H.Pylori and what to do?

Have you had any experience of working with clients that have the H Pylori parasite? My client does not want to take the several different types of medication that she has been given and would prefer a more natural solution.

First thing, HP is a bacteria and not a parasite. It is handled differently as well. There are many schools of thought on whether to even treat this and some base it on symptoms alone. I have found the common symptoms to be bloating, gas, diarrhea/constipation, loss of appetite, bad breath, belching, migraines, ulcers and GERD. There is also research to show that most get it from raw chicken and fish, but now some are saying you can get it from sexual fluids. Long term ownership of HP in your gut has been shown to cause cancer in the GI system.  

What HP does when it gets into the gut, it actually buries itself inside the lining of the stomach. Once H. pylori is safely ensconced in the mucus, it is able to fight the stomach acid that does reach it with an enzyme it possesses called urease. Urease converts urea, of which there is an abundant supply in the stomach (from saliva and gastric juices), into bicarbonate and ammonia, which are strong bases. This creates a cloud of acid neutralizing chemicals around the H. pylori, protecting it from the acid in the stomach. The reaction of urea hydrolysis is important for and HP breathe test.

Another defense H. pylori has is that the body’s natural defenses cannot reach the bacterium in the mucus lining of the stomach. The immune system will respond to an H.pylori infection by sending white cells, killer T cells, and other infection fighting agents. However, these potential H. pylori eradicators cannot reach the infection, because they cannot easily get through stomach lining. They do not go away either, though, and the immune response grows and grows. Polymorphs die, and spill their destructive compounds (superoxide radicals) on stomach lining cells. Extra nutrients are sent to reinforce the white cells, and the H. pylori can feed on this. within a few days, gastritis and perhaps eventually a peptic ulcer results. It may not be H. pylori itself which causes peptic ulcer, but the inflammation of the stomach lining; i.e. the response to H. pylori.

I give clients 2 options to treat this.

1) Prevpac antibiotic for 2 weeks, Mastic gum and Bio HPF for 3 months and then a GI healing and recolinization protocol

2) Mastic gum and Bio HPF for 6 months, then a GI healing and recolinization protocol

I also add in certain Chinese herb teas that help with eradicating bacteria in the gut. As well, a client must do my nutrition and lifestyle coaching vitality package to ensure the eradication of this bacteria, as well to create an internal environment so it does not want to come back.

Josh Rubin www.eastwesthealing.com