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Recreational Mechanic
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Northern Colorado, USA
Posts: 3,326
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I went down that same road, but not as a teenager, but I guess it could happen at any age. Did an endoscopy with GI doc, gastric biopsy tested + for H.Pylori, took the triple therapy (Metro/Clarithro/PPI) and cleared out at least symptoms and hopefully the H.Pylori. Now I'm on lifelong PPI. If I forget to take my PPI in the morning (Nexium) by 10am my stomach is bubbling. Diet seems to have minimal effect on it, meaning if I eat a totally bland diet I still have dyspepsia. GI doc told me that some experts think that no one ever 100% clears H.Pylori once you have it, some think it goes into an inactive form and hides inside gastric cells. They told me nearly everyone gets exposed to H.Pylori, but only like 20% of us become chronically infected and have symptoms.
Basically in the end over the past 5 years I have been fine and symptom free on a PPI, after going thru triple therapy. The initial "event" really sucked, I really feel for your daughter, it's no fun.
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Last edited by Nickshu; 08-24-2014 at 07:22 PM..
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