h pylori

[tanisha]

I have been treated for h pylori.I went back to see my doctor after that treatment with the same problems. My doctor has no intentions to see if i still have this bacteria. I asked for a breathe test and he said it was to expensive. I am concerned about getting gastric cancer. Can you please give me some advise?

[lilly53]

tanisha,
I too have been unlucky enough to have had H.Pylori. I had it in April of "98" and did the triple therapy.  I was told then, the therapy usually takes care of it and it doesn't return. Well in May of "99", one year later, I started having problems again.  I went back to the doctor and saw a doc on call that day. She told me that it could and has been known to come back. I was tested and was positive again, and was treated.  It hasn't returned since then.  I don't know how expensive the test is, but if you feel you might have it again, I would get a second opinion.  It does not need to go untreated. I was told also it can cause cancer if left untreated. Some doctors, I guess think it will not return, but in my case it did, so I would keep on your doctor until he/she gives you another test.
lilly53