You have to realise that even if h-pylori has caused your gastritis that taking the meds only gets rid of the bacteria. You stomach will still have to heal sadly.

Pylori burrows deep into the gut linings, making it hard to get rid off, even with meds. One tough cookie to eradicate. That is why the meds come with 2 or 3 diff types of antibiotics. Re- test are done every 6 monthly , if positive, meds are repeated.
It took me up to the third test to finally confirm that it is all gone.
Then only I can start the process of healing and sealing the guts.

What a nightmare for you. As bad as my lot has been I'm glad for only one round of those meds.

Yes I apparently had the bug for most of my life and it started showing up when I was about 9 and nothing was done about it at all. I continued to have symptoms and lived with them. Finally when I was about.... 22 years old I had enough and told the drs about it and all they did was prescribe me with the purple pill aka Nexium? If that's spelled right....
They tested me for nothing.... I found out most drs back then refused to run tests because it would cost the pharmacicual companies millions due to the fact that H Pylori is the number one cause of many problems. It is the only ONLY cause of Ulcers. And leads to other complications. The classic complications are bloating, nausea, bathroom troubles, acid reflux, feeling of fullness, etc. It can lead to stomach, pancreas, colon, esophageal cancers. SCARY. You can only imagine how freaked out I have been.
I was finally diagnosed/tested in 2010 after losing a massive amount of weight and had extreme pain to the point where I could not release my knees from my chest. I was in fetal position and Im a strong mom of four boys. The pain was horrendous. The dr was very nice and very smart she knew right away what was wrong, sent me for an endoscope and biopsy and it came back positive for H Pylori. I was put on prev pac twice before I was finally negative or so they say. I caught it back again and I am totally freaked. It has been left for a long long time because the new dr refuses to do anything about it, She must be one of those who are either clueless or trying to protect the pharmacicual companies. ,,, a scary thought.... She said we had to live with it and stress brings it on.... FALSE! Completely incorrect.
I am waiting for my appointment with a new dr tomorrow morning. IT has all been such a scary experience.
A week ago I started experiencing heart palpitations and flutters as well as poor circulation/numbness/tingling in the hands and feet. Also pin feelings too, tremors, electromagnetic sensations inside my body, joint pains/muscle pains and weakness. I also have had a swallowing problem for 15 years. I read that H Pylori has been linked to many autoimmune diseases which my mother has and she also has very bad ulcers, has pancreas problems and has had her gallbladder taken out. She also has fibromyalgia. I told her I think she has H Pylori she has never been tested can you believe that? I am awaiting her results. I was cleared of this bug in January 2011 until a few months ago when she came to visit me and she was sick and did a lot of throwing up I had to clean it up, I have no idea if she used my tooth brush/mountwash and would not be surprised. I honestly think I caught it back from her. My mother has had these symptoms for 20+ years and they continue to cause more problems for her, she is now disabled with multiple autoimmune diseases.
I had all the symptoms of MS- scary thought.
I honestly believe the research and the article is right, H Pylori is connected with all the other health issues that pop up during or after infections. I am just praying I am not too late and the damage is reversible. I have to try a new antibiotic therapy pack now because the prev pac has failed me and many others. There are two new ones out one is called LOAD and the other is quadruple therapy combined with Bismuth. I hope I can get started on those tomorrow!
Let me know if anyone else has had similar issues

The last post rings so true to me. I have noticed ms symptoms too, and the poor circulation and eltrcomagnetic sensations as well. Now that i have just read about ms i am a bit scared. i hope its just h pylori and i can rid myself of it! i have a lot of weakness and am usually tired by 4 or 5pm. sometimes earlier.

Hello people!

Thanks God I found this forum. I have been suffering from acid reflux for years and recently it got so bad to the point that I got so weak and experiencing really weird symptoms. I just found out today that I have the H-pylori bacteria and low Vitamin D. I got bone ache, shaking or tremors and muscle cramp and heart heart palpitations same symptoms as baseballmom6. I am now on antibiotics treatment and PPI.

Baseballmom6 Please tell us how you are getting on and have your symptoms improved??

Johngreen

Please tell us how you are getting on? have you been on any treatment and have your symptoms improved?

Yep my gastritis & duodenitis was caused by H pylori. Thankfully one round of triple therapy torture got rid of the bug, but 4 years later I am still battling with the aftermath of the damage it caused. In many ways the aftermath is actually worse than the H pylori was!

I actually don't believe H pylori is the singular cause of gastritis or ulcers - it is definitely a factor, but I expect several factors have to align for an active infection to occur which is why so many people can carry the bacterium without any problems.

I was diagnosed with HP almost two years ago and used some supplements from my naturopath to get rid of it (confirmed by breath and blood tests, plus endoscopic tissue sample that it's gone). BUT, I've had gastritis ever since! So did the HP --which is gone -- cause this lingering gastritis and stomach erosions? Or is it from my hiatal hernia? Or both? Thanks much.

It is my understanding that HP infection can cause permanent damage to the stomach cells.

My gastro says that in my case because the infection was primarily in my lower stomach (antrum) it made the cells produce excess acid that burned through to my duodenum. Even though the HP has gone those cells will still produce too much acid forever... so by using acid suppressors & bland diet I can "control" my gastritis & duodenitis, but never "cure" it...

Interesting! My Dr's endoscopy notes said, "the antrum showed active antral gastritis with some erosions and inflammatory mounds," so maybe my cells are permanently causing too much acid too thanks to past HPylori.
Also, I noticed that the Uper GI barium series I had last fall showed " no hiatal hernia and no gastroesophageal reflux seen spontaneously or with Valsalva maneuver. With water siphon, a minimal amount of reflux is seen." BUT, the endoscopy I had a week later showed "Small hiatal hernia. Schatzki's ring noted with no dysphagia at this time. The upper esophagus appeared normal." So what does this all mean?
Why would a hernia show up with an endoscopy but not a barium upper GI? And maybe I don't have reflux? It's quite confusing. I"m learning way more about my digestive tract than I ever hoped to know!

It's strange that a lot of people carry this bacterium and only affects certain people. In my case I felt my condition got worse after I decided to eat healthy and cut down on sweet and sugar. I am not sure if that's related to H-pylori. at First It was a normal acid reflux that i could treat taking an antacid from the chemist. plus it seems a lot of doctors don't seem to bother to know what causes these acid reflux. they would only treat the symptoms and not bother about the cause.

They would only prescribe PPI proton pump inhibitors ( which I have learnt now through researching it's not effective long term drug to treat stomach ulcers and gastritis especially if you have the h-pylori bacteria as it reduces the acid in the stomach and could cause long term severe side effects.

I am interested in learning about natural herbals and supplements. I found out today that I am deficient in certain vitamins and I think its cause of the ability of my stomach to digest food.

I agree Adam. I would love to treat the underlying cause and not just throw meds at it. My naturopath is helping me. I won't go back on PPIs due to the side effects and am holding off even on Pepcid. Hoping with lifestyle changes and maybe some Pepzin GI I can deal with this.

serenityalways

Can I ask what supplements or natural herbals you are taking?

I don't know anything about hernias, but I know with my gastritis I've never had heartburn or reflux... or not that I'm aware of anyway. My excess acid seems to go down, not up!

I'm impressed you got confirmed eradication of HP using natural supplements & if you find something fully effective to treat the gastritis/aftermath too make sure you let us know. I'd love to get off my ppi & h2 blocker. I've had herbs that help to some extent, but not enough in the past.