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  • papote53
    papote53 Mokuska2016

    Posted

    I just took the H-Pylori breath test at a lab which I should have the results any minute now.
    • Mokuska2016
      Mokuska2016 papote53

      Posted

      Hi papote53

      Did your GP refer you to have the test or done it or you have to pay privately? 

    • papote53
      papote53 Mokuska2016

      Posted

      I asked my GI and she order it.  Results came out today; all clear. ;-)
  • Barretts
    Barretts Mokuska2016

    Posted

    It is (or should be) standard practice to have a H-Pylori test if you experience frequent acid hyper-secretion symptoms.

    The test may be done in various ways: stool sample and breath test are common. (The latter requires drinkig a radio-active drink first.) But most of us who have gastroscopies will probably have it tested in a biopsy.

    The bacteria lives in the stomach of quite a high proportion of the population and to survive may burrow into the stomach mucosa away from the acid producing cells.

    It i streated by a course of 3 different antibiotics.

    • Mokuska2016
      Mokuska2016 Barretts

      Posted

      Hi Barretts,

      Thank you very much, when you say standard test, does it mean the GP will send me to my local NHS trust or can they do it at the surgery?

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