Changsha Evening News, February 28 (all media reporter Xu Yuan, correspondent Chen Siqing, Han Yunzong) 42-year-old Ms. Wang has had repeated stomach pains in the past three months, accompanied by a burning sensation in her upper abdomen, and taking stomach medicine does not help. Ms. Wang was found to be infected with Helicobacter pylori at the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Doctors reminded that bad eating habits, such as smoking, drinking, eating raw vegetables, eating pickles, and smoked foods, can cause an increase in the infection rate of Helicobacter pylori. Roadside food stalls and other food stalls often have the problem of substandard sanitation, and are also prone to Helicobacter pylori infection.
Zhou Sainan, deputy chief physician of the Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, introduced that at present, it is believed that humans are the only source of infection of Helicobacter pylori. Helicobacter pylori mainly exists in the human mouth, stomach and feces. There are oral-oral transmission, such as sharing tableware, kissing, etc.; stomach-oral transmission, reflux from stomach to mouth; fecal-oral transmission, Helicobacter pylori in feces contaminates water or food.
A survey shows that the infection rate of Helicobacter pylori in young and middle-aged people is higher than that in the elderly, which may be related to the irregular diet and more frequent meals in young people.
If you have discomfort in the upper abdomen or bad breath, acid reflux, heartburn (burning in the upper abdomen or behind the sternum), feeling of fullness in the upper abdomen, nausea, etc., attention should be paid to because Helicobacter pylori After infection, the gastrointestinal tract will be damaged through a variety of mechanisms; consciously bad breath, or other people feel that the mouth has odor, this is because Helicobacter pylori can survive in dental plaque, and after infecting the oral cavity, it will directly produce odorous compounds, thereby Cause bad breath. If there is Helicobacter pylori infection in the family, you should avoid sharing tableware, avoid eating together, and effectively disinfect tableware at high temperature. If you feel unwell, go to the regular hospital in time.