I had a really terrible Helicobacter Pylori infection about four years ago.
The stupid Doctor I had at the time misdiagnosed it
I finally went to another Doctor and got it under control.
Take it from me the "cure" is almost as bad as the infection.
Especially at my age.
Ouch!
I thought h. pylori caused irritation of the stomach lining, leading to heartburn and eventually, bleeding ulcers. What was it that made the curative prescriptions to be so bad? Back in the '90s simply dosing with amoxycillin and Peptobismol concurrently for about two weeks was the first cure discovered. What did you have to take?
(Just curious, seems as though curing the infection would be better than taking Zantac or Pepcid the rest of your life?)