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It is an infection in the stomach.

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Complications with H. Pylori is stomach ulcers, inflammation of the stomach lining, and stomach cancer.

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Symptoms can include burning and aching pain in the stomach, loss of appetite, nausea, frequent burping, bloating, and unintentional weight loss.

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Always washing your hands when using the bathroom, taking care of someone in the hospital or an older adult.

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Eating fruits that are high in antioxidants are great to help with H. Pylori. It might ease the pain. A high-fiber diet will help reduce gastritis symptoms.

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Always ask your nurses and doctors to wash their hands before touching you. Always ask them to sanitize every instrument that is brought in your room to use on you.

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To treat H. Pylori, you will have to take antibiotics for about 2 weeks. It is a combination of medications to help cure the infection.

Omeprazole 40 mg QD + clarithromycin 500 mg TID x 2 wks, then omeprazole 20 mg QD x 2 wks

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Ranitidine bismuth citrate (RBC) 400 mg BID + clarithromycin 500 mg TID x 2 wks, then RBC 400 mg BID x 2 wks

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Bismuth subsalicylate (Pepto Bismol®) 525 mg QID + metronidazole 250 mg QID + tetracycline 500 mg QID* x 2 wks + H2 receptor antagonist therapy as directed x 4 wks

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Lansoprazole 30 mg BID + amoxicillin 1 g BID + clarithromycin 500 mg TID x 10 days

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Lansoprazole 30 mg TID + amoxicillin 1 g TID x 2 wks**

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Rantidine bismuth citrate 400 mg BID + clarithromycin 500 mg BID x 2 wks, then RBC 400 mg BID x 2 wks

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Omeprazole 20 mg BID + clarithromycin 500 mg BID + amoxicillin 1 g BID x 10 days

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Lansoprazole 30 mg BID + clarithromycin 500 mg BID + amoxicillin 1 g BID x 10 days