Many people have had digestive problems at some point in their lives. They've tried specific supplements, alternative remedies, and dietary changes with success. However, in this day and age, we are subjected to many environmental factors that put to the test even the most resilient.
So if symptoms persist after dedicated efforts to heal, consider consulting your health care provider to discuss the symptoms and inquire about screening stool tests:
- Hidden blood in feces: It's the screening program for colon cancer. Where I work, everyone over 50 years old is invited to participate in the program by sending a poop sample. If there's hidden blood, the person is invited for an interview to inquire about possible hemorrhoids and the like, and offered a colonoscopy. People with colon cancer in the family are even invited earlier for a colonoscopy. And some people in their 40s have shown up with colon cancer as their first disease. Keep in mind that colon cancer falls in the spectrum of insulin resistance which serves as a super fertilizer for cancer cells. Those who have metabolic syndrome or diabetes, fare worse. There is so much colon cancer nowadays, that if a person led a SAD ("standard America/Western diet") throughout their lives and are aged and never really took care of their health, I think going with the colonoscopy after a positive stool test to make an early diagnosis is worth the trouble and risk of the procedure.
- Calprotectin in feces: it helps to screen for inflammatory bowel disease.
- Helicobacter pylori antigen test in feces. It has a 98% specificity and a 94% sensitivity. Having N-acetilcysteine, antibiotics and omeprazol (proton pump inhibitors) the two weeks before will certainly alter the test (false negative). Consider also iodine on this category and other formulas that are anti-microbial.
I want to talk about this last infection because if falls under the spectrum of chronic latent infections that we discussed so extensively years ago in the following thread:
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Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the stomach in about 50% of all humans and is the causative factor of peptic ulcers and gastritis. Some might remember the story of how Barry J. Marshall and J. Robin Warren won the Nobel Prize in Medicine of 2005 for their discovery of how Helicobacter pylori cause these diseases because it has brought up at least a couple of times in the recommended reading of Intelligent Design.
Ever since the eradication protocols for Helicobacter pylori were introduced, medical emergencies such as bleeding peptic ulcers became a thing of the past. The last time I saw a patient who needed a surgical repair for a bleeding stomach ulcer was during the late 1990s when I was a medical student. However, recently I saw a patient with this complication because she never consulted for her digestive issues. I told her that if she had consulted, I would have asked for a stool test and made the diagnosis before she had any complication and surgical procedure. This is because eradication protocols work and then the bacteria can't do any further damage.
Signs and symptoms for H.pylori infection include:
These are other useful tests to detect h.pylori:
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I have a patient who was diagnosed with h.pylori after several months of debilitating stomach problems that started with diarrhea. He not only had the diarrhea, he was having a thyroiditis that took his thyroid function to its possible lowest function ability. So the following quote is relevant with this in mind:
Even more important:
In short, it is the classical chronic latent infection creating havoc in people's health. And out of this article are the big ones: stomach cancer and lymphomas caused by an initial infection with helicobacter pylori.
Here's another article exploring the Parkinson's disease angle:
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The Townsend doctor suggests this protocol to treat this infection without antibiotics:
Keep in mind his warning:
Here's Sayer Ji's suggestions to deal with h.pylori:
www.sott.net
Keep in mind that h.pylori is super smart and sneaky though:
www.sott.net
So in case of doubt, I would opt for the stool test, doing it after 2 weeks without any anti-microbial protocol, proton pump inhibitor or acetylcysteine to avoid false negatives. However, if you had peptic ulcers in the past, know that you are a host for helicobacter pylori.
In my experience, 10 out of 10 people experience a significant amelioration in their health after completing some sort of eradication protocol with success. Their skin might clear up, their mood is better, their energy levels are better, their digestive issues disappear, they might have less or no allergies, etc.
The super duper protocol in mainstream medicine involves pylera which is a brand name for pills containing metronidazol, tetracycline and bismuth citrate. It's a gruesome protocol with often severe Herx reactions that last throughout most of the protocol. However, Herx reactions can be palliated with a teensy bit of cortisone, i.e. prednisone 10mg. Notice how pylera contains two of the things some of us used in the autoimmune thread: metronidazol and tetracycline. Even though we didn't use tetracycline, we used an antibiotic of the same family: doxycycline. Some of us reported in that thread similar Herx reactions described by users of Pylera.
The test needs to be repeated 2-4 weeks after the eradication protocol is complemented. Again, don't use anything that could produce a false negative.
In my experience, the eradication success with pylera is 100%. Those who might not succeed might have a SAD diet and no supplement support. So in case an alternative protocol is not doing it for somebody, discussing mainstream options with a health care provider might be the way to go.
Regardless of the way a person might decide to deal with this problem, one thing is clear: don't be afraid to visit a health care provider to discuss symptoms and a possible stool test or other diagnostic tool, specially if symptoms don't go away after concerted efforts.
So if symptoms persist after dedicated efforts to heal, consider consulting your health care provider to discuss the symptoms and inquire about screening stool tests:
- Hidden blood in feces: It's the screening program for colon cancer. Where I work, everyone over 50 years old is invited to participate in the program by sending a poop sample. If there's hidden blood, the person is invited for an interview to inquire about possible hemorrhoids and the like, and offered a colonoscopy. People with colon cancer in the family are even invited earlier for a colonoscopy. And some people in their 40s have shown up with colon cancer as their first disease. Keep in mind that colon cancer falls in the spectrum of insulin resistance which serves as a super fertilizer for cancer cells. Those who have metabolic syndrome or diabetes, fare worse. There is so much colon cancer nowadays, that if a person led a SAD ("standard America/Western diet") throughout their lives and are aged and never really took care of their health, I think going with the colonoscopy after a positive stool test to make an early diagnosis is worth the trouble and risk of the procedure.
