Digestive issues and Parasthesia
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:13 am
So glad I found this forum, looking for some answers.
Username says it all, concurrent mono and h.pylori - started with digestive symptoms 3 months ago, pain in lower left quadrant 1 week, then moved to lower right for one week, then tingling into legs/arms. Doc did MRI on brain and abdomen w contrast, and xray. All negative, blood work came back positive Mono.
Doc figured the mono was causing all of the symptoms including the tingling, rest was prescribed.
1 week later while resting woke in the night with knotted stomach and deep empty hunger pains. Nausea the next day pretty bad then just and “empty” feeling since. This along with the tingling into the extremities and stomach aching on R side specifically under ribs and into lower quadrant persisted. Occasional shortness of breath as well in evenings, felt like my diaphragm was locked up. Again I associated all of this with th mono.
2 more weeks of rest and energy is back but all of those other symptoms persist, I start thinking there is something going on in the stomach as well. Went back to doc and described symptoms and they are thinking H.Pylori - blood test on wed, still waiting on results - my mom and sister have had H.pylori and now learning about it I am guessing this is the culprit.
Before my results come in I wanted to see if these symptoms - empty feeling, pain in lower right side, and tingling into extremities have been reported previously?
I have read both Mono and H.Pylori can have an effect on red blood cells, which could explain the neurological symptoms.
Also - about treatment, which antibiotic regimen appears to work the best? I am 33, fit, otherwise healthy, taking no medications. My mom and sister swear by the Matula Tea and Mastic Gum - but after reading here it really seems like antibiotics are the only solution for full eradication.
But another question, if I got this from my mom during childhood and have had it my whole life with no flare ups, do I really need to filly eradicate? It could be that simply the viral infection compromised my immune system enough to create a flare up, so once my system comes back it could control it again and possibly some of the more natural approaches would be better long term? I’m not interested in taking antibiotics if I do not need to, obviously.
Sorry so long, will keep things updated and appreciate any thoughts. Thanks
Username says it all, concurrent mono and h.pylori - started with digestive symptoms 3 months ago, pain in lower left quadrant 1 week, then moved to lower right for one week, then tingling into legs/arms. Doc did MRI on brain and abdomen w contrast, and xray. All negative, blood work came back positive Mono.
Doc figured the mono was causing all of the symptoms including the tingling, rest was prescribed.
1 week later while resting woke in the night with knotted stomach and deep empty hunger pains. Nausea the next day pretty bad then just and “empty” feeling since. This along with the tingling into the extremities and stomach aching on R side specifically under ribs and into lower quadrant persisted. Occasional shortness of breath as well in evenings, felt like my diaphragm was locked up. Again I associated all of this with th mono.
2 more weeks of rest and energy is back but all of those other symptoms persist, I start thinking there is something going on in the stomach as well. Went back to doc and described symptoms and they are thinking H.Pylori - blood test on wed, still waiting on results - my mom and sister have had H.pylori and now learning about it I am guessing this is the culprit.
Before my results come in I wanted to see if these symptoms - empty feeling, pain in lower right side, and tingling into extremities have been reported previously?
I have read both Mono and H.Pylori can have an effect on red blood cells, which could explain the neurological symptoms.
Also - about treatment, which antibiotic regimen appears to work the best? I am 33, fit, otherwise healthy, taking no medications. My mom and sister swear by the Matula Tea and Mastic Gum - but after reading here it really seems like antibiotics are the only solution for full eradication.
But another question, if I got this from my mom during childhood and have had it my whole life with no flare ups, do I really need to filly eradicate? It could be that simply the viral infection compromised my immune system enough to create a flare up, so once my system comes back it could control it again and possibly some of the more natural approaches would be better long term? I’m not interested in taking antibiotics if I do not need to, obviously.
Sorry so long, will keep things updated and appreciate any thoughts. Thanks