Infection with Helicobacter pylori (HP) requires a visit to a gastroenterologist or gastrointestinal surgeon. HP infection occurs in the stomach, especially in the pyloric region of the stomach, and can lead to chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers, and scarring pyloric obstruction.
HP infection alone, chronic gastritis caused by HP infection need to go to gastroenterology, under the guidance of the doctor for anti-HP treatment, recommended bismuth quadruple therapy (proton pump inhibitor + amoxicillin + clarithromycin + bismuth) or bismuth quadruple concomitant therapy (proton pump inhibitor + amoxicillin + clarithromycin + metronidazole), the course of treatment is generally for 14 days, after discontinuing the medication for one month to re-examine the patient, and according to the results of the decision to continue the treatment. Continue treatment.
Proton pump inhibitors, representative drugs are rabeprazole sodium enteric-coated tablets, omeprazole enteric-coated capsules; bismuth is a gastric mucosal protector, representative drugs are colloidal bismuth pectin capsule, bismuth compound bismuth aluminate capsule.
If HP infection causes acute bleeding of peptic ulcer and scarring pyloric obstruction, gastrointestinal surgery is needed for surgical treatment such as hemostasis and relief of obstruction.