It is wrong to think of H.pylori as a problem that should be eliminated. It is better to think of it in terms of risk-benefit.
It can cause problems, or at least some strains of it can. If so, there is a good case to be made for treatment - ie elimination. Elimination however may carry a downside.
H. pylori is an ancient symbiont, an organism that we have evolved to co-exist with and which is a natural part of our microbiome. It can have both beneficial and detrimental effects on us the host. It is not an acute infection with only negative consequences. Think of it like E.coli. Mostly this is a harmless natural component of the gut, occasionally it can get out of hand. Many other normal gut consitutents occasionally get out of hand. Does this mean we should eliminate them all, even if we could? Of course not.
We are gradually losing it in the Western world and people like Martin Blaser, who has studied and written about this extensively - eg in "The Missing Microbes", has described the ways in which the loss is to our detriment.
It is true that the presence of H. pylori leads to a risk of ulcers and gastric cancer but as people are following the Western populations which are losing the organism, they are seeing an increase in esophogial cancer in parallel with the decrease in gastric cancer and ulcers.
Furthermore, loss of this organism appears to be one of the important factors in the increasing rise of allergies and asthma.
These are just a few examples. As we are learning more about the important role that bacteria play in maintenance of the human organism, we need to update our approach to these organisms. Simply killing something because it is there is very foolish.
I strongly disagree with you!
H. Pylori does itself cause Increased Intestinal Permeability Syndrome aka Leaky Gut, just like the closely related bacteria which causes CFS/Fibro. It should not be ignored, it should be destroyed!
H. Pylori and similar bacteria, which there are quite a few, reduces Stomach acid production, affects Vitamin B12 absorption, Mineral absorption, affects food breakdown which can lead to changes in Colon Flora and resulting weight gain. It affects the stomachs ability to protect the body from unwanted organisms and parasites due to it's suppression of stomach acid. From the stomach it spreads further into the digestive system causing further increases in digestive permeability, resulting affects on the immune system ie food allergies and reactions to foods. Increases in Liver enzymes, burden on the human immune system, damaging methylation with further consequences which you do not want to even consider and I will remain quiet about!
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I have had some success, only partial so far, by using Reduced Ionic Silver. Ionic Silver did nothing and should not be used internally, it's the reduced form that is far more stable in the stomach. It destroyed a very large biofilm on the right hand side of my stomach, not 100% but the majority of it. There is still a lot left to destroy.
I am not a fan of pharmaceutical antibiotics, more local antibiotics are better IMO. I have some ideas and I am currently constructing a Colloidal Silver generator to make some of my own fresh Reduced Colloidal Silver ie small particulate silver rather than charged ionic silver as generated by colloidal silver generators.
When making colloidal silver you have to control the current because the current will rise dramatically as the concentration rises because as silver enters the distilled water more current flows which tends to make larger particles which are less effective and can cause problems. After making it, it should be reduced to convert the positively charged particles to uncharged particles.
Biofilms created by H Pylori and the bacteria which cause CFS are highly resistant, they can resist most antibiotics both foods and pharmaceuticals, very easily. If all else fails I will add a very small amount of DMSO to force the silver into the biofilm to destroy them but I hope to avoid having to do that as I dislike the idea of using DMSO internally. However if all other methods fail, I will use the H bomb!
My previous partial success was using a Reduced Silver purchased on Amazon. There are some question marks over quality so I want to make some high quality fresh CS myself before I reduce it. I will use Maltose and maybe Aloe Vera powder mixed with distilled water to do that.
I had wanted to use d- amino acids to trigger the break up of the biofilms but I have been unable to purchase despite looking world wide. No company will sell to the public, only to educational establishments and companies which has been so frustrating because these amino acids have been proven to be effective against biofilms. Taking an enzyme mix such as Interfase+ with the amino acids should cause the take up and subsequent break up of the biofilms. Following with CS would destroy the bacteria which would allow the stomach AND colon to heal. BTW these biofilms replace sections of the digestive mucosa and allow undigested food to enter into the bloodstream causing antibody attachment leading to problems in areas where the immune system regulation is poor ie immune system attacks against the body.
BTW If anyone knows a place where d- amino acids could be purchased, or a way of acquiring them then let me know because they could make a difference to everyone on this forum. They are fairly expensive, a couple of grams costing about the same as 500grams of the more expensive l- form aminos. However only tiny amounts are required as they work as signalling molecules.
I have utter contempt for H. Pylori and the yet unidentified bacteria causing CFS which shares much in common with Pylori, so no one should dare to say to me that these should be tolerated!!!! Destroy them but do it in a way which does the least harm to your digestive systems which have already been badly disrupted by the effects of these bacteria.