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What Does My Endoscopy Report Indicate?
Iam 81 years had an endoscopy done 1month ago and H Pylori was found after a biopsy result. They want to have me do triple therapy procedure for 14 days I,m very worried about the many side effects.Would like to try using a dietician for a food cure instead. What would your advice be.?
Mon, 12 Jun 2017
Hello,
Since we are sure about the cause for your peptic ulceration and gastritis which is the Helicobacter pylori the treatment is fairly simple. The triple therapy uses Clarithromycin, Amoxicillin, and a proton pump inhibitor for 2 weeks which is effective in most of the cases. Sometimes Metronidazole is added to make it more effective. Since it is not a very long treatment the side effects will be minimal. Use probiotics to minimize the side effects.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sanskriti Jawa
Since we are sure about the cause for your peptic ulceration and gastritis which is the Helicobacter pylori the treatment is fairly simple. The triple therapy uses Clarithromycin, Amoxicillin, and a proton pump inhibitor for 2 weeks which is effective in most of the cases. Sometimes Metronidazole is added to make it more effective. Since it is not a very long treatment the side effects will be minimal. Use probiotics to minimize the side effects.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sanskriti Jawa
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