FARMACIA VERDE

Helicobacter pylori, the number 1 enemy of the stomach

Newspaper article published in light of 05.11.2007.

Every autumn, as in spring, some people suffer from the emergence of periodic pain cankerous they terorizează life, both day and night, both immediately after meals and at totally unexpected during the day. Helicobacter pylori is involved in 90-98% of duodenal ulcerele and 70-80% of gastric ulcerele. Therefore, the bacteria come to be regarded as the most common agent of infection of the digestive system and the enemy number 1 health stomach.

Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium identified since 1875 by German scientists, who have failed but to cultivate in the laboratory. Subsequently, in 1906, was studied by the Italian Giulio Bizzozero and Polish in Krakow Walery Jaworski who called a Vibrio rugula. They established the form of a spiral bacteria and its presence in the stomach, where stomach hurt and duodenal mucosa, leading to the development of an ulcer.

Despite these findings until 30 years ago, all cases of gastritis and ulcers were attributed to the stress on the inadequate diet, an anti-inflammatory medication for rheumatism and a disorderly life. At that time there was not a hypothesis that micro-organism could live in very acid gastric environment.

However, your hospital Robin Warren in Perth (Australia) announced in 1979 that found a bacterium in biopsies taken from patients with gastritis. In collaboration with physician Barry Marshall, a successful cultivation of bacteria in laboratory conditions that mimic the acidity of the stomach. This bacterium was named Helicobacter pylori (Hp), name derived from a spiral (helix).

The question that needs to give explanation for the survival of bacteria as gastric acid, Warren and Marshall had established that Helicobacter pylori produces a large amount of urease enzyme that breaks down urea in the gastric juice ammonia and carbon dioxide, thus providing neutralize gastric acidity . In the developed, bacteria form a film around alkaline, showing a great capacity for adaptation and penetration through the protective mucous membrane of stomach, forming so-called "pockets". Gram negative bacillus, spiral-shaped short, like a corkscrew, first causes an inflammation of gastric mucosa and then penetrate through the mucosa to gastric epithelial cells. By violating these tissues are thin and mucosal perforation substrate.

For this discovery of prime importance, although contested by more than 25 long years, the authors have received the high reward, the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2005, amounting to 1.29 million.

60% of elderly patients are carriers of bacteria

Persistent gastric colonization with Hp is approximately 10% of healthy persons aged 30 years and reached 60% in persons over 50 years.

Rates of infection are higher among poor people, between prison inmates and children in developing countries, infection is related to bacteria that is transmitted by oral ingestion, the person with dirty hands which consume infected water and food contaminated (unwashed fruits and vegetables).

It is true that many people may be infected with Hp, but gastrointestinal illnesses occur more frequently in those who consume in excess digestive irritants (tobacco and alcohol countries). It was established that only 15-20% of Hp-infected persons will develop serious forms of ulcer during life.

Hp implications in peptic ulcer

Peptic ulcer disease is a major cause pain epigastrice powerful sternum located under the cavity in the head and stomach intestines.

Unfortunately, many patients do not give attention to such pain that they consider temporary as simple heartburn that painkillers can be just a few pills antiacide with bicarbonate or with a glass of milk. They do not realize that bacteria Hp dig a crater in the stomach mucosa, which can give serious complications, the risk to evolve to perforation and bleeding, often a cause of premature deaths.

At the beginning of the disease after infection with Hp or the other factors to form an inflammation lesion followed by a (niche) of 10-25 mm, round or oval, carved into the mucosa esophagus, stomach and duodenal, as a result of the action excess gastric acid and pepsin and hydrochloric acid. Erosion starts from the moment that the acido-peptic excess capacity defense gastric wall.

Depending on the location in the digestive system, peptic ulcer can be gastric ulcer or duodenal ulcer.

Gastric ulcer may maligniza

Gastric ulcer is located on the bottom of the esophagus and the stomach mucosa. The maturity between 55-65 years, more frequently in people with blood group A, in smokers, alcohol consumers and those with first-degree relatives who suffer from stomach ulcers. Disease may maligniza (canceriza).

