If this is something new, then its probably something to run past a doctor, just to make sure there isn't something else going on. They might want to check you out for helicobacter, etc.
yes, they should do that. they did that for my husband and myself.
no h. pylori here, but it was one of the first things they tested for.
way back then, they had to biopsy the stomach but h. pylori is hard to culture.
Now they have much less invasive testing, thus easy to test, thus should do it.
But too, GI inflammation is a classic part of spondyloarthropathies, so if you don't have h. pylori, don't be surprised.
But if you do, its easy to treat with antibiotics…well, maybe not easy, but doable.
