Anu SimhBoard-Certified Functional Health Coach | Founder of 9 Arms of Wellness | Gut & Weight Loss Expert

Are You Infected With H. Pylori?

Name: Are You Infected With H. Pylori?
Uploaded: 2024-10-12T17:59:35+00:00
Duration: 49 s
Channel: Anu Simh
Description: Short conversational transcript from a YouTube video in which Anu Simh and a guest discuss diagnostic methods for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)…

12 Oct 2024 · 1 min

Watch on YouTube

0:49

Short conversational transcript from a YouTube video in which Anu Simh and a guest discuss diagnostic methods for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), preferring stool testing over the breath (urease-based) test, and speculate about bad breath links and the potential for trained dogs to detect H. pylori on breath. The clip is informal and anecdotal rather than a formal clinical guideline.

You go to the stool test or do a breath test?
I'm a stool test guy. It's kind of, you know, pretty much 100% for me. The stool testing, we keep it in the office and then the breath tests, you know, seen it very rarely done. Goes based off an enzyme that the bacteria produces. It's a urease. More of a hassle. It's apparently equivalent.
That could be one of the reasons my clients always oh gosh, I always wonder if my breath smells of urease of urine. Bad breath is being associated with H. Pylori.
I think we underutilize the canine in medicine. There's all these fascinating studies about, you know, dogs smelling cancer.
Sniffing out stuff. I just need to bring my beagle. I'd be, I.
Would not even be remotely surprised if someone did a study and was like, oh yeah, you can smell H. Pylori on the breath. Order a hound.
That'd be so cool.