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Olagrace1:
Plase how is your wife now? Is everything gone now

Lol! Seriously it only gets temporal relief. That sickness has no permanent medication.

Olagrace1:
Sis please did you try it?

Tried, couldn’t stand the taste though.

Convert Acacia seeds to powder.
Eat with honey twice daily.

You can check out my health thread on NL

I don’t know much but I’ll recommend curing it naturally using herbs and fruits. Most of these chemical drugs are just adding to the problem most times. Pharmaceutical strategies

ibietela2:
Tried, couldn’t stand the taste though.

but did it work for you

good morning brother....how is this flower been eating

DaCharis2016:
Yes. My mom doesn't suffer it anymore.

Kelvin581:
but did it work for you

no idea, since i did not try it for long

Kinghillc:
I think mine started towards the end of may. I have been sick since then till now. First was malaria test and typhoid test and the result said I had malaria, which I was given injection and medication for because my legs were weak and my eyes were turning me like I wanted to faint. The second test was fbc, liver function test with some other test. Alt and ast was high? Cholesterol was high as well. They just told me that I have some issues with my liver enzymes and that I should take Livloyn forte which I took for almost one month and I avoided meat and fatty food.

I went back to another hospital with my test result because I was still feeling generally unwell after treating malaria. The doctor didn’t run any further test aside from the one I did before and he said it was acute liver disease. Alcohol that I hardly drink at all. He gave me some medication and I started taking them. I took them for 5 days and i stopped because the side effect was crazy. What if he was wrong with the diagnosis!

I went to another hospital and they did the test again and said I had malaria ++ and H.pylori was positive. I took injection for 3 days and continued with the malaria tablets, while I was still on pyrox combi for the H.pylori that was detected from the blood test. I took the medication for almost 3 weeks and I could still feel the pain on my chest and by the right side of my stomach and I was still feeling cold and feverish. He did another test for the malaria and said it’s still 1+ that it could be from the malaria. I took another malaria tablet again and the cold stopped. The fast heart rate scares me. It got up to 220 the other day and I wasn’t even doing any exercise. The doctor said it was anxiety and gave me another medication because I was finding it hard to sleep at night. I took it just once and stopped because it was adding to my dizziness and fatigue.

I have gone to see a cardiologist as well and done all the ultrasound scan, ct scan and Eco and they said my heart is healthy and fine. Went to GI as well and she said it could be Gerd and gave me antacid as well. They keep telling me that I’m fine or would be fine when I know my body is not okay. I think the only thing left is endoscopy. I did that in 2016 when I had almost the same issue and they said it was helicobacter pylori induced chronic gastritis. I have never been this sick neither have I taken so many medication like this before. The pain is just crazy. From the middle of my chest under the breast bone to the right side of my stomach and sometimes it comes with headache or would I say migraine.

They said it’s ulcer but how can ulcer affect me so badly like this. I sleep with ac but not so cold and I hardly drink cold water. I did the test for pneumonia with chest x-ray and they ruled it out. Right now , from the last test I did, they said my uric acid is high, potassium is low, albumin high and total protein is high and they gave me some medication to take for one month. I’m praying to God everyday to heal me because this doctors would finish me with medication! Still fighting with lack of appetite, heartburn, funny taste in my mouth and I have lost so much weight. From 89kg to 82kg! Drop me your digit if possible!

Hey buddy, trust you're doing well.

I really hope by now you've found a way around your health situation.

I went through something very similar myself, and I can honestly say that people who experience these kinds of symptoms usually don't get the answers they're looking for after seeing one doctor or even several doctors. That's because this kind of problem can be incredibly complicated. It often isn't just one thing causing all the symptoms. It can be several things happening at the same time, all feeding into each other.

I've spent a lot of time researching this. I'm not a doctor, so take this as someone sharing their personal findings and experience, not medical advice. But after months of trying to understand what was happening to me, I feel like I've finally been able to connect a lot of the dots. I also don't agree with people who say medicines don't work. In my opinion, medicines do work when the right problem is identified and when recovery is approached the right way. The problem is that many people are only treating one piece of a much bigger puzzle.

