What if treatment is unsuccessful!

[trudi9888]

Hi, I am 36 years of age and was diagnosed as having Hpylori around 5 years ago. This was after several trips to the ED with crippling pain in my upper abdomen, the only reason I discovered the infection was because they refused to check for gallstones. However I have an allergy to penicillin and after 3 courses of eradication therapy the infection was still present. The medical professionals course of treatment was to leave the infection there but have be take omeprazole on a daily basis to coat the stomach and prevent the infection from every causing ulcers etc.

I have recently started to experience chronic hives and I have seen some links to this with helicobactor. Could you advise if I shoud now be seeking further eradication from my medical professional or is the continual use of omeprazole an sufficient life long treatment?

Many Thanks

[Helico_expert]

Hi, do you remember the antibiotics you have tried? If you can, try visit a specialist and ask for an antibiotic sensitivity test on the H. pylori collected from your biopsy. That will tell us what antibiotics you should take to efficiently eradicate it.