diagnosed with h pylori..

[katemariexoo]

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figures being an emet this would happen : /
I had been noticing that every morning I would feel legitimately sick, which lead to panic attacks. I have a 45 min drive to college every morning and I would stop to dry heave on the way, and sometimes leave lecture to dry heave against my will. This made my emet 100x worse, as I would have to plan my every escape from classrooms and etc. As the month went on, I had diharrea everyday and my now constant nausea was accompanied with heartburn, and the feeling of burning acid coming up my throat whenever my stomach was empty (which was often as i feared to eat anything). i realized that this was not just my emet playing mind games when i was barely eating anything, but steadily gaining a pound or two a week. so, off to the docs i went, and after a blood test was diagnosed with h pylori. I was put onto a prevpac, which is prevacid, biaxin, and 1000 mg of amoxicillin 2x a day.

The combination of this medicine makes me feel just as horrible/worse sometimes though. The other night I was asleep and awoke out of nowhere, certain that I was going to be sick within seconds. I ran to the bathroom only to dry heave on and off for about 20 mins. After my panic attack subsided I went back to sleep. My stomach has been much worse in the morning as well, so i have sort of been half-ass taking the amoxicillin because i can't risk to feel like this all the time : / Idk if the h pylori will still be cured with biaxin alone or what, but there was no liquid he could give me and my mother keeps saying that I'm acting psycho and no one is sick this much. She's a nurse, you think she'd know about h pylori.

anyways, the point of my rant now is that I had a fairly decent dinner (a small chicken breast grinder) and took my medicine, and now my stomach is making tons and tons of noises and i'm not feeling too hot. : / i've got to work 10 - 6 tomorrow and i'm terrified i'm going to be sick tonight ): ):

does anyone on here have h pylori or anything that could be of help?
Thank you all for your support, not sure what i'd do without it (:

[olschesky]

i've been tested for it but didn't have it.

i do know that the antibiotics you are taking can do a number on your stomach..........hopefully once your done with those you will feel much better.

i used to dh alot.........finally realized it was all from my nerves............

[katemariexoo]

thank you! i'm hoping once these antibiotics are done I'll feel better, too. I never knew that they could be so harsh! lol

[Kell1429]

I'm SOOOOO sorry you're going through this! I was constantly nausea for 2 and a half months, 6 trips to the emergency room with tons of test/blood test done with no results. One doctor at the ER told me my last hope was to see a GI doctor.

I went and had an Endoscopy done and he found bacteria, which he assumed to be h pylori, he then did a biopsy on it. The results came back negative but I was diagnosed with SEVERE Gastritis which has all the same sypmtons of h pylori. He prescribed me Nexium (which is given to patients with h pylori) and it has helped tremendously! If I go a couple of days without taking it I start to have ''attacks'' which is the symptons you described and it's terrible! I'm really sorry you're having to go through this, I hope you get better soon!

The good news is h pylori is curable!

[JanieJones007]

Could someone please explain what h pylori is? And is it contagious?

[katemariexoo]

Could someone please explain what h pylori is? And is it contagious?

I found this online that might help explain it "Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacterium that causes chronic inflammation of the inner lining of the stomach (gastritis) in humans. This bacterium also is the most common cause of ulcers worldwide. H. pylori infection is most likely acquired by ingesting contaminated food and water and through person to person contact. In the United States, 30% of the adult population is infected."

[katemariexoo]

I'm SOOOOO sorry you're going through this! I was constantly nausea for 2 and a half months, 6 trips to the emergency room with tons of test/blood test done with no results. One doctor at the ER told me my last hope was to see a GI doctor.

I went and had an Endoscopy done and he found bacteria, which he assumed to be h pylori, he then did a biopsy on it. The results came back negative but I was diagnosed with SEVERE Gastritis which has all the same sypmtons of h pylori. He prescribed me Nexium (which is given to patients with h pylori) and it has helped tremendously! If I go a couple of days without taking it I start to have ''attacks'' which is the symptons you described and it's terrible! I'm really sorry you're having to go through this, I hope you get better soon!

The good news is h pylori is curable!

Thank you! I'm glad your Nexium helps you (:
Hopefully once this medicine is done I'll start to feel better again (: