My variable gets refreshed to 0 when getting to another elif statement

The problem is, that my variable does not get plus up, it just becomes "0" and pluses another value. Don't get worried, my code is okay. I get 0 on every new ELIF. BTW, I don't use global statement, cause i am developing multi club bot.

here is my code:

def pointsDB():

    import dPoints
    dPoints = 0
    return dPoints


@bot.message_handler(content_types=['text'])
def startingTest(message):
    dPoints = pointsDB()
    while message.text == str(q21s1.text) or str(q21s2.text) or str(q21s3.text) or str(q21s4.text):
        if message.chat.type == "private":
            if message.text == "Начать тест":
                print(UserName + " начал тест")
                markup = telebot.types.ReplyKeyboardRemove()
                bot.send_message(message.chat.id, "ИНСТРУКЦИЯ".format(
                message.from_user, bot.get_me()), reply_markup=markup)
                time.sleep(1.5)
                bot.send_message(message.chat.id, "Группа #1".format(
                message.from_user, bot.get_me()), reply_markup=q1)
                print(UserName + " " +  str(dPoints) + " points")
                break
            elif message.text == str(q1s1.text) or message.text == str(q1s2.text) or message.text == str(q1s3.text) or message.text == str(q1s4.text):
                if message.text == str(q1s1.text):
                    dPoints += 0
                    print(UserName + " " + message.text)
                elif message.text == str(q1s2.text):
                    dPoints += 1
                    print(UserName + " " + message.text)
                elif message.text == str(q1s3.text):
                    dPoints += 2
                    print(UserName + " " + message.text)
                elif message.text == str(q1s4.text):
                    dPoints += 3
                    print(UserName + " " + message.text)
                markup = telebot.types.ReplyKeyboardRemove()
                time.sleep(1)
                bot.send_message(message.chat.id, "Вы ответили на 1 из 21 вопросов".format(
                message.from_user, bot.get_me()), reply_markup=markup)
                time.sleep(2)
                bot.send_message(message.chat.id, "Группа #2".format(
                message.from_user, bot.get_me()), reply_markup=q2)
                print(UserName + " " +  str(dPoints) + " points")
                break

            elif message.text == str(q2s1.text) or message.text == str(q2s2.text) or message.text == str(q2s3.text) or message.text == str(q2s4.text):
                if message.text == str(q2s1.text):
                    dPoints += 0
                    print(UserName + " " + message.text)
                elif message.text == str(q2s2.text):
                    dPoints += 1
                    print(UserName + " " + message.text)
                elif message.text == str(q2s3.text):
                    dPoints += 2
                    print(UserName + " " + message.text)
                elif message.text == str(q2s4.text):
                    print(UserName + " " +  str(dPoints) + " points")
                    dPoints += 3
                    print(UserName + " " + message.text)
                markup = telebot.types.ReplyKeyboardRemove()
                time.sleep(1)
                bot.send_message(message.chat.id, "Вы ответили на 2 из 21 вопросов".format(
                message.from_user, bot.get_me()), reply_markup=markup)
                time.sleep(2)
                bot.send_message(message.chat.id, "Группа #3".format(
                message.from_user, bot.get_me()), reply_markup=q3)
                print(UserName + " " + str(dPoints) + " points")
                break 

The output i get is:

"UserName" 0 Points

"UserName" 2 Points (can be 0,1,2,3)

"UserName" 0 Points

"Username" 3 Points (can be 0,1,2,3)