The World Health Organization (WHO) classified this infection as a “type 1 carcinogen.
Various medical organizations in Argentina began a campaign to warn the population about the risks of the Helicobacter pyloria bacterium classified as “silent.” It represents bacterial infection more frequent in humans and can lead to Chronic gastritis and gastric cancer.
The World Health Organization (WHO) classified this infection as a “Carcinogen type 1”. For that reason, the Argentine Society of Gastroenterology (SAGE)the Argentine Endoscopy Federation (FAGE)the Argentine Digestive Endoscopy Federation (FAAED) and the Argentine Stomach and Duodeno Club (Caded) They warn about the importance of whether it is and diagnosed.
The specialists of these entities reported that the infection is produced by a “silent” bacterium that resides in the stomach, identified as Helicobacter pylori. They calculate that it affects around 40 to 50% of the Argentine population. “Although many people may be infected without knowing it, this bacterium is the main cause of chronic gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcers and gastric cancer,” they say.
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Medical organizations insist on the importance of warn these risks and treat infection: “In an effort to promote early prevention and diagnosis, Sage, together with the FAGE, FAAED and CADED, launch an awareness campaign to warn about their risks and the importance of their treatment.”
What is the treatment to combat this bacterium
The treatment is considered fundamental even in people without symptoms, by the classification granted by the WHO: “The treatment is not only indicated when there are digestive symptoms, but it is also fundamental in people without symptomssince Helicobacter Pylori is classified by the World Health Organization as a type 1 carcinogen, that is, a proven cause of gastric cancer. ”
The Argentine registration Helicobacter Pylori, led by Dr. Oscar Laudanno and made up of more than 30 researchers from at least 8 provincesshowed that current schemes achieve eradication rates greater than 90%. ”In this way, they claim that “Treatments combine 2 or 3 antibiotics from 10 to 14 dayswhich depend on the treatment chosen by the professional. In addition, they can include bismuth, which is very effective in therapies.
Helicobacter pylori
However, in the Argentinathere is still no specific public policy for the detection and treatment of this bacterium. Given this, from the entities they emphasize that “Argentines have an intermediate risk, But it should be considered that areas like amba communities with greater predisposition coexist (Descendants of Asians, Andean and European Latin Americans of the East) “.
On the other hand, a relevant aspect is that gastric cancer mainly affects older people, and due to population aging, “an increase in cases is projected in the coming years,” according to specialists.
Source: Ambito
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