Aa
Teenage son (17) has been sick over one year ...
We have taken our son to a pediatric gastro for one year. We are still unable to get answers. He has had a colonoscopy, endoscopy and cameraoscopy. He originally was diagnosed with H-Pylori and was given two rounds of antibiotics. He started feeling almost 100%. That was 5 months ago. Symptoms are back and he is fatigued, nauseous, and is unable to go to school. Throughout this last year he has lost weight. Our Dr. says maybe Crohns, maybe not. The only med he has done well with is Creon. He has been on budesonide for 4 weeks with no results. He also takes esomeprazole with no results. When she did the cameraoscopy she saw what she called white fuzz at the beginning of lower intestines. We did a round of fungal meds. No results. Can anyone help please.
Please research cyclic vomiting syndrome. Also, acid medications can cause heart failure such as mine. Just a simple warning.
Please research cyclic vomiting syndrome. Also, acid medications can cause heart failure such as mine. Just a simple warning.
H-pylori was probably not completely eradicated.
You son might benefit from "quadruple therapy" but also he needs to follow an anti-candida protocol. Antifungals are not enough. Wide-spectrum Probiotics with Lactobacillus- and Bifidobacterium- antifungals AND a strict anti-candida diet are necessary.
If these steps do not help improve, then you need to look into the SCD program, specially if Chron's or something similar is suspected.
It is a natural approach and it has helped thousands of patients in similar situations as your son, lead a normal life.
My daughter who has Ulcerative Colitis & IBS follows a modified SCD program, has been able to resume her life again.
Drugs (usually immuno-suppressants) usually don't cure nor reverse such disorders, just help with inflammation and other symptoms
The budesonide was a shot in the dark, in the absence of a firm diagnosis
for Crohn's, more like a trial to see if he would improve.
The esomeprazole is normally part of the triple therapy to treat H.Pylori, along with 2 antibiotics, usually clarithromycin and amoxicillin,
however the prescribing doctor might have prescribed it it for a different
reason (suspected ulceration?)
I hope this helps.
Best wishes,
Niko
You son might benefit from "quadruple therapy" but also he needs to follow an anti-candida protocol. Antifungals are not enough. Wide-spectrum Probiotics with Lactobacillus- and Bifidobacterium- antifungals AND a strict anti-candida diet are necessary.
If these steps do not help improve, then you need to look into the SCD program, specially if Chron's or something similar is suspected.
It is a natural approach and it has helped thousands of patients in similar situations as your son, lead a normal life.
My daughter who has Ulcerative Colitis & IBS follows a modified SCD program, has been able to resume her life again.
Drugs (usually immuno-suppressants) usually don't cure nor reverse such disorders, just help with inflammation and other symptoms
The budesonide was a shot in the dark, in the absence of a firm diagnosis
for Crohn's, more like a trial to see if he would improve.
The esomeprazole is normally part of the triple therapy to treat H.Pylori, along with 2 antibiotics, usually clarithromycin and amoxicillin,
however the prescribing doctor might have prescribed it it for a different
reason (suspected ulceration?)
I hope this helps.
Best wishes,
Niko
Have an Answer?
You are reading content posted in the Gastroenterology Community
Learn which OTC medications can help relieve your digestive troubles.
Is a gluten-free diet right for you?
Discover common causes of and remedies for heartburn.
This common yet mysterious bowel condition plagues millions of Americans
Don't get burned again. Banish nighttime heartburn with these quick tips
Get answers to your top questions about this pervasive digestive problem
