Helicobacter pylori: symptoms and treatment

Are you worried about uncaused pains in the abdomen, nausea, heartburn, belching and very fast satiety after eating? Similar complaints can arise as a result of the development of infection caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, the symptoms of which appear in the human body just such. This is the main causative agent of chronic gastric ulcers and gastritis.

This bacterium belongs to the class of anaerobes, that is, it is a microbe dying in the air. Being in the gastrointestinal tract, it causes a decrease in the resistance of the mucosa and its inflammation. It turns out that with active multiplication, microorganisms secrete a number of enzymes that have a damaging effect, which increase the secretion of hydrochloric acid and lead to a decrease in the protective properties inherent in the mucosa.

At present, this pathogen is given paramount importance in the formation and repeated occurrence of peptic ulcer. Perhaps this is the most common human infection, transmitted through mucus and saliva. The most common infection is Helicobacteriosis within the family or within other groups (closely communicating with each other), since the Helicobacter pylori bacteria spreads when the rules of personal hygiene are not respected, when using shared utensils, and when large numbers of people live together. This microbe is often transmitted to the child from the mother (through saliva, which falls on the spoon, pacifier and other objects). Such an infection can be infected even with a kiss.

Doctors have established a clear relationship of Helicobacter pylori with the occurrence and development of gastritis, stomach and duodenal ulcers, as well as stomach cancer and other diseases. But this infection is widespread everywhere, mainly in developing countries, where similar microorganisms are colonized by almost 90% of the total population. According to statistics, it is infected almost 2/3 of humanity.

How to recognize the presence of Helicobacter pylori in the human body? Symptoms of the presence of the microorganism fully correspond to the manifestations of gastritis, duodenitis, duodenal ulcers and stomach. At the very beginning of the disease (with gastritis and duodenitis), patients complain of rather unpleasant sensations arising in the epigastric region. It seems that the stomach is full, heartburn, nausea (caused by the discharge of stomach contents mainly into the esophagus). There are other, less common, signs of the presence of Helicobacter pylori bacteria. Symptoms of this disease: increased gassing in the intestine (in other words - flatulence), the appearance in the language of white plaque, as well as the emergence of burps with an unpleasant odor. And some people can not bother, they do not even know that they are carriers of the bacterium.

How do children determine Helicobacter pylori? Symptoms in the child's body are somewhat different. In the upper abdomen there are painful sensations, nausea, heartburn and disturbances in the absorption of food. Also, these symptoms can indicate the development of a child's dysbiosis of the intestines, which in turn leads to diarrhea, constipation and weight loss.

After identifying such an infection, the question arises, how to treat Helicobacter pylori? To this end, anti-Helicobacter therapy is used. Treatment of this disease is a complicated problem of clinical gastroenterology, because wrong or inadequate treatment can lead to the formation of resistant strains of bacteria in the population.

Treatment is based on the use of three-component therapy, which allows:

• In 80 percent of cases to destroy the bacterium Helicobacter pylori;
• Do not discontinue therapy as a result of side effects or discontinuation of medication by the patient according to the scheme established by the doctor;
• Get the maximum effect with the duration of the treatment course no more than 2 weeks.

Only a specialist can prescribe the correct course of treatment and diagnose the presence of this bacterium.