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Elle86
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Breath Test - Negative

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I had an endoscopy about a week ago, as well as a breath test. The breath test results came back negative for H Pylori. I was off PPIs for 10 days before taking the breath test.

The dr said everything looked normal for my endoscopy. He even wrote " no worries" at the bottom of the findings sheet. He suggested to take tecta if I still experience heartburn. He took biopsies and will call if anything is positive. He didn't find any hernias, ulcers, inflammation, scarring, etc.. he wrote normal for everything he checked in the esophagus and stomach.

I am still experiencing heartburn. I am not taking any medication, I have been trying to reduce triggering food, which has been helping.

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Post by Helico_expert »

I think the bright side is, everything looks normal. No ulcer, no hernia, no scarring, no inflammation, and most of all, no cancer.

The heart burn your are experiencing, unfortunately it may not be helicobacter related. Let's wait for your histology result. If there is anything, the histology will tell.

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All the patients were monitored for the next 6 months to determine how they fared with respect to GERD symptoms. It was found that those who had never been infected with H. pylori (Group 1) fared the best: it took 110 days, on average, for the symptoms of GERD to return after the PPI treatment was stopped. Those patients who had had their H. pylori eradicated by antibiotics during the treatment phase of the study (Group 2) fared almost as well, with a relapse occurring in 100 days, on average. However, those with ongoing active H. pylori infections (Group 3) exhibited a much more unfavorable relapse time: their GERD symptoms returned in 54 days, on average, after the PPI treatment was stopped.
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Re: Breath Test - Negative

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Elle86 wrote:I had an endoscopy about a week ago, as well as a breath test. The breath test results came back negative for H Pylori. I was off PPIs for 10 days before taking the breath test.

The dr said everything looked normal for my endoscopy. He even wrote " no worries" at the bottom of the findings sheet. He suggested to take tecta if I still experience heartburn. He took biopsies and will call if anything is positive. He didn't find any hernias, ulcers, inflammation, scarring, etc.. he wrote normal for everything he checked in the esophagus and stomach.

I am still experiencing heartburn. I am not taking any medication, I have been trying to reduce triggering food, which has been helping.

May I ask, if everything is normal and also the breath test is negative, what was the reason for him to take biopsies? What was he checking for?

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the biopsies are for histologist to surprise us with unexpected results. You can be H. pylori positive and have a very normal endoscopy examination. The histology will tell if you are having active or chronic inflammation. The pathologist can also see Helicobacter pylori, if present. or other Helicobacter species if it looks slightly fatter or longer or in a wrong location. The pathologist can also review the level of inflammation and stain particular immune cells.

Basically, it is just another diagnostic method just in case we miss out anything.

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Re: Breath Test - Negative

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Helico_expert wrote:the biopsies are for histologist to surprise us with unexpected results. You can be H. pylori positive and have a very normal endoscopy examination. The histology will tell if you are having active or chronic inflammation. The pathologist can also see Helicobacter pylori, if present. or other Helicobacter species if it looks slightly fatter or longer or in a wrong location. The pathologist can also review the level of inflammation and stain particular immune cells.

Basically, it is just another diagnostic method just in case we miss out anything.
Makes sense. I have another question, may be it is lame. Will the inflammation not visible on the camera?

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not lame, inflammation is not always visible on camera.

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Re: Breath Test - Negative

Post by newhpyloridiag »

Asked because my Doc didn't take any biopsies.

This is what he commented.

FINDINGS AND INTERVENTIONS:
Esophagus: Normal in appearance.
Stomach: Normal in appearance.
Duodenum: Normal in appearance.

ADVERSE EVENTS (immediate and/or post-procedural): None

IMPRESSION:
Normal Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

I asked him repeatedly if he saw any inflammation and he said NO.

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Re: Breath Test - Negative

Post by Helico_expert »

Some specialist doesnt really care much about the strains, the inflammation level, the breath test level, the blood test level and etc.

as long as one of the tests show positive result, the treatment is the same for all h. pylori.

some doctors even dont worry about endoscopy. with or without ulcer, just take one month PPI. The PPI is pretty safe and if you have ulcer, the one month PPI will help it healed. If you have HP, the antibiotics will kill it.

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