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Antral gastritis and GERD
I have been diagnosed with antral gastritis and GERD in 2018 after endoscopy. The doctor gave a prescription of antacids, ivoral forte and Nizonide 500. But I actually couldn't get rid of the heartburn and stomach discomfort till now. I don't want to got back to him since I went twice for the same issue and spent a lot of money on that without improvement. A friend asked me lately whether I did the H Pylori test since his mother was suffering from stomach issue for years with H pylori related. Please help.
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Do you really have GERD,if so then PPI is drug of choice,If you are taking PPI like pantocid,razo or Nexpro for long but no relief then diagnosis of GERD is doubtful,could be either Refractory GERD or Function Dyspepsia,you please elaborate your symptoms in detail,whether you feel regurgitation of food or acid contents in mouth, trouble some acidity with retrosternal discomfort and burping. Second issue,we Indians 82 percent of population,even could be I, are h pylori positive,so we have to be sure gastritis is due to h pylori, and only 10 Percent people get relief in symptoms while eradicating H pylori.Eradication of h pylori is helpful in healing of ulcers present in stomach and duodenum, otherwise no use.On endoscopy you had only redness in antrum but no ulcer,so there is little use of h pylori eradication.
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