How is Helicobacter pylori transmitted?
According to statistics, in China, the infection rate of Helicobacter pylori has reached 50% , that is, one person in every two people is infected. What is the reason for the high incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection?
How is Helicobacter pylori transmitted?
The infection of Helicobacter pylori is mainly through the two routes of feces-oral and mouth-oral . When shares meals with infected persons, kisses, and sneezes , it may cause infection. Infection can also occur when you accidentally come into contact with the feces of an infected person.
Once infected, it can lead to an increased risk of a variety of diseases, including gastric ulcers, chronic gastritis, and duodenal ulcers. According to clinical data, over 70% of gastric disease patients have Helicobacter pylori infection, It can be seen that there is a close relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and the occurrence of gastric disease, but not all gastric diseases will evolve into gastric cancer.
The occurrence of gastric cancer takes a long time to progress. After suffering from gastritis, it will gradually evolve into atrophic gastritis, and atrophic gastritis will evolve into intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, and finally cancer.
In this process, Helicobacter pylori is undoubtedly a "risk factor", because the toxins secreted by it will cause the gastric mucosa to be continuously destroyed, and various carcinogenic factors will directly invade the stomach, causing changes in gastric mucosal cells and evolving into gastric cancer. Risk also increases.
Clinically, Helicobacter pylori infection is present in most patients with gastric cancer . Although it is said that Helicobacter pylori infection does not directly cause gastric cancer, it will indirectly cause gastric mucosal damage. Yes [ 22222222] The "culprit" that indirectly promotes the occurrence of gastric cancer.
Infected with Helicobacter pylori, what signals will the body send?
1. belching, acid regurgitation: When the gastric mucosa is damaged, the secretion of gastric acid will greatly increase, which will then cause the patient to have obvious symptoms such as belching, acid regurgitation and heartburn. more obvious;
2. Abnormal digestion: Abnormal digestive tract symptoms such as indigestion, abdominal distention, abdominal pain, and nausea are also common in infected people, especially when they feel that the stomach is very full without eating, or I only ate a little bit of food, but I felt like I couldn't take it anymore.
3. Stomach pain: This symptom will mostly appear in some long-term infected people. The patient will have obvious pain in the stomach area, and in severe cases, it will even evolve into stomach cancer.
4. Odor: I can clearly smell the odor in my mouth, but it cannot be relieved after brushing my teeth. Because this odor comes back from the stomach, no matter how much you brush your teeth, it won't help.
Is eradication therapy necessary for people who have been infected with Helicobacter pylori?
In fact, it is not the case. Whether to treat or not should be treated differently. Some people who do not have symptoms and whose normal life is not affected, do not need to deliberately treat, just need regular review .
Some people who have symptoms, stomach ulcers, and family history of disease need active treatment to eradicate Helicobacter pylori and avoid further development.
Do these 5 things every day, and Helicobacter pylori will no longer take advantage of it
First of all, it is necessary to develop good hygiene habits in daily life, and wash hands before and after meals. When eating, it is best to adopt a divided meal system and use public chopsticks . When going out, it is best not to share tableware with strangers, it is best to bring your own tableware;
Secondly, those with children at home must avoid mouth-to-mouth feeding , there are a lot of bacteria in the oral cavity of adults, which will bring a great threat to the health of children;
Third, do a good job in oral hygiene in life, keep brush your teeth at least twice a day, and replace your toothbrush once every 2 months, and do not share dental appliances with others;
Fourth, the food you eat must be clean. Avoid eating raw food, spicy food, and foods that are too hard to avoid adverse stimulation of the gastric mucosa;
Fifth, It is also very important to regularly go to the hospital for physical examination . Physical examination can help to detect whether there is infection in the body in time, so that timely response measures can be taken.
