Helicobacter pylori test precautions

Helicobacter pylori test is mainly through carbon 13 or carbon 14 test to check the stomach inside a bacterial method, the main precautions are: first, the best before the test is fasting generally 6 to 8 hours. Second, within a week before the test is not allowed to eat antibiotics, especially amoxicillin, metronidazole and clarithromycin, if you eat antibiotics, easy to cause the results to show false negative situation. Third, due to the carbon 14 breath test has a certain amount of radioactivity, so pregnant women and young children do not advocate doing this test, easy to lead to fetal abnormalities or children show nervous system hypoplasia. Fourth, after the final examination, generally need to fast 1 to 2 hours after eating light things, do not eat spicy food, pay attention to drinking more water.