Among the causes triggering gastric ulcers can be mentioned: hyperacidity gastritis untreated, inadequate diet, alcohol consumption countries, excessive smoking, stress disorders and the use of synthetic drugs (eg cortisone).

Pains and burns occur in 1-2 hours after meals, with frequency during the day and during the year (more frequently in spring and autumn). Between painful crises, the rest may take several days or several years, resulting in the sick to believe recovery, resumed smoking and consumption of alcohol and coffee. Thus it comes to serious complications like internal bleeding, perforation and even in the peritoneum cancerizare.

Duodenal ulcer is located at the duodenal bulbulul the end of the thin intestine, at least right median line. Pain occurring in 2-4 hours after meals, sometimes at night and continue through the nausea and vomiting. Since the wound penetrates more deeply, can cause bleeding ulcer, perforation, and duodenal steatoză pilorică without advance towards cancerizare.

Among the causes that would lead to gastric cancer is infection with the Helicobacter pylori and consumption of food prepared by smoking (the case of Harghita county) or preserved with the help of chemicals.

The bacteria generate adenocarcinoma of colon

Recent studies have shown the bacteria Helicobacter pylori in the oncogeneză colono-rectal factor that lead to colon adenocarcinoma.

Limfomul gastric MALT (mucosal associated tissue limfoid) takes the form of tumor formations larger than adenocarcinoamele. They develop a chronic inflammation caused by Helicobacter pylori has been malignizat as a result of genetic abnormalities. They are approx. 4% of all malignant diseases at the gastric level, the most common type of limfom Hodgkin extranodular. The disease is considered as a second malignant tumor of the stomach adenocarcinoma, with maximum risk occurring in men aged 55-60 years.

Is located Limfomul gastric mucosa on the gastrointestinal tract and other mucous membranes (language, mammary glands, salivary glands and lacrimal glands). Infection with Hp is involved in the pathogenesis of many diseases extragastrice such as atherosclerosis, melene with internal bleeding, anemia, certain skin diseases and rapid weight loss.

Practice has shown that antibiotic therapy against Hp infection is the most effective healing of gastric limfomului, if performed in early stages of the disease.

Treatments fitoterapeutice

It is based on the use of species of plants with medicinal effects cicatrizate at niche created and reactions to restore mucosal alcalinizante affected by excess acidity of gastric juice. In addition, there are plant species that contain active antiseptics (rich in salicylic acid) and emollient properties (rich saponozide, oleorezine, gumirezine and mucilagii).

In internal use, the belts are effective long term use, daily, tea (in the form of infusions or decocturi), extracts, oils, prepared from certain plants.

- Marigold - with emollient effects and cicatrizate exception used in the form of infusions (two teaspoon dried flowers to 250 ml of water boiled with infuzare 15-20 minutes), which is consumed before the main meals rare draft.

- Obligeană - Cold soak 2-3 teaspoon of dried roots and macerated 12 hours in 500 ml cold water, gently heat the next day and consumed each ½ cup, 20 minutes before meals, providing pain killers and stimulate digestion. Obligeană powder (one of the top knife 2-3 times daily before meals) in the formula Ulcerotratului with dressing role of gastric (contraindicated in women during pregnancy).

- Tătăneasă - decoction of the roots dried and shredded (2-3 cups a day before meals), with anti-inflammatory effects and cicatrizate due to high content alantoină, mucilagii and tannins, in complete healing of perforations and rapid restoration of gastric mucosa.

- Liquorice - infusions of powdered roots mixed with chamomile flowers, consumed in a course of 1-2 months (spring and autumn) with cicatrizate and anti-inflammatory effects in both types of ulcers (gastric and duodenal), but restrictions on dosage and duration of treatment to pregnant women and people in hypertensive patients.

- Hops - infusion of 40 g liter cones in a boiling water is consumed every 2-3 cups per day with effect mollification of stomach pains and loss of excess secretion of gastric acid.

