Helicobacter Pylori, might be worth knowing

[Chuai-Duai]

I spend the whole of June in Pattaya and was fine until two days before my departure. Then I developed severe stomach pains. On my return to the UK it got worse but tests for all the normal holiday tummy bugs were negative. Then a second doctor suggested testing for “Helicobacter Pylori”.


That was positive.

Helicobacter Pylori is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the stomach lining and stomach ulcers.


You can catch it from an infected person via saliva and other bodily fluids. However, the commonest way is via infected water or food.


Given the timing it’s almost certain I caught it in Thailand. I am careful what I eat or put in my mouth but one meal with a Thai friend does rather stand out and I suspect that.

I'm now on two antibiotics and another medicine to reduce stomach acid. I'm told I'll be fine in a week.

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[frequent]

I’ve had it twice so you have my sympathy. Chicken is apparently a common carrier. After my second attack I was advised to have a colonoscopy because of the risk of damage to the gut

[scottish-guy]

Everybody in the UK will be eating The Donald's chlorinated chicken fairly soon, and since the chlorination inactivates helicobacter pylori it won't be a problem here at least.

But yes you certainly should beware of this organism but "being careful what you put in your mouth" is perhaps a step too far and could ruin your entire holiday!

[gerefan2]

i suspect that I have had it but I wlll never know. Just go to my favourite pharmacy and get the antibiotics and it's gone in a week or two... joking but standard procedure here!

[scottish-guy]

Antibiotics (and you need a combo of them) alone is not an appropriate treatment for this infection - you need a PPI drug in addition such as Omeprazole or Lanzoprazole

[Chuai-Duai]

Antibiotics (and you need a combo of them) alone is not an appropriate treatment for this infection - you need a PPI drug in addition such as Omeprazole or Lanzoprazole

Very true. I'm taking Omeprazole along with two antibiotics.

[paborn]

Everybody in the UK will be eating The Donald's chlorinated chicken fairly soon, and since the chlorination inactivates helicobacter pylori it won't be a problem here at least.

But yes you certainly should beware of this organism but "being careful what you put in your mouth" is perhaps a step too far and could ruin your entire holiday!

OK, this is funny. Especially the part about ruining my vacation by worrying about what I put in my mouth. But, what is Donald's chicken? I assume my human wreck of a president has done something else...........

[gerefan2]

But, what is Donald's chicken? ........

McDonalds? Another SGT gourmet recommendation?

[lukylok]

McDonalds? Another SGT gourmet recommendation?

In US the chicken are dipped in a bath of chlore, which doesn't improve their taste.
Hence, the reason why chicken are washed (!) before cooking and why the EU absolutely refuses importing them.

[scottish-guy]

Indeed, the belief (or scaremongering depending on how you look at it) is that in order to get a bespoke Trade Deal from The Donald, Brexit Britain will have to accept chlorinated chicken and other "Frankenstein foods" currently outlawed by stringent EU regulation, together with US private sector involvement within the National Health Service.

Nor getting into an argument about who's right and who's wrong, but that's what I meant by "Donald's chicken"