I have abdominal pain in my upper central abdomen (just below the breast bone) radiating to the right side. Ultrasound, blood tests (liver function, diabetes, CEA) and endoscopy were clear apart from h pylori infection. No evidence of gallstones or ulcers. At the time of the endoscopy I had no pain for about a month. But now, 5 days later the pain is back. The pain feels like a gnawing ache and lasts for about a week, then subsides, eventually goes away completely, and then a month or two later comes back. Its been like that since June this year. Its generally worse on an empty stomach and feels better when I lie down on my back. During the periods of pain I have some belching and burping. I am currently on antibiotics for h pylori (second day). Ive read that sometimes h pylori is an incidental finding and not the cause. I am worried that its something more serious... Are there any other tests I should be asking for?
H pylori treatment is supposed to continue for 15 days you are starting to worry about false positive result on the second day complete your therapy of 15 days make sure you are having tan pantoprazole 4 mg twice a day as well this will continue even after your antibiotic therapy is done best of luck