H. Pylori Blood Testing

[GDR007]

Diagnosed w/ H. Pylori back in July of 2009----blood work for H. Pylori antibody @ Kaiser and it was positve measured around 250 (Kaiser's normal range is 0-99).  I completed the Triple Therapy and my symptoms went away.  I also had an endoscopy in December of 2009 and was tested for H. Pylori again and it came back negative...

Now recently in 2011, I have been experiencing similar symptoms of the H. Pylori and again provided blood work for the same antibody test @ Kaiser.  The test came back at 160 and have been advised that I have H. Pylori again; scheduled to begin the Triple Therapy.

My question is:
Is the blood antibody test an accurate test to prove that the H. Pylori has returned OR would the test just show another positive test for the H. Pylori since I have already had the bacteria 3 years ago?

It really feels like I have it again but I want to avoid taking anti-biotics if the blood test is a false positive.

Thanks

[svetlana1972]

my poor husband  had h pylori twice already,it came back 6 years later same symptoms,blood tests negative,docs didnt want to give him antibiotcs,i wanna scream see him sufer its 2 months now,had endoscopy a lot of damage to his upper stomach,what is triple therapy?he had antibiotics before for his first cases it helped,i dont understand why they waiting.but blurred vission,sweaty palms pressure in arms dont feet in h.pylori symptoms /to tegbarework/ see different doctor.

[tegbarework]

It started 3 yrs ago after malaria medication, chloroqueen, when I was working in Ethiopia. Its excriating, I hated to live. The docs use to find h pylory(and treated wiz tripple therapy.  before 3 month it was the sever pain of all time, I had indoscopy, and they found nothin, my gastric has no inflammation, nothing. But postive for h pylori, i took tripple therapy again, and still no relief. This days am having fever, blurred vision and sweety palms, and i feel pressure in my arms. My typical symptom is degassing. Is there any one can help me, am feeling that am gonna die. Is this thing will be over?  am having physical excercise, meals ontime. Setting alrm for the nite. Please help. Am a highway engineer, i dont believe that i have stress. Help help help

[HPgirl]

Once you have been exposed to HPylori the blood test will always come back positive. To find out if you have a current infection, you need to do a UREA breath test. This measures the amount of urease in the stomach and indicates if there's an infection at present. It's a simple test and extremely accurate.
Wishing you wellness!