This hospital has become a national demonstration center for "Helicobacter pylori standardized diagnosis and treatment outpatient clinics", and there are only 3 in Jiangsu Province!

On January 26, the reporter learned from the First Hospital of Nanjing That after the review and evaluation of the Expert Committee of Helicobacter pylori Standardized Diagnosis and Treatment, the hospital was awarded the title of "Helicobacter pylori Standardized Diagnosis and Treatment Clinic" National Demonstration Center, and a total of 3 hospitals in Jiangsu Province won this honor.

It is understood that in order to fully implement the "2030 Healthy China Planning Outline" cancer prevention and control implementation outline, comprehensively help the prevention and control of gastric cancer in the mainland in the new situation and new environment, do a good job in the standardized diagnosis and treatment of Helicobacter pylori, and effectively improve the standardized diagnosis and treatment capacity of Helicobacter pylori at all levels, the National Gastrointestinal Clinical Medical Research Center, the Helicobacter pylori Group of the Digestive Disease Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, the National Alliance of Early Cancer Prevention and Control Centers for the Digestive Tract, and the Office of Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastric Cancer Prevention and Control jointly carried out implementation." Helicobacter pylori standardized diagnosis and treatment outpatient demonstration center project".

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released the 15th edition of the Carcinogen Report, of which 8 new carcinogens were added, and Helicobacter pylori was listed as a clear carcinogen for the first time, causing panic among many netizens on the Internet. Zhang Zhenyu, director of the Department of Gastroenterology of Nanjing First Hospital, whose team has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of Helicobacter pylori, told reporters, "Helicobacter pylori infection is one of the most common chronic infections in humans. Helicobacter pylori is closely related to diseases such as peptic ulcer, lymphoid tissue lymphoma associated with gastric mucosa, and gastric cancer. Mainland China is a country with a high incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection, and Helicobacter pylori infection is the main cause of stomach cancer in mainland China. Eradication of Helicobacter pylori reduces the incidence of gastric cancer, especially early eradication."

"Our hospital has a Helicobacter pylori diagnosis and treatment center, with a complete range of Helicobacter pylori detection methods and treatment drugs, and has established a special outpatient clinic for Helicobacter pylori. The Laboratory of Gastroenterology is the Key Laboratory of Helicobacter pylori of Nanjing Medical University and the branch center of Nanjing First Hospital of China Helicobacter pylori Molecular Medicine Center, which can carry out 13C breath test, HP antibody typing detection, fecal HP antigen, HP culture and drug susceptibility detection, CYP2C19 genotyping detection, and carry out HP precision personalized treatment", Zhang Zhenyu introduced.

At the same time, Zhang Zhenyu said, "We participated in the formulation of a number of guidelines in China: the fourth national consensus report on the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection (2014), the fifth national consensus report on the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection (2017), and the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori-related diseases — Evidence' Consensus (2018), Expert Consensus Opinion on The Eradication of Helicobacter pylori and Gastric Cancer Prevention and Control in China (2019), Expert Consensus on the Clinical Application of Helicobacter Pylori-Urea Breath Test (2020), Expert Consensus on technical specifications for 13C urea breath test for physical examination population (2021), Expert Consensus on clinical diagnosis, treatment and prevention and control of Helicobacter pylori infection in Chinese households (2021) and the upcoming Sixth National Consensus Report on the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection. ”

If I detect a Helicobacter pylori infection, the sooner I treat it, the better? Zhang Zhenyu pointed out, "We recommend early treatment, and the earlier the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection, the more guaranteed health is." According to our current research, the rate of re-infection after Treatment with Helicobacter pylori is very low, and the rate of reinfection in the general population is only about 1.5%. The standardized clinical diagnosis and treatment of Helicobacter pylori and the improvement of the radical cure rate of Helicobacter pylori are of great significance to reducing the incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer in mainland China, and can maximize the benefits. ”

Correspondent Wang Zhibing Sun Zhonghe

Yangzi Evening News/Purple Cow News trainee reporter Lu Yanlin

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