Do pyloric helicobacterium examination can you have a meal

The examination of Helicobacter pylori

can be divided into invasive examination and non-invasive examination. For patients who use gastroscope for invasive Helicobacter pylori examination, it is necessary to keep fasting during the examination. If the examination is carried out after eating, it may cause discomfort and affect the examination results. For patients who choose to undergo carbon 13 or carbon 14 breath test, it is also necessary to keep fasting state, because after eating, due to food contact with gastrointestinal tract may affect the accuracy of the results, or even cause false positive phenomenon. For patients undergoing stool test, smear test, etc., whether eating or not has little effect on the test results, generally can be examined after eating.