alt Hacker NewsI thought Hy.Pylori was diagnosed from a stool sample which in my experience is the first thing you’re asked for if you have any gastric issues. Was it only possible to find via the colonoscopy in your case or did the doctors never do a stool test?
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aurareturn • last Thursday at 11:28 AM
You could do a breath test for h pylori. The colonoscopy was done as a general check by a specialist doctor. So the doctor wasn’t sure but a colonoscopy covered h pylori check.
The sensitivity from stool samples seems to be less than 80%. The gold standard is gastroscopy, which is often performed anyway to rule out ulcers etc. It is the first time I heard about colonoscopy for H Pylori.