Stomach ache or Gastritis : from hyperacidity to infection

Posted on March 13, 2008 
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KEBAYA PINKBefore 1983, gastritis was presumed due to hyperacidity of our stomach. Since Dr Barry Marshall and his colleague found microorganism called helicobacter pylori ( HP) in Perth, Australia - the paradigm was totally changed.

Nowadays we believe and can be shown on the slides, the role of HP as the cullprit of gastritis. So, the paradigm now is changing from hyperacidity (chemical, sterile) to infection by HP.

As the concequency, the therapy for the disease are changing from alkali as an antidote of acidity to antibiotics to combat HP.

Whoever have had symptoms like epigastric pain or heartburn, bloating, belching and so on will now be cured not by drinking 3 glasses of milk everyday, but by taking antibiotics susceptible for HP.

HP infection when left untreated, will go on a premalignant lesion (dysplasia) and further on becomes malignant one ( stomach cancer).

And for his spectacular invention of HP as a big leap in medical sciences, Dr Marshall and his colleague won a Nobel Prize in medical field.

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