Originally Posted by Harry
I agree H pylori bactria can stay in your blood for months and is not a reliable way to evaluate it's presence. A breath test is more reliable way of detecting H pylori bacteria.
How about a stool test? I had a stool test and it came back negative for H Pylori about 5 weeks after I had stopped the triple therapy. Is that reliable as well? My symptoms didn't go away after I took the meds. The relationship between h pylori and non ulcer dyspepsia (which I may have) is unclear according to what I've read, but I'm wondering if the initial presence of H Pylori instigated my lingering digestive problems-- even once the bacteria was eliminated. Sort of like the bacteria, "messed everything up", and the result is now non ulcer dyspepsia that has continued over time....just a thought.