is the situation. What you have is obviously bacteria. It cant be passed on but the tendency can be. If you have an active ulcer then yes, take the meds. But let me fore warn you that now that you have tested positive for it, you will forever test positive for it. The reason I know this is because I have tested positive for it 3 times now and have only had an active ulcer once.
Youre not contagious if thats what you are worried about. But do talk to your doctor. He will put you on either a 3 or 4 med combo that have some nasty side effects but they do help heal an ulcer. The worst side effect if youre not allergic to any of the meds is that you get the worst after taste in your mouth. It tastes like you are chewing on a rusty tin can for a week and you are constantly spitting out your saliva. But thats really the worst of it. But hey, if it heals the ulcer then its worth a week of a nasty taste vs having surgery to fix a hole in your stomach right?
Good luck.
Hopefully this helps, check out these websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/h_pylori.html
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hpylori/
Yes, it is important to treat these bacteria with antibiotics …..usually a tri-pack which contains two antibiotics and an antacid is required for couple of weeks.
This is necessary to prevent from occurrence of gastric/esophageal cancers in the future.
Ref…practicing MD myself!
My husband had H-pylori and yes you do need to take med it comes in a pack each pack has about 6-7 pills in it you take it for 14 days it works and helps you more than you know. Your stomach will be much better. I,m not sure about passing it to your kids. I think it can be pass but really hard to do. Me ,and my husband have been married for 20 years and i didnt have it.
I had duodenal ulcers off and on for 40 years.The usual treatment was antacids, bland diet, and later acid blocker medications. Then my doctor told me about recent discoveries connecting h. pylori to ulcers. He prescribed a treatment of antibiotics and bismuth (Pepito bismol). I haven’t had any recurrence of the ulcers since. My current doctor told me that they don’t even use bismuth any more, just the antibiotics.
I just wish they had discovered this treatment earlier.