Can H Pylori come back even after taking the 3 antibiotics

Hi Leni.it took me 4 separate times to eventually get rid of the dreadful bug. My last attempt was 4 drugs in total. Good luck. Bev

Hi Bev, 

Have your symptoms completely resolved now? 

I have similar symptoms where my stomach feels ok but i'm constantly gassy and get this hiccupy/gassy feeling coming up my esophagus. Sometimes if I just breathe normally a little gas bubble will pop through. I can often force it back down by swallowing but it's quite annoying, considering it's every 20 minutes. Like you, I started off with really big indigestion burps but these have pretty much gone. But the gassy feeling, gassy throat, little gas bubbles remain. 

I even wake up and I feel a little gassy/hiccupy. 

Can you just confirm if all your symptoms have gone please? 

How many attempts have you had? It did take 4 times for me and the last one I really thought I was dying it was horrible but I pulled through, so please keep pursuing with your GP till you get a result.

Yes but it was a few months ago now. It did take me 4 attempts to resolve the issue so persevere and get GP involved don't give up.

Hi, I've had 4 treatments as well, and this last seemed to work because I got a normal result finally!  I feel much less nausea and pain from the gastritis which is wonderful. At last I can enjoy life a bit more

Thanks for the reply Bev, I had a stool test for H Pylori which was negative but I was taking PPIs at the same time with mastic gum and gavison... So I think this might be a false negative. Will ask for a blood test and if this comes out positive will then do breath or stool again. 

Thanks for your reply and i'm very pleased you are better!! 

Hi Liam. Maybe you haven't left enough time after finishing your meds before you did stool sample. Please check this again Ina couple of weeks. Good luck

Hi Leni. The last time lot of meds nearly finished me off. It was very intense and I never thought I was going to come through it alive but I'm here to tell the tale. Good luck in the future,

I have had different antibiotics treatment 3 times and still am testing positive on a breath test.  Gives me hope that 4 times worked for others though I am wondering if you do get rid of it after 4 times, can you keep it away?  My GP gave up after 2 times and sent me to specialists.  He refuses to deal with this one anymore.

The antibiotic must be taken with the acid reducer and lots and lots of water to eradicate the bacteria also foods high in acid and sodas must be avoided

Yes I think I will try the naturopathic route...going to research it. I have terrible pains in stomach and have lost 4 stone

What was your regime? Was it tetracycline and Metronidazole with Bismuth?

For two weeks I took 1000 mg amoxicillin 2x a day, 500mg metronidazole 3x a day, 500 mg clarithromycin 2x a day, 40 mg omeprazole 2x a day and probiotic once a day.  As I said, it literally made me ill, but I stuck with the treatment religiously.  

That must have been an awful experience. How come they didn't go the Bismuth route? I ask because your first treatment used Clarithnomycin. Usually if that fails, they replace it altogether.

Also what makes you think you have not yet eradicated it?

I'm not sure about the bismuth route.  I will ask my internist on Wed.  I have an appt then.  I have a GI doc too, and I have been seeing both on this issue for two years.  

The reason why I don't think it's eradicated is: (keep in mind, I have had every symptom imaginable when it come to the stomach/bowels, and they have changed somewhat over two years.  Some diminished, others developed.)  The most recent (the past 10-11 months) and most puzzling for my docs is terrible stomach pain (spasms) usually after the 1st thing I consume that day.  The pain was debilitating.  (Writhing on the floor pain that would last anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 1/2 hours)  I no longer have that severe of pain, but I do still have knawing, uncomfortable pain that lasts 5-15 minutes, after the 1st thing I consume.  

I have had every diagnostic test in the book so it's not anything else that they can detect just H.pylori.

Do the symptoms go away immediately if it's eradicated?  Or in time?  What is another course of action I may suggest to my doc?  Believe me, they have no idea.  It was me being proactive requesting another H.pylori test, nearly a year after the 1st treatment.  I have been on so many medications.  The last been an anti anxiety medicine because the GI doc was convinced, my problems were psychological.  I kept insisting the issues were not in my head, but in my gut!  

There is only one GI in the area and he is overworked and overwhelmed.  I'm at my wits end.  The episodes have greatly affected my quality of life.  

I am sorry that you are going through all that discomfort still. Could it be the antibiotics you took and some still in your system? Are the symptoms you are now experiencing exactly the same as the ones you had before the antibiotics or different? I know the treatment can make one feel very sick.