It’s debatable if flies can pass H. Pylori

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Dear Doctors: In your recent column about gastritis, you didn’t mention the possibility of getting H. pylori from flies. I was diagnosed with H.

pylori decades ago, and soon after I saw a video in the doctor’s waiting room about its connection to flies. I now go to war with any flies in the house.

Dear Reader: For those who haven’t read that column, a reader diagnosed with gastritis a…