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How? Did u get sleeved?

No not yet. I am supposed to be sleeved on Feb 11th. H. Pylori should be taken care of pre surgery so there are no unnecessary complications post surgery

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Ok' date=' what is this and why do so many of you have it? What are the symptoms??[/quote']

H. Pylori is a bacteria that can cause ulcers. To my knowledge there are no symptoms its jusz

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Ok' date=' what is this and why do so many of you have it? What are the symptoms??[/quote']

H. Pylori is a bacteria that can cause ulcers. To my knowledge there are no symptoms its just when u have bloodwork done they test u for it. U dont want to have h. pylori with the sleeve because ulcers and the sleeve dont mix. I guess alot of us just have h. pylori without knowing. Its so random:/

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Did the doctor say how you can get the bacteria? And do they find out by blood test ?

He never said how u get it but they diagnose u by ur blood test

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I had the H.Pylori also, I was so bummed 'cause it delayed my surgery for a month, but after all the medications (and it was alot) it was gone. I never even heard of H.Pyolori until I was tested I never had any symptoms but my doctor said most people don't until there is a problem but I'm glad this problem is over since I heard it can lead to stomach cancer..

Good Luck!

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How long do the results take for a breath test?

I have no idea..

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I have no idea..

After the 3 weeks of antibiotics the breath test only took about a half hour to get the results at least for me.

Best Wishes and I hope everything turns out well and have a Safe Surgery!

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Did the doctor say how you can get the bacteria? And do they find out by blood test ?

I had a biopsy which is how they found mine I wasn't told how I got though.

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I had symptoms. That's why I was tested. I had severe pain on my right side that radiated into my back. The ulcer was in the Duodenum, not my stomach. Most ulcers are caused by H Pylori. They used to think stress caused ulcers.

I had it way before I was ever sleeved.

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H. Pylori is a bactria strand that lives in your stomach. Like 60 percent of people have it and most never know it. symptoms include, black stool, burping, stomach pains. it can cause ulsers in some people and like 1-2 percent cancer. stress and spicy foods make it worse. they scope for it prior to the sleeve and bypass bc they dont want the bactria all over your body. it is curable/treatable after surgery but they dont usually do surgery with it...

im starting my second round of the antibotic pak bc mine didnt go away the first time. im already 2 months postponed on my revision surgery and idk what this latest round is going to put me behind on. it totally sucks..... i have no symptoms.

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Oh ok....well I am going to ask my surgeon what to do..thanks for letting me know my potential options:)

Once you test positive for H Pylori, you will always test positive for H Pylori.

The only way you can test for it after you've tested positive, is through a stool sample.

this person is wrong. that statement is not true at all. they can do breath tests, stool samples and blood work. and once you have it and treat it its supposed to go away. if you come back positive you still have it. its not like TB lol

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