Helicobacter pylori seems to have been particularly popular in recent years, and many people feel fear when they hear it.
Why talk about discoloration? The main reason is ---- it is an important risk factor for stomach cancer.
As early as 1994, the International Agency for Research on Cancer under WHO included Helicobacter pylori in class I human carcinogens, and the risk of carcinogenicity was confirmed.
Clinical data also show that compared with non-infected people, Helicobacter pylori infection has a 1-5 times higher chance of developing stomach cancer for life.
More than half of the countrymen suffer from Helicobacter pylori?
Data show that about 1 in every 2 people in China carries Helicobacter pylori, the infection rate can be as high as 40%-60%, and nearly 700 million people are infected.
According to the conservative estimates of the World Gastrointestinal Organization (WGO), at least half of the world's population is currently infected with Helicobacter pylori.
Not only stomach cancer, Helicobacter pylori is also the main cause of chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer, but also causes dyspepsia, iron deficiency anemia, peptic ulcer, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and other diseases.
And because there are many ways of transmission of Helicobacter pylori, more and more people now have Helicobacter pylori, and after being cured, they will recur repeatedly, so many people will panic after knowing that they have Helicobacter pylori and do not know what to do.
If you find the right conditioning method, there is no need to panic at all for Helicobacter pylori:
1. Medication
In terms of pharmacotherapy, the method used in the clinic is usually triple therapy and quadruple therapy, and the treatment time is about 10-14 days. The so-called gastric triple therapy is to choose two drugs from amoxicillin, metronidazole, clarithromycin capsules, levofloxacin, quinolones and other drugs, plus PPI inhibitors.
Gastric triple drugs can often play a role in the eradication regimen of treatment for some people with early infection or less Helicobacter pylori infection.
Only if the gastric triple therapy is not effective will use the gastric quadruple therapy, the gastric quadruple is mainly on the basis of the gastric triple plus pectin bismuth, the treatment course is two weeks.
It should be noted that during the course of drug treatment, it is necessary to follow the instructions of the doctor and take the appropriate amount at the appropriate time. In addition, since Helicobacter pylori develops drug resistance, the chance of recurrence is increased.
Therefore, follow the doctor's advice, take the medicine in time, and check the treatment effect regularly.
2. Pay attention to your diet
Smoking and drinking alcohol can cause irritation of the gastrointestinal tract, which can lead to worsening of the disease and can also damage intestinal health. Therefore, avoid smoking and drinking alcohol as much as possible.
In addition, it is also necessary to avoid eating certain irritating foods in life to reduce the stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract.
3. Health work should be done well
Since Helicobacter pylori is not resistant to high temperatures, it is possible to use high temperature boiling and disinfection of daily tableware such as dishwashers and disinfection cabinets.
At the same time, it is also necessary to develop the habit of dividing meals with male chopsticks and spoons, and at the same time, it is necessary to wash your hands frequently before and after meals to avoid re-infection of Helicobacter pylori.
In addition, pay attention to the cleanliness of the kitchen and dishes, maintain home hygiene and disinfect them regularly. Vegetables and fruits need to be cleaned before eating, and meat must be cooked before eating.
When feeding your child, do not chew it yourself and then feed it to your child, or avoid using your own tableware to feed your child. The data show that the infection rate of Helicobacter pylori in children under 10 years old in China is as high as 40% to 60%.
Bad breath, meaning infection with Helicobacter pylori?
Many health articles always talk about bad breath, saying that it is one of the important symptoms of infection with Helicobacter pylori.
But in fact, most Helicobacter pylori infection patients actually have no obvious symptoms, bad breath mainly stems from the fermentation of residual food and saliva proteins in oral bacteria.
After all, there are still many bacteria in the mouth, and it is not helicobacter pylori that "supports alone".
The fart odor and fecal odor are all sulfides produced by fermented food by the intestinal flora, and the key to determining the odor is mainly the sulfur content in the food, which has little to do with Helicobacter pylori.
By the way: most people infected with Helicobacter pylori, if it were not for the physical examination, would not know that they had been infected.
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【2】Epidemiological investigation of Helicobacter pylori infection in natural populations in China Zhang Wandai, Hu Fulian, MODERN DIGESTION & INTERVENTION 2010,15(5)