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Helicobacter pylori and piles
A 42-year-old member asked:

Dr. Mark Hoepfneranswered
Surgery 40 years experience
Contagious: It is a stomach bacterial infection that can come from food you have eaten, and can be contagious within the same household or family members.
5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 38-year-old member asked:

Dr. Val Koganskianswered
Internal Medicine 36 years experience
Confirm success: Urea breathing test confirms presence if positive , or absence if negative of h. Pylori . Noninvasive way to confirm the success of eradication of h.P... Read More
5.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 23-year-old female asked:

Dr. Abdus Khananswered
Urgent Care 31 years experience
Usually it will: Sometimes one combination may not work. Another thing, if you get the blood test for antibodies against H Pylori, it will show a positive result for q... Read More
2.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 40-year-old member asked:

Dr. Keegan Duchicelaanswered
family medicine 15 years experience
No.: There are no good studies showing that homeopathy can eradicate h. Pylori. It doesn't work. We all are probably getting a homeopathic amount of ant... Read More
5.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 36-year-old member asked:

Dr. Enrique Molinaanswered
Gastroenterology 36 years experience
It lives in stomach: this bacteria lives in the stomach, and will cause inflammation of the stomach. It will stimulate further acid secretion from the stomach, and too muc... Read More
3.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 25-year-old female asked:

Dr. Allen Seelyanswered
General Practice 32 years experience
NOT a food issue: Studies show diet plays no role in eradication of h pylor infection of he stomach (a possible cause of stomach ulcers). However , avoidance of smokin... Read More
5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 35-year-old female asked:

Dr. Stephen Scholandanswered
Infectious Disease 24 years experience
Needs attention: Pain is the body's way of telling you 'something is wrong'. If you have been diagnosed with H. pylori, this is very important because that germ can ca... Read More
1.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 43-year-old female asked:

Dr. Yvette Kratzberganswered
Pediatrics 25 years experience
Call your Dr ASAP: There may have been a prescription error. The medication Tapazole (methimazole) is for overactive Thyroids. Another medication Flagyl (metronidazole)... Read More
18 viewsReviewed Dec 20, 2020
A 24-year-old male asked:

Dr. Luis Bendezuanswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Medications: H pylori is usually treated with a combination of several antibiotics as well as other medications. Your doctor will be able to give you the right com... Read More
5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Anesthesiology 30 years experience
H. Pylori Medicine: Such as Prilosec or Omeprazole. Some antibiotics can also be used to treat the H. Pylori infection.
856 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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