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Iminillusion wrote:I recently have been having issues with my throat so I seen an ENT who said I have laryngopharyngeal reflux. Also suspected H Pylori. So he asked me if my primary doctor ordered any labs for me and asked me to have her also test me for H pylori and at the same time he prescribed me clarithromycin 500 MG 2 times daily also Prilosec 20 MG 2 times daily. Told me to finish antibiotics and continue to take Prilosec and will see me in 6 weeks. Also gave me 1 refill of clarithromycin if I wasn't feeling better after first round. I started taking the meds right away (no one told me to wait until testing) so I had the blood test done about 3 days after taking antibiotics blood test came back Equivocal. Went in a couple days later and took the blood test again. This time is came back positive. I know the blood test doesn't tell us if there is an active infection going on. So at this point since I'm already on some meds I figured might as well treat it like I have an active infection and that's what my doctor told me to do(continue taking meds) but my question is don't I need another antibiotic and what do I do if I have already been taking clarithromycin for a week now. Ugh I just feel lost. Other question I have is can h pylori infection give you gas and acid reflux that is not burning acid? The acid reflux I'm experiencing doesn't really burn. When I was really stressed before I knew what might be going on there were a few times where my stomach burned and gave me acid reflux. But that was only a day or 2. My only symptoms really now are bloating and some sort of acid reflux in the back of my throat that isn't causing burning, it's more of an irritating feeling and is making my lingual tonsil inflamed or swollen. I just feel lost and want to know what's going on or what I should do next and what I should do about my meds. Hope someone can help me.