What are the symptoms of Helicobacter pylori and is it contagious?
Helicobacter pylori is a microaerobic bacteria closely related to chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer and gastric cancer, which requires a very strict growth environment and mostly grows in the stomach. It will grow in the mucosa of stomach and duodenum, causing mucosal inflammation, destroying the protective effect of gastric mucosa, aggravating gastritis and eventually leading to ulcers. And the scary thing is that H. pylori is contagious.
Do you know the symptoms of H. pylori?
1, acid reflux, nausea, vomiting: H. pylori will induce a large amount of gastrin secretion, resulting in excessive stomach acid, manifested as panacid and heartburn.
2, severe bad breath: heavy breath, serious people often have a special oral odor, no matter how clean, can not be removed.
3, epigastric pain, difficulty sleeping: fullness, discomfort or pain in the upper abdomen after eating, often accompanied by other undesirable symptoms, such as belching, bloating, acid reflux and loss of appetite.
4, abdominal pain: due to damage to the mucosa of the stomach and duodenum, some patients may also have recurrent episodes of severe abdominal pain, a small amount of bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract and other symptoms.
The dangers of H. pylori
As the age of H. pylori research deepened, scholars gradually found that H. pylori is not only related to gastrointestinal diseases, but also involved in many diseases outside the gastrointestinal tract. Studies have confirmed that H. pylori is associated with oral, skin, blood, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Therefore, people should pay enough attention to it. The dangers are as follows.
1, H. pylori usually resides in the pylorus of the human stomach, is the culprit of stomach diseases, and H. pylori not only in the gastric mucosa parasitic haunt, but also in the oral cavity parasitic, especially in dental plaque in the most content, causing stubborn halitosis. H. pylori important toxic substance urease can break down the oral urea and other substances to produce unpleasant, serious ammonia odor, so the presence of H. pylori and bad breath have a close relationship.
2, the harm of H. pylori is not only this, it can also lead to gastritis patients do not heal for a long time, and even with the upper gastrointestinal tract diseases are closely linked, especially chronic diseases, such as: chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer induction and recurrence and H. pylori has a necessary link. The World Health Organization/International Agency for Research on Cancer designated H. pylori as a class I carcinogen as early as 1994.
Breathe to know if you have H. pylori – C-13 Breathalyzer
For the detection of H. pylori, traditional gastroscopy is no longer used as the basis for examination, and the pain caused by traditional gastroscopy is so great that it discourages patients from treating the disease. The Department of Splenic and Gastrointestinal Diseases of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine uses the C-13 breath test to detect H. pylori infection (without any radiation), which is the “new standard” for H. pylori detection, as patients can accurately check whether they are infected with H. pylori by simply blowing a breath without intubation or anesthesia.
C-13 breath test indications.
1, dyspepsia initial diagnosis, follow-up patients.
2, peptic ulcer, chronic gastritis with obvious abnormalities, gastric MALT lymphoma and other patients who need to eradicate H. pylori.
3, prevention of gastric cancer and those with a family history of gastric cancer
4, those who refuse gastroscopy.
5.Those who use NSAID drugs for a long time.
Precautions.
1.What do I need to pay attention to in my daily life?
It is recommended to gather less meals. Keep your mood relaxed. The actual spicy food, too cold, too cool, too hard to digest food should be eaten sparingly. The most important thing is that you have to take care of the emotional impact of gastritis, relax, avoid tension or stress, and do not work hard.
2, my family members have H. pylori infection, do I need to check and treatment?
H. pylori infection has family aggregation, if family members are infected, it is recommended that the whole family be checked and if necessary, gastroscopy is also required.
3.How do I treat a relapse after eradication?
If relapse after eradication or eradication fails, firstly, it is recommended to check the electronic gastroscopy, in addition, you need to rest for 2-3 months, during which you can take Lactobacillus, Golden Flower Gastric Health or Nourishing Stomach Shu, etc., and then perform eradication treatment, either by sequential therapy of 2 antibiotics or by replacing new antibiotics, such as furazolidone and tetracycline.
4.What to pay attention to before 13 carbon exhalation?
The first check needs to be done on an empty stomach, no smoking, no alcohol, and come to the outpatient breath lab in the morning; in addition, patients who take the quadruple standard eradication HP treatment, the review needs to be done on an empty stomach after 4 weeks of complete drug withdrawal.
5.What about H. pylori infection in children?
If children are infected, follow the guidelines for adults, but the antibiotic dosage needs to be administered to treat children and monitor liver and kidney function, etc.