Digestive Complaints... by: Kerri Knox, RN-The Immune Health Queen!
Well, I'm certainly glad that your doctor found out about your H pylori. HOWEVER, I wish that you had found me BEFORE you started your antibiotics- which have a failure rate of about 30%!
We think that the antibiotics kill off infections, but our bodies do a lot of helping and usually take care of the last little bit that antibiotics miss. So, don't be surprised if you 'fail' to eradicate the H pylori.
I actually have my clients spend 2 Full Months building up their immune systems before I have them try to get rid of their H pylori. Then they do 2 months of an herbal regimen afterwards to KEEP getting rid of the bacteria!
In my book, The H Pylori Solution, I discuss exactly in great detail how to get rid of your H pylori effectively... whatever method you choose to get rid of it...
And YES, I think that you are most likely gluten intolerant. In fact, your IBS is almost certainly caused by gluten intolerance and leaky gut syndrome. You don't just 'get' IBS randomly, there is a cause and it's very often gluten sensitivity.
Unfortunately, the only way to find out if your symptoms are caused by something is to eliminate that something and see if you get better. Your symptoms are unlikely to be caused by ONE SINGLE thing, such as ONLY H pylori or ONLY gluten intolerance, so I always suggest getting rid of ALL possible causes right away and figuring it out later because if you ONLY get rid of H pylori and don't get better, you'll falsely believe that H pylori had nothing to do with your symptoms when it actually played a big part in your healing, but it was subtle and you just didn't notice.
Healing and getting rid of inflammation and infections that lead to pain, depression and health problems is often very subtle and takes time to see the results of. Nothing is a magic bullet and expecting ONE thing to 'fix' you in a short amount of time is often extremely disappointing.
Do as many things as possible to improve your health RIGHT NOW, then be patient and let time help to get you better...
Enjoy this page? Please pay it forward. Here's how...
Would you prefer to share this page with others by linking to it?
Click on the HTML link code below.
Copy and paste it, adding a note of your own, into your blog, a Web page, forums, a blog comment,
your Facebook account, or anywhere that someone would find this page valuable.