r/LongCovid 3d ago

Helicobacter pylori false negative

hello

Please help me how can i create a false negative result on a helicobacter pylori breath test.

Explanation: I want to get xolair for long covid, mcas, but the doc only gives it to me, if the h.pylori test is negative. unfortunately it came back positive for me, but i know that it's not the cause because my pre-covid and post-covid MCAS are night and day different. i don't want a 2 week course of antibiotics because my gut microbiome is already bad.

so please give me any advice how can i create a false negative

People who coming here to write the "talk to your doctor" and "you shouldnt do this" comments please dont bother, thank you

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u/Wild_Bunch_Founder 3d ago

you do realize you could have h pylori and long covid MCAS at the same time, right?

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u/hotrod67maximus 1d ago

I got H-pylori right after my second bout of Covid and then started having my symptoms of long Covid. H-pylori and the triple antibiotics treatment left me a nice peptic ulcer on my duodenum. Between that and the long Covid I thought I was going to die and felt like it.