I wanted to share what I've learned because I know how hopeless this condition can make you feel. Unless you've lived through it yourself, it's hard to explain. It honestly feels like you're alive, but not really living.

Everything starts with H pylori.

This bacteria damages the protective lining of your stomach and causes ongoing inflammation. It can lead to gastritis and ulcers, and from what I've learned, this is where the chain reaction begins. How badly you're affected depends on how much damage has been done, where the inflammation is, how long it has been there, and even your lifestyle.

Over time, the infection and the inflammation it causes can damage the acid producing cells in your stomach. When that happens, your stomach may not produce enough acid to digest food properly or absorb important nutrients the way it should.

Once that starts happening, your body can become low in nutrients like iron, Vitamin B12, calcium, magnesium, Vitamin C, zinc, and folate. When you're low in these nutrients, you can experience extreme tiredness, dizziness, weakness, pale skin, muscle cramps, heart palpitations, blurry vision, hair loss, poor healing, brain fog, nerve related symptoms, and different types of anemia. If ulcers develop, they can sometimes cause pain that spreads into your upper, middle, or lower back.

If H pylori is left untreated for a long time, the inflammation can continue damaging the stomach. In some people, this can progress from chronic gastritis to atrophic gastritis, then intestinal metaplasia, then dysplasia, and in a small number of cases, stomach cancer. It doesn't happen to everyone, but it is one of the reasons doctors recommend treating the infection once it is found.

In some people, the body's immune system can also become involved. The ongoing inflammation may contribute to autoimmune atrophic gastritis, where the immune system attacks the stomach's own acid producing cells. If enough of those cells are permanently damaged, the stomach may no longer make enough intrinsic factor, which is needed to absorb Vitamin B12 properly. That can lead to lifelong B12 deficiency unless it is treated.

Another thing people don't always realize is that when your stomach isn't functioning properly (or have hiatal hernia - which could be part of the picture), you can develop reflux. Sometimes it's the typical burning feeling in the chest, and sometimes it's silent reflux where you don't even get heartburn. Instead, you get throat irritation, constant throat clearing, hoarseness, coughing, or the feeling that something is stuck in your throat. Some people even notice ringing in their ears, hissing sounds, ear fullness, or sensitivity to sound. While those symptoms can have many different causes, reflux can sometimes play a role.

Because the stomach isn't emptying food as efficiently as it should, food can sit there longer than normal. That creates bloating and gas. The stomach stretches, and you end up belching all the time. That pressure can push against your diaphragm and make it feel like you can't get a satisfying breath. Some people even experience chest tightness or strange sensations that make them think something is wrong with their heart. It can also stimulate the vagus nerve, which may contribute to a wide range of symptoms in some people.

This is why H pylori can be so confusing.

Often times, people might rush to see a heart doctor because of palpitations. Others would rush to a neurologist because of dizziness and brain fog. For some, its off to an ENT because of throat problems or ringing in the ears or seeing a blood specialist because of anemia. I even heard of someone who was offered meds to treat for anxiety.

The healthcare system is divided into specialties, so every doctor naturally focuses on their own area. Sometimes the bigger picture gets missed because everyone is looking at just one piece instead of how everything may be connected.

That's also why I don't think recovery should stop after taking antibiotics, omeprazole, or antacids. Those medicines are important when they're needed, but for many people, recovery is much bigger than simply killing the bacteria.

You need to know exactly what damage has been done. You may need further tests. You may need to correct nutrient deficiencies with the right supplements or, in some cases, infusions. You need to help your stomach heal. You need to gradually restore your digestion and give your body time to recover.

Healing doesn't always happen overnight. It can take weeks or even months depending on how much damage was done.

But when your body finally starts recovering, it honestly feels like you've been brought back to life.

I really hope this helps someone out there who's been going from doctor to doctor wondering if they're losing their mind.