H pylori

Not An H pylori Issue

Here at the Functional Health Clinic, we are often contacted by people with gut health challenges. From acid reflux, bloating, abdominal pain, constipation etc.   When there has been a health and medical history of acid reflux, heartburn, gastritis, stomach pain and endoscopy procedures – there’s often a valid consideration that a bacterial infection called[…]

Helicobacter pylori Lab Test

Helicobacter pylori Lab Test

We see Helicobacter pylori or H.pylori bacteria come back on many of the Gut Health Lab Tests that we run. If you’ve ever had heartburn, acid reflux, stomach pain, had an Endoscopy or taken Triple Therapy (Antibiotics, PPIs) you’ll probably be aware of it.   Interestingly there are some quite opposing views regarding the importance[…]

PPIs versus low digestive capacity

PPIs versus Low Digestive Capacity [CASE STUDY]

Everything has an inherent pro and con, advantage and disadvantage.   Supplement, Food, medication, Exercise etc.   So what do you do if you are taking a medication that is suppressing your digestive capacity – yet some of your health challenges and nutrient deficiencies may be related to poor digestive capacity?   It’s a tricky[…]

Pre-Symptoms

Pre-Symptoms – CASE STUDY

Let’s look at Alphie’s Pre-Symptoms. The Chronic Health Challenges he was experiencing before he started to work with us here at the Functional Health Clinic. It’s hard to imagine how it would feel to be experiencing all of these symptoms quite constantly and all together. Some of these are quite severe and debilitating. Certainly having quite[…]

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TESTIMONIAL // Acid Reflux, H pylori and Nutrition

Marcelino had been struggling with his health with acid reflux and various symptoms for 8 years. We worked together for 4 months with some impressive dedication! Marcelino’s strength seemed to be drawn from his previous athletic experiences, from when he was a professional cyclist. We pulled together an approach and he solved the acid reflux,[…]

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TESTIMONIAL – Abbi’s Digestive Infection Recovery

Jack guided me to get my body to it’s optimal state, which I can say feels fantastic. At the age of 22, after travelling around the world I was suffering with many symptoms that were effecting everyday life. I searched for answers for a long time before I was introduced to functional medicine and we[…]

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TESTIMONIAL // Meghan’s Pregnancy and Functional Health Approach

A person’s ‘Health Goals’ are often related to achieving something beyond their health and wellbeing. And Meghan’s case was certainly a great example of this. The goal was indeed to solve some digestive infections and gut health challenges, but achieving this would optimise her vitality and reproductive health in order to support her greater goal[…]

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TESTIMONIAL // Jane’s Helicobacter Pylori and Acid Reflux

Working with folks like Jane and her daughter was a great example of just how individual each person’s situation can be. Even when working with similar findings! As Jane describes, there were some tricky adjustments and plenty of hard work, but she was able to successfully achieve her health goals.   Part of this adjustment,[…]

Functional Health Testimonials

TESTIMONIAL // Digestive Infections and Constant Burping

Burping may not seem to be the most debilitating of symptoms.  But when it is almost constant and is exacerbated even by drinking some water, it can really impact our quality of life. Carol’s Testimonial below demonstrates some of the steps that you can take to solve health challenges like constant burping, gut pain, low[…]

Chronic Ear Infections

CASE STUDY // UNRAVELLING CHRONIC EAR INFECTIONS, GUT HEALTH AND MORE

Fiona came to see me towards the end of 2017.  In her mid-twenties it had been 5 years since she had felt in good health.  As she described her chronic ear infections and gut health challenges it became clear how complex her case would be. Integrated Functional and Medical Approach So far Fiona had run[...]
Bacterial Infection

CASE STUDY // 4 YEARS OF ALEX’S UTIs SOLVED IN 4 MONTHS

There were two key remarks that Alex made when she had completed her Functional Medicine support program for UTIs and bladder health challenges.  So let's briefly skip past the specific symptoms and health-goal aspects of Alex's recovery (we'll come back to these). Beyond her symptom alleviation she "learnt how to look after myself to a[...]
Gastritis and Abdominal Pain

CASE STUDY // BOB’S GASTRITIS AND ABDOMINAL PAIN

When Bob contacted me he was frustrated at the fact that despite all the information and advice out there, he was still struggling to solve a decade of gastritis and abdominal pain and a whole host of related symptoms and health challenges. Bob was 76 at the time and he did a fantastic job of demonstrating[...]