Recently, there was a news story that made people feel like they were facing a great enemy.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) listed Helicobacter pylori (Hp) as a definitive carcinogen in its List of Carcinogens, updated on Jan. 5.
You know, the infection rate of Helicobacter pylori in China is about 60%, that is, about one in every two people carries the bacterium.
CCTV News interviewed the expert by phone, and the other party also said that Helicobacter pylori infection is closely related to the incidence of stomach cancer.
Many people have expressed that they want to go to the hospital to check their bodies quickly, in case they accidentally have this "little cute", it is equivalent to having an acceleration pack for reincarnation.
This thing is not exciting!
Then again, is Helicobacter pylori really that scary? How should we treat and prevent it?
Helicobacter pylori (HP) is, as its name suggests, has a spiral S- or L-shaped body with 4 to 6 flagellar hairs.
It is a micro-aerobic bacterium that prefers to live in the area of the human stomach and duodenum.
In fact, the stomach acid of the human stomach can kill and break down many bacteria.
Helicobacter pylori, on the other hand, ran into the stomach wall to breed, and others played the game seriously, and it stuck bugs here.
Not only can the stomach acid not find it, it can also stir up the storm up and down its hands, causing the surrounding stomach cells to become cancerous. I have to say that it is a bit of bovine X syndrome on the body.
Once infected with it, people will receive big gifts such as hiccups, bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea, bad breath, vomiting, and acid reflux at the same time.
If a beautiful woman or handsome guy suddenly raises her eyebrows slightly and caresses her upper abdomen with her hands, they may not be imitating Xi Shi, but are experiencing the stage of vomiting up and down.
As early as 2012, the World Health Organization listed it as a class of carcinogens.
Humans can be said to be the only host of Helicobacter pylori, and no vaccine has been developed to prevent it.
If a person is infected with Helicobacter pylori, there is almost no possibility of self-healing, and the treatment process is particularly long.
It not only survives in gastric juice, but also destroys the stomach wall and regurgitates upwards through the gastroesophagus, thus remaining in the mouth, especially in dental plaque.
Therefore, when people are infected with Helicobacter pylori, then the mouth, saliva, and feces may carry germs.
Although it sounds terrible, tenacious and easily contagious, it is still a long way from evolving into stomach cancer.
It is mainly related to gastric ulcers and chronic gastritis, as well as damage to the mucous membranes of the stomach.
In the treatment of patients infected with Helicobacter pylori, the first thing to check is whether there is damage to the gastric mucosa, and if there is damage, it needs to be treated in time.
If there is no injury, even if you are found to have Helicobacter pylori in the hospital, the doctor will tell you that no treatment is needed. All in all, when dealing with Helicobacter pylori, we must pay attention to it, but do not be afraid of it.
Helicobacter pylori has so far no specific drug, but it does not prevent people from using it to make a lot of money.
Since it was identified as a carcinogen, the concept of "Helicobacter pylori" has soared.
At the same time, many pharmaceutical companies have also taken the initiative to claim the concept of "Helicobacter pylori".
Obviously, it is a bacterium, but overnight it has become a fragrant food, and it is an individual who wants to hold and nibble twice.
On major e-commerce platforms, anti-Helicobacter pylori toothpaste products are the hottest.
On the promotional poster on the front page, they are not afraid to play the words "national patent" and "exclusive treatment of Helicobacter pylori", and "rub the heat" in a clear and dangling way.
And the price of a single toothpaste is 3-10 times the price of ordinary conventional toothpaste, and one can sell for tens or hundreds of yuan.
And what is the true face of these toothpastes?
According to the surging news investigation, although these toothpastes have obtained the medical device approval number of the Food and Drug Administration, the actual ingredient is a kind of medical cold compress gel, which is mainly used for physical antipyretic of the human body to achieve the effect of cooling.
It cannot be said that there is no connection with Helicobacter pylori, but only that it has no connection at all.
Similar to the "anti-Helicobacter pylori toothpaste", there is also honey.
In many health articles, a method of treating Helicobacter pylori is promoted, that is, eating honey.
However, in fact, for people with Helicobacter pylori, drinking honey water or pure honey not only can not kill Helicobacter pylori, but also because of excessive sugar intake, further stimulate gastric acid secretion, which will make the stomach more uncomfortable.
For the treatment of Helicobacter pylori, in addition to the above-mentioned business circle money routines, there are also folk methods of doing bad things with good intentions, and the most out of the circle is "eating garlic can eliminate Helicobacter pylori".
Although raw garlic, it does have bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects in vitro.
