I had H. Pylori about ten years ago. I had disrhea for years and complained to my doc many times, but he did nothing, I finally did my own research, thought my symptoms matched H.. Pylori, and told doc we should test for it. He said “That’s a good idea.” The test came back positive and he prescribed the common triple therapy at the time that had been developed by an Australian doc. It eradicated it and things got much better.
I was really mad that I had to do my own research and make recommendations to doc.
For decades, people with stomach ulcers were told to adjust their diet and take antacids (IIRC). I know someone who suffered for 25 years before it was recognized that stomach ulcers were caused by H. pylori. Back then I listened to Dr. Gabe Merkin on the radio and he was prescribing antibiotics for stomach ulcers when sufferers came to him as a last resort. They usually got cured. Meanwhile, the medical industry had patients for life insisting that there was no cure.
“I was really mad that I had to do my own research and make reccomendations to doc”
That’s how I found out the covid vaxx was trying to kill me. The doc I was seeing denied it so I switched to a doc that had researched it. And that there is why I am still alive.
Doc set up a number of tests for me and said, "It probably isn't H. Pylori but lets test you for that just to be on the safe side."
Called me the next day, "It's H. Pylori. You can pick up your treatment at the pharmacy. Do you still want to do the other tests as well?"
Because I am a big baby I said, "Cancel them all!"
But I do seem to remember that there were four medicines he gave me to take for it.
Afterwards I could drink coffee again.
And there was much rejoicing through out the land.