"Felice" wrote in news:
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Nahhhh, don't sweat it. It's all good. I had a gastrectomy and a small
bowel resection back in June last year because of tumours, and have just
come out of hospital after a bit of a scare, and my first followup check.
I'm all clean as of this point in time as far as the 'nasties' go, and the
oncologist is crowing that he "cured me"... but now I'm in the care of a
gastro surgeon, who is going to do "cosmetic repair" on my
duodenum/stomach join (due to a screw up by the oncologist, even though
no-one will admit it!!), and has also found that I have a pretty bad case
of the H.pylori in what's left of my stomach.
I asked about the infection, how you get it, etc, as it's highly unlikely
I had it prior to the op. The response I got was "Everyone gets it, some
worse than others, so lets just treat it." I got the distinct impression I
was being stonewalled!!
So now I have to take a course of 3 drugs (Nexium Hp7), twice a day, for a
week and then go for a breath test, before I go back for the 'corrective'
surgery.
Interestingly enough, I found some writing about the bug that says it
creates an intolerance to red meat!! Could this be the cause of why every
time I've had red meat since the operation, I've spewed it back up within
10 minutes?
I also found a few things that help alleviate the bug, without resorting
to drugs....
Studies have recently been published suggesting H. pylori activity could
be suppressed via dietary methods. A 2009 Japanese study in Cancer
Prevention Research found that eating as little as 70 g (2.5 ounces) of
broccoli sprouts daily for two months reduces the number of colonies of H.
pylori bacteria in the stomach by 40% in humans. This treatment also seems
to help by enhancing the protection of the gastric mucosa against H.
pylori, but is relatively ineffective on related gastric cancers. The
previous infection returned within two months after broccoli sprouts were
removed from the diet, so an ongoing inclusion in the diet is best for
continued protection from H. pylori.[40]
A 2008 study published in Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
found kimchi (fermented cabbage) contains a bacterial strain "showing
strong antagonistic activity against H. pylori." The bacterium strain
isolated from kimchi, designated Lb. plantarum NO1, was found to reduce
the urease activity of H. pylori by 40-60% and suppress its binding to
human gastric cancer cell line by more than 33%.[41]
A 2009 study has found that green tea can prevent Helicobacter-related
inflammation.[42][43]
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