Hi all, I have been having lots of various worrying symptoms now for over a year. Symptoms include:-
Feeling off balance
Extremely tired
Insomnia
Anxiety
Diarrhoea
Abdominal pain/cramping/bloating
Weight loss (2 stone)
Muscle twitches everywhere
Tinnitus
Sinus blocked
Lack of sense of smell/taste
Foul smelling unusual coloured stools
Yeast on tongue
Pins and needles sensation
Nerve pain
Unsteady walking
Brain fog/short term memory loss
Waking up in the night with dead arms
Constant stomach gurgling/churning
Eptopics
Palpatations
And many more......
Most gps at first put this down to anxiety but with weight loss GI problem etc I was sent for endoscopy where they found I was highly positive for helicobacter. I had moderate to servere gastrisis and a damaged inflamed/infected gallbladder. I had eradication for the h pylori and had the gallbladder removed, given 6 antibiotics in a few months but still feel dreadful.
Second endoscopy and colonoscopy revealed the helicobacter had not been eradicated and I was still a strong positive. Now gone down the herbal route after seeing a nutritionist and I am trying the herbal/diet route for 60 days.
I feel so ill every single day and don't think Drs realise what a horrible bacteria this actually is and how much damage it does to our insides. Some strains are resistant to antibiotics and it just runs riot on the digestive tract.
I'm also being tested privately for parasites over 3 day stool sample £150 but worth it to know what's going on. Just want to make people aware somethings are not just anxiety and if you feel unwell with similar symptoms it's worth asking for a h pylori test and parasites test. I'm seriously thinking of being checked for lymes too. Don't be fobbed off with anxiety like I was for a year, in SOME cases there can be a physical reason too!