- Oak and Salcamilor - decoction of the bark shredded (2-3 cups per day) with high tannins that act hemostatice and antiseptic effect, in ulcers with sangvinolente seats.

- Teiul - infusion of flowers (2-3 cups per day) with effect from spasmelor decrease in smooth muscle of stomach walls.

- Basil - infusion of herba bloom (3 unsweetened tea per day) with a role in regulating digestion, fermentation and eliminate outbreaks rotten.

- Peanuts - 30 grams crushed and mixed with 10 ml milk and 5 ml cream consumed 2-3 times per day, taking the role of an oil film that protects the stomach wall as a buffer to neutralize the hydrochloric acid.

- Turiţa sea - herba infusions of (2-3 cups daily), with effects in healing gastric ulcers, accelerating intestinal transit and stimulation of appetite.

- Ash tree - 2 teaspoon infusion of flowers and leaves in 250 ml boiled water to drink from a cup a day after fraţionată main meals.

Are effective and other medicinal species used in mixtures:

- Marigold (6 parts), rattle (6 parts), roiniţă (4 parts), acacia (2 parts), camomile (2 parts) and tătăneasă (part 1) of that 2-3 drink unsweetened tea daily, between meals ;

- Milfoil, dandelion, patlagină, cumin, mint, şovârv (equal parts), 2-3 after tea before meals;

- Roiniţă, raspberry, valerian, oregano / wild marjoram and in seed, cumin and fennel.

The recipe author: marigold, rattle, coriander, chamomile, milfoil, obligeană, tătăneasă, hops, peppermint and raspberry tree.

External Treatments

In external treatments are recommended and comprese cataplasm with bitter Swedish - Iaşi (complex 44 plants). In periods of crisis are used to poultice made with hominy epigastrică area tătăneasă and tail of the horse or cabbage leaves. Before applying cataplasm area is grease or oil of marigold ointment.

French specialists recommended baths and hand and feet, morning and evening bite on at bedtime, with the decoction of flowers of hawthorn, hatchet, chamomile, hollyhock big mac, sage leaf, blackberry, nettle life, celandine and twitch.

Apiterapia

For ulceraţii the stomach is recommended:

- Treatment with pollen (2 teaspoon 2 times daily before meals);

- Propolis (2 grams per day) or tincture of propolis 20% of which take 20 drops, 2 times daily for 6 tablespoons of water, tea or hot milk, on an empty stomach morning and evening.

Diet

For the bacteria Helicobacter pylori eradication and healing peptic ulcerelor, proper nutrition is the most important, regardless of the intensity of painful crises. Aims sparing stomach and duodenal mucosa, the role of gastric bandage.

Duration food regime is long, for months, and require much patience and perseverance to ensure a complete healing, preventing recurrence of pain after 6-7 months. It is recommended that patients take 4-6 small meals, equal weight, the last meal before being 20.00. During the meal should be a pleasant environment, quietly, deliberately avoiding tense discussions.

It will eat slowly mestecând well without drinking liquids with meals. After each meal, the patient will lie, with a compress on the abdomen or hot poultice of corn meal.

During painful allow only a fluid of 2-3 days with 200 ml fresh milk to neutralize hydrochloric acid and gastric secretion stops. Milk mix in equal parts, with a medicinal tea (linden, rosehip, camomile) consuming 6-7 glasses a day, every 3 hours. Possibly add a few drops of lemon juice. As pain is atenuiază, are inserted in the diet of rice slipped soups, cream, soft cookies, white bread, roasted and dried (400 grams) and albuşuri raw eggs, beaten frothy.

When symptoms of disease can be consumed warm soups vegetables (cabbage, salads, fennel, tomatoes), piureuri passed the potatoes and vegetables, germinated wheat, rice and semolina, cream, soteuri, puddings, prompter which add fresh butter, crude oil or margarine. Gradually pass from fresh cow cheese, fresh cases, urdă, telemea desărată, well cooked pasta, roasted hominy, oatmeal, soft-boiled eggs, omelette steam, baked potatoes or boiled in the shell and that whack mix sour milk and carrot shaving.

