Is treatment failure really only 20% after 1st round?
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2018 3:10 am
I am waiting for another 2 weeks to check if my first line antibiotics killed the h pylori. I finished the triple therapy 2 weeks ago.
My symptoms actually did not improve at all.
I have either pressure in my stomach area feeling, and even sometime I have to remind myself that my heart has been checked, as I can't take enough air at time.
Or when I do eat mostly anything really, I get severe belching, mild nausea, and even mild elevated temperature (99.5). Basically how a person would feel if he has mild stomach bug.
I assumed I probably eradicated the bug since the published eradication rates are so high...80-90%. But I wonder if that is correct?
I found a tiny study for Los Angeles area, where 57% of the sufferers actually did not eradicate.
My symptoms actually did not improve at all.
I have either pressure in my stomach area feeling, and even sometime I have to remind myself that my heart has been checked, as I can't take enough air at time.
Or when I do eat mostly anything really, I get severe belching, mild nausea, and even mild elevated temperature (99.5). Basically how a person would feel if he has mild stomach bug.
I assumed I probably eradicated the bug since the published eradication rates are so high...80-90%. But I wonder if that is correct?
I found a tiny study for Los Angeles area, where 57% of the sufferers actually did not eradicate.