No Ulcer, No H. Pylori, What's the Problem? Posted: 07-27-04 00:11am
I've had stomach problems for around 15
years, taking tagamet, pepcid, then
zantac. Doctors diagnosed as chronic
gastritis from my information alone back
then. Recently I had an endoscopy
performed and the results were:
oesophagus: z line at 42-cm. No evidence
of oesophagitis, no varices.
Stomach: mucosa of the fundus appears
normal. There is mild erythema of the
body and antrum with hemetin spots.
Pylorus appears normal. No ulcer.
Duodenum: 1st and 2nd parts appear nromal.
No ulcer.
They don't have the facilities to culture
h.Pylori where I am (tanzania) so no
biopsy was taken during the endoscopy.
The doctor put me on the heligo drug
cocktail nonetheless (a blood test for
antibody was negative, but he said that
isn't definitive). Since then, I can't
say that my stomach feels "normal" though,
if I could even remember what that is
like. No real pain (probably because I
have avoided all alcohol for 3 weeks now),
but still gassy and bubbly on occasion and
always feel that slightly painful gnawing
feeling in the morning.
Seems like my stomach fauna can't get
itself sorted out. Any ideas on further
diagnosis or treatment? I have a color
scan of the endoscopy if helpful.