But to eat a lot of garlic to have a concentration of sterilization, so much raw garlic to eat, not to mention whether the stomach can stand it, that is, the taste can not stand ah! Helicobacter pylori causes bad breath, and the mouth has a strong garlic smell, and comes alive with a biochemical weapon.
Therefore, if you are really infected with Helicobacter pylori, then go to the hospital in time and do not blindly treat.
At present, the most effective way to prevent Helicobacter pylori is to divide meals and use public chopsticks. Complete isolation of the transmission of the pathogen from the chain of transmission
This problem is a long way to go!
However, Helicobacter pylori is not useless.
In early medical research, scientists believed that the stomach was a sterile state, so all research on the presence of microorganisms in the stomach was blocked by mainstream medicine.
It wasn't until 1984 that a fierce man, Barry Marshall, appeared.
As a doctor, in order to prove the existence of "Helicobacter pylori", he drank it directly with the bacteria with the culture medium.
In ancient times, there were Shennong who tasted hundreds of herbs, and now there is Marshall who tries to test the fungus, and the big guys are fierce people.
After drinking the bacteria, he directly turned on the vomiting mode.
Finally, a few days later, he did a gastroscope and a sample of the mucous membrane taken from his stomach grew a Helicobacter pylori colony.
At the same time, Marshall also demonstrated the link between gastritis, stomach ulcers and Helicobacter pylori.
For a long time after Helicobacter pylori was discovered, as soon as it was found in the human body, doctors would immediately kill it with antibiotics.
Then another fierce man appeared, Martin Blazer.
People are killing Helicobacter pylori, and he is studying the transmission routes of Helicobacter pylori.
He noticed that Helicobacter pylori could cause ulcers through the duodenum downwards, so could it also cause disease in the esophagus?
For example, heartburn, acid water burning.
So he found a large number of heartburn patients and healthy people to conduct single-blind experiments.
The experimental results do prove that there is a link between esophageal reflux disease and Helicobacter pylori, but it is a good direction for the human body.
In simple terms, patients infected with Helicobacter pylori are less likely to suffer from heartburn, while people who are not infected with Helicobacter pylori are more likely to suffer from heartburn and heartburn, and it is 8 times more likely than patients with Helicobacter pylori.
That is to say, Helicobacter pylori is, in a way, actually protecting the human esophagus.
To demonstrate this view, Martin Blazer did a great deal of research and experimentation.
The results showed that people with Helicobacter pylori had a 12.9% chance of heartburn, while those who had eradicated Helicobacter pylori had a 26% chance of heartburn.
This is actually because Helicobacter pylori neutralizes stomach acid through the ammonia produced by urease, which controls the excessive stomach acid to a certain extent.
Coincidentally, a bacterium actually became the presence of regulating stomach acid.
In subsequent studies, Martin Blazer also found a relationship between asthma and Helicobacter pylori.
In 2000, he conducted another single-blind trial in which 318 asthmatic patients were grouped together, followed by a control group of 208 normal people.
The results of this experiment suggest that carrying Helicobacter pylori reduces the likelihood of developing asthma by 30%. Among the experimental subjects, the average age of people carrying Helicobacter pylori was 21 years old, and the average age of patients who did not carry Helicobacter pylori was 11 years old.
This means that, to some extent, Helicobacter pylori can greatly reduce the probability of asthma in children.
Later, Blaizer conducted a larger study of tens of thousands of samples.
Not only does it reinforce the previous arguments, but it also proves that allergic rhinitis and many skin allergies are negatively associated with Helicobacter pylori.
These experiments continue to confirm that Helicobacter pylori appears to have a modulating effect on immunity.
It's like catching a cold and fever, and the immune system will automatically use the high temperature to destroy the virus, which is what we often joke about, "the brain and the virus will always die."
Helicobacter pylori neutralizes the relationship between the two well, allowing the immune system to function normally.
For a long time, Helicobacter pylori appeared as a "rebel", and as a result, these experiments demonstrated that it also had an "angelic" side.
Saying so much is not to justify Helicobacter pylori, but to lament the magic of the Creator.
Before humans discovered Helicobacter pylori, it existed, and we all thought that it was not good, but in fact we were the ones who came.
The immune legion without old enemies is too idle to stand guard and fire too fiercely.
Helicobacter pylori, which has no nemesis, will expand wildly, and only mutual checks and balances are the king of survival.
Finally, if you are infected with Helicobacter pylori in your daily life and your body has developed symptoms of discomfort, you still have to go to the hospital for treatment.
Edamame Class Representative: Have you ever been admitted to the hospital because of infection with Helicobacter pylori?