Patient's question:
My stomach problem has been going on for many years, and I've never taken medicine. Whenever it hurts, I just drink some hot water and sleep it off. This time, the stomach pain has been relentless, always hurting, and whenever I eat, I vomit. Plus, there's a bad odor in my mouth. The hospital diagnosed it as Helicobacter pylori.Doctor's answer:
Helicobacter pylori reaches the gastric mucosa orally and settles there, causing chronic, superficial gastritis within weeks or months. Over years or decades, it can progress to conditions such as duodenal ulcers, gastric ulcers, lymphoid hyperplasia gastritis, and chronic atrophic gastritis, with the latter being the most significant risk factor for gastric cancer. Currently, it is believed that Helicobacter pylori infection increases the risk of gastric cancer by 2.7 to 12 times. Without Helicobacter pylori infection, at least 35%-89% of gastric cancers would never occur. Helicobacter pylori disease is acquired postnatally, and its transmission methods are not yet fully understood. Helicobacter pylori causes significant harm to patients. Once symptoms are detected.