false negative biopsy result because of one nexium ???
Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 11:23 pm
Hi everyone,
I recently had an endoscopy done but I wasn't told that I shouldn't take Nexium or anything beforehand! I never took it long term, just once every couple weeks if I was heaving heartburn.
So three days before my endoscopy I took one 40mg nexium because I was having heartburn, and then 3 days later I had biopsy done to check for h. pylori and it came back negative. I forgot to tell my doctor that I took one nexium caplet 3 days before-do you think this could have produced a false negative? I've also been on probiotics for 2 weeks while this test took place too. Is this something I should bring up with GI doctor to see if she wants to retest???
I ended up being diagnosed with mild chronic gastritis and a small ulcer in my small intestine, which my GI said could be from me using Advil quite a few times over the last couple months.
I recently had an endoscopy done but I wasn't told that I shouldn't take Nexium or anything beforehand! I never took it long term, just once every couple weeks if I was heaving heartburn.
So three days before my endoscopy I took one 40mg nexium because I was having heartburn, and then 3 days later I had biopsy done to check for h. pylori and it came back negative. I forgot to tell my doctor that I took one nexium caplet 3 days before-do you think this could have produced a false negative? I've also been on probiotics for 2 weeks while this test took place too. Is this something I should bring up with GI doctor to see if she wants to retest???
I ended up being diagnosed with mild chronic gastritis and a small ulcer in my small intestine, which my GI said could be from me using Advil quite a few times over the last couple months.