As a first-class carcinogen, Helicobacter pylori must be familiar to everyone, right?
According to the data, the current individual infection rate of Helicobacter pylori in mainland China averages 40%, but the infection rate in households has reached 64%, and the infection rate under 18 years old has reached 20%.
This means that as long as one member is positive for Helicobacter pylori, the entire family is positive for Helicobacter pylori, and family members are more likely to be infected.
Helicobacter pylori, what kind of bacteria is it?
As a microaerobic bacterium, Helicobacter pylori can inhabit the gastric mucosa of the human body and is one of the causes of various stomach diseases.
It is rich in urease, the body contains fatty acids and proteins, can survive in a highly acidic environment in the human stomach, once infected, the human body is difficult to rely on its own immunity to clear, generally need standardized anti-Helicobacter pylori treatment.
Patients suffering from Helicobacter pylori infection usually do not have much obvious symptoms, and only a small number of infected people will have symptoms such as epigastric pain, belching, decreased appetite, and upper abdominal fullness.
Does Helicobacter pylori definitely cause stomach cancer?
In fact, not necessarily.
According to the existing clinical and epidemiological studies, Helicobacter pylori infection increases the risk of stomach cancer, which means that infection with Helicobacter pylori does not necessarily cause stomach cancer.
Normal people have a fairly high rate of Helicobacter pylori infection, but after all, there are a small number of people who really have stomach cancer, and a small proportion of gastric cancer patients do not have Helicobacter pylori infection.
But even so, we also need to do a good job of prevention.
Do 4 things well to avoid Helicobacter pylori infection
First, pay attention to oral hygiene
Paying attention to personal oral hygiene is a necessary measure to prevent stomach problems.
Therefore, doing a good job in oral hygiene is the first step in preventing stomach diseases And you want to stay away from stomach diseases, so in your daily life, you need to maintain oral hygiene, develop a good habit of brushing your teeth morning and evening, and gargling after meals.
Second, ensure the hygiene of tableware
The standardized use of tableware is also an effective way to prevent stomach diseases.
In some families, eating together is a very common phenomenon, but it is also a good opportunity for people infected with Helicobacter pylori, and once someone is accidentally infected with Helicobacter pylori, others are also very dangerous.
Therefore, in order to prevent the spread of germs, it is best to prepare public chopsticks, and the tableware used should be cleaned, and the tableware can be disinfected if conditions permit, so as to prevent infectious bacteria from invading the stomach and intestines.
Third, improve the body's immunity
Improving autoimmunity helps the body resist the infestation of bacteria.
Just as the human body can kill some bacteria through strong immunity after infection with Helicobacter pylori, it greatly protects the health of the stomach.
Therefore, in order to prevent the occurrence of stomach diseases, it is necessary to resist the invasion of Helicobacter pylori, so as to strengthen physical exercise, enhance physical fitness, protect the stomach and intestines, reduce the damage of bacteria to the stomach, and protect the health of the stomach.
Fourth, do not drink raw water
To prevent Helicobacter pylori infection, remember not to drink raw water directly or drink overnight water, because these water impurities are more, if the water quality is not up to standard, it is easy to breed some Helicobacter pylori seriously affect people's gastrointestinal health.
Therefore, in terms of drinking habits, it is necessary to change the bad habit of drinking raw water, and at the same time avoid food of raw water, because the water inside is also very likely to have helicobacter pylori.
Fifth, do personal hygiene
To prevent Helicobacter pylori infection and harm, we must start from the diet, the key is to grasp the "disease from the mouth" this pass.
For example, develop good hygiene habits and wash your hands before eating and after using the toilet.
At the same time, if parents diagnosed with Helicobacter pylori are found, they also need to avoid mouth-to-mouth feeding to their children, and if possible, they may wish to divide meals.
Can those rapid detection papers on the Internet detect pyloric infection?
Many online platforms have launched online shopping rapid detection paper, which is said to be able to detect whether There is Helicobacter pylori infection at home.
But in fact, most of these test papers are rapid urease tests, usually in this way for gastroscopy, and basically only Helicobacter pylori in the stomach produces urease.
But the problem is that there are also many bacteria in the mouth that can produce urease, so it is not necessarily brought by Helicobacter pylori, so these rapid detection papers are actually not very accurate.
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