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Let me explain my case here. 2 months back I was having stomach pain around the abdomen, it comes and goes, especially its a bit high after taking food. Consult
by jasimmohdk 6y ago
Let me explain my case here. 2 months back I was having stomach pain around the abdomen, it comes and goes, especially its a bit high after taking food. Consulted doctor, and he gave medicines assuming its gastritis, without antibiotics. Lipid profile was normal, SGPT was a bit higher (55 U/L)A Urea Breath test showed that I am positive for H-Pylori.
A USG abdomen showed a gaseous proximal colon along with mild wall thickening of sigmoid and adjacent descending segment around left lilac fossa (Radiologist assumed either spastic colon/ sequela of colitis). The Doc started treatment with antibiotics Amoxidin(Amoxicillin) + Flagyl(Metronidazole) for 14 days along with Gordex and Gaviscon for gastritis. After 14 days, the pain has drastically reduced, but I started having constipation, minor fissure. Consulted doc again, and he gave Flagyl(Metronidazole) for 7 days along with lactulose. Stomach pain actually went away when I started taking lactulose also H-Pylori was not detected on the next test(using H-Pylori antigen stool test).
When I stopped the medicines again, the constipation and occasional stomach pain came back. I started taking lactulose 2 times a day after the 14 + 7 days antibiotic course, everything was smooth, but when I stopped lactulose, stomach pain came back. I have then started reading about the symptoms and somewhere I read about gut flora and how antibiotics damages gut flora, on reading much I started asking my doc about probiotics.
He recommended a probiotic which said Colon support containing 20 billion CFU. The mix of probiotics was Bifidobacteria blend(18 billion CFU) (Bifidobacteria lactis, Bifidobacteria infantis, Bifidobacteria longum, Bifidobacteria breve, Bifidobacteria bifidum)) along with Lactobacillus Blend(1.5 Billion CFU) (Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus helverticus) and Stephalococus Thermophilus (500 million CFU). Taking a probiotic capsule for 6 days has improved a lot, and I have a smooth stomach motion, and doesn't have the stomach pain or constipation anymore.
What I knew from Doc is, if we eat prebiotic (Food with good fiber), it is decomposed by good bacteria and they reproduce good. On the other hand, if you take high sugar, it usually helps the bad bacteria growth like H-Pylori or E Coli. I was taking this advice and taking a lot of salads in these days.