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Exhausted all the time with no clear reason? A hidden stomach infection could be quietly draining your iron, wrecking your thyroid symptoms, and nobody has thought to test for it. This one gets missed for years because it rarely feels like an infection at all. Most people picture ulcers and burning pain, but the real pattern looks like unexplained fatigue, low ferritin that never budges, hair thinning, and labs that keep coming back "normal."

In this episode, I'm going to show you the clues that point to H. pylori, how it drains nutrients like iron and B12, and what actually needs to happen before your fatigue and thyroid symptoms can improve.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Exhausted All the Time? This Hidden Gut Infection Could Be Why
0:33 Why H pylori rarely feels like a stomach problem
1:34 What your stomach really controls
2:20 Meet H pylori, the hidden bacteria
3:22 Book a call with our clinic
3:45 Why your ferritin and iron never hold steady
5:00 Why doctors miss this for years
5:49 How Hashimoto's connects to gut infections
7:11 When I actually start testing for H pylori
7:57 How H pylori is tested and confirmed

❓ QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Can a stomach infection cause fatigue and hair loss?
Yes. H pylori changes the stomach acid environment needed to absorb iron and B12, and low levels of those nutrients commonly cause fatigue, hair thinning, brain fog, and cold hands and feet, symptoms that get blamed on the thyroid when the real driver is upstream in the gut.

Why does my iron keep dropping even though I supplement?
If H pylori is disrupting the acidic environment your stomach needs to absorb iron, taking more supplements will not fix the underlying absorption problem. You have to identify and treat the infection first, otherwise ferritin will keep sliding no matter how much iron you take.

Does H pylori always cause stomach pain?
No. Many people never get classic symptoms like burning or ulcers. Instead they notice reflux, bloating, food sensitivities, or unexplained nutrient deficiencies that show up on bloodwork years before anyone thinks to test for an infection.

📱 RESOURCES
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ABOUT DR. BEN GALYARDT
Dr. Ben Galyardt, DC, is the founder of F8 Wellness, a fully remote functional medicine practice serving patients nationwide. With 25 years in practice and over 15,000 patients served, he specializes in bloodwork interpretation for thyroid dysfunction, Hashimoto's, iron and ferritin issues, POTS, and blood sugar regulation. His office was the first in the world to use continuous glucose monitors on every patient, and he is the author of Blood Sugar Doesn't Lie and Rebuild Your Brain.

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