- Calprotectin in feces: it helps to screen for inflammatory bowel disease.
- Helicobacter pylori antigen test in feces. It has a 98% specificity and a 94% sensitivity. Having N-acetilcysteine, antibiotics and omeprazol (proton pump inhibitors) the two weeks before will certainly alter the test (false negative). Consider also iodine on this category and other formulas that are anti-microbial.
I want to talk about this last infection because if falls under the spectrum of chronic latent infections that we discussed so extensively years ago in the following thread:
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES CAUSED BY AN INFECTION?
Article here: http://thehealist.com/rheumatoid-arthritis-caused-amoeba-infection/ Excerpts: Doctors who practice in this field of medicine say rheumatoid arthritis is not an “auto-immune” disease at all. Rather, the immune system is attacking the amoeba, which hides out in areas of the body...
cassiopaea.org
Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the stomach in about 50% of all humans and is the causative factor of peptic ulcers and gastritis. Some might remember the story of how Barry J. Marshall and J. Robin Warren won the Nobel Prize in Medicine of 2005 for their discovery of how Helicobacter pylori cause these diseases because it has brought up at least a couple of times in the recommended reading of Intelligent Design.
Ever since the eradication protocols for Helicobacter pylori were introduced, medical emergencies such as bleeding peptic ulcers became a thing of the past. The last time I saw a patient who needed a surgical repair for a bleeding stomach ulcer was during the late 1990s when I was a medical student. However, recently I saw a patient with this complication because she never consulted for her digestive issues. I told her that if she had consulted, I would have asked for a stool test and made the diagnosis before she had any complication and surgical procedure. This is because eradication protocols work and then the bacteria can't do any further damage.
Signs and symptoms for H.pylori infection include:
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Abdominal pain
- Heartburn
- Diarrhea
- Hunger in the morning
- Halitosis (bad breath)
These are other useful tests to detect h.pylori:
- Carbon-13 urea breath test: Concentration of the labeled carbon is high in breath only when urease is present in the stomach, a reaction possible only with H pylori infection
- H pylori serology: High (>90%) specificity and sensitivity; useful for detecting a newly infected patient but not a good test for follow-up of treated patients
- Antibiogram: Useful in geographic areas with a high resistance rate against metronidazole and clarithromycin; these antibiotics should not be recommended as first-line drugs in such areas
The many faces of Helicobacter Pylori
Several years ago I read that H. pylori can cause acne, rosacea, and a host of other diseases as well as stomach and duodenal ulcers. A spiral-shaped bacterium in the human stomach was first described over 100 years ago by Prof. W. Jaworski in...
www.sott.net
I have a patient who was diagnosed with h.pylori after several months of debilitating stomach problems that started with diarrhea. He not only had the diarrhea, he was having a thyroiditis that took his thyroid function to its possible lowest function ability. So the following quote is relevant with this in mind:
Even more important:
In short, it is the classical chronic latent infection creating havoc in people's health. And out of this article are the big ones: stomach cancer and lymphomas caused by an initial infection with helicobacter pylori.
Here's another article exploring the Parkinson's disease angle:
Researchers find links between Helicobacter pylori infections and Parkinson's disease
A common bacteria that infects the human stomach has significant links with worsened symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers have found. Researchers at the University of Malaya analysed a small group of Parkinson's disease patients with and...
www.sott.net
The Townsend doctor suggests this protocol to treat this infection without antibiotics:
Keep in mind his warning:
Here's Sayer Ji's suggestions to deal with h.pylori:
3 natural H. Pylori 'cures' that are clinically proven
H. pylori infection is often treated with three drugs simultaneously, but not everyone responds favorably. Thankfully there are clinically confirmed natural, food-based alternatives. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacteria estimated to be...
www.sott.net
Keep in mind that h.pylori is super smart and sneaky though:
Researchers identify mechanism that H Pylori uses to evade the body's attempts to clear it
Discovered in 1982, Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a disease-causing bacterium that survives in our stomachs despite the harsh acidic conditions. It is estimated that one in two people have got it, though most won't ever experience any...
www.sott.net
So in case of doubt, I would opt for the stool test, doing it after 2 weeks without any anti-microbial protocol, proton pump inhibitor or acetylcysteine to avoid false negatives. However, if you had peptic ulcers in the past, know that you are a host for helicobacter pylori.
In my experience, 10 out of 10 people experience a significant amelioration in their health after completing some sort of eradication protocol with success. Their skin might clear up, their mood is better, their energy levels are better, their digestive issues disappear, they might have less or no allergies, etc.
The super duper protocol in mainstream medicine involves pylera which is a brand name for pills containing metronidazol, tetracycline and bismuth citrate. It's a gruesome protocol with often severe Herx reactions that last throughout most of the protocol. However, Herx reactions can be palliated with a teensy bit of cortisone, i.e. prednisone 10mg. Notice how pylera contains two of the things some of us used in the autoimmune thread: metronidazol and tetracycline. Even though we didn't use tetracycline, we used an antibiotic of the same family: doxycycline. Some of us reported in that thread similar Herx reactions described by users of Pylera.
The test needs to be repeated 2-4 weeks after the eradication protocol is complemented. Again, don't use anything that could produce a false negative.
In my experience, the eradication success with pylera is 100%. Those who might not succeed might have a SAD diet and no supplement support. So in case an alternative protocol is not doing it for somebody, discussing mainstream options with a health care provider might be the way to go.
Regardless of the way a person might decide to deal with this problem, one thing is clear: don't be afraid to visit a health care provider to discuss symptoms and a possible stool test or other diagnostic tool, specially if symptoms don't go away after concerted efforts.
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