In this phase can begin consumption of poultry or veal, no fat, which is prepared by boiling, or choke in the form of lyme cooked in steam. Add white fish, low (pike, Salau, trout, bass), prepared only boiled.

Also consumed vegetables early with soft pulp (carrot, spinach, lettuce, cauliflower, courgettes, podded beans), potatoes (boiled, Baked or mashed). Admitted cakes with sweet apples, brânzoaice, creams and vanilla rice milk.

Prohibited foods:

- Steaks of pork, mutton, lamb, goose, duck, venison, fish fat fried;

- Animal fats, grease, lard, meat, sausage, afumături, canned, oceanic fish (salted or smoked);

- Concentrated soups bone or meat, soups, sauces with rântaşi, prăjeli, eggs, maioneze, scrambled eggs and toast mesh, excess salt, fried potatoes;

- Ridden cheese, fat, salted and smoked, kefir;

- Zarzavaturi fiber, and pulp aţoase tough (radish, kohlrabi, dry beans, peas, lentils, mushrooms, eggplant, onions, garlic);

- Stimulate and irritant spices (black pepper, paprika pepper, pepper, horseradish, mustard, pickles. Vinegars);

- Black bread (rich in cellulose coarse), bread shell, aluaturi fresh foietaje, confectionery cakes, sponge cake, donuts, jam, marmalade and other sugar confectionery, frozen;

- Strong fruit (hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds);

- Mineral cold.

Categorically Excluded countries alcohol, tobacco, coffee, natural (especially on an empty stomach), cocoa, Russian tea, chocolate, syrups with synthetic caffeine (a Coca-Cola) and abuse of synthetic drugs with the chemical irritant.

The life

It requires a period of silence for sparing the nervous system and the cortex, avoiding stress and physical and intellectual efforts, even staying in bed (15-20 days) in evolution. If disease or nerve diseases caused by sleeplessness cankerous unbearable is to balance disorders by restoring small walks in the morning, light sports outdoors, medical gymnastics, watching movies, music and reading auditions for disconnection.

It should also be avoided intense emotional states, over a nerve, especially in professions that require a physical and mental breakdown, with tense and nervous tension. If the disease progresses, the program does not allow compliance with these recommendations igieno-health must be the change of employment.

During the rest of 12-14 hours will meet the minimum daily sleep 8 hours in a course of at least 1 month, being mandatory rest 30-60 minutes in a lying, after each meal.

Curative treatment consists of dietary measures and igieno-medicinal differentiated and painful periods of respite. In phases painful, no bleeding, apply daily, with hot onion poultice race, paraffin and clay, held 10-20 minutes on the abdomen, and in periods of internal bleeding comprese place or cold with ice bags on the abdomen held 2-3 hours, with breaks of 1-2 hours. Also in case of internal bleeding (melene) will be an injection of vitamin K.

Recent evidence that domestic cats are carriers of bacteria Hp and therefore seeks to establish the mode of transmission to humans.

Treatment Spas

It is recommended only during rest without pain, in resorts Olăneşti, Călimăneşti, Căciulata, Borsec, Sângiorz, Slanic-Moldova, Strunga, Tinca, for a period of 21-30 days. As bottled mineral water used at home, can consume alkaline water, chloro-or sodium sulfide and mineral waters of Olăneşti, Covasna, Zizin, Biborteni, Borsec, Malnaş, Lipova, Saru-Dornei taken 30 minutes before meals, in quantities of 150-450 ml per day.

Rendering harmless of the body is essential

Particular attention should be paid to cure the detoxification of the body, using a little pumpkin seed roasted and unsalted (4-5 punches per day) and is preferred as a liquid broth of wheat bran which consumed 1.5 - 2 liters per day with effect from eliminating toxins through sweating.

Another course will use a mixture of macerated in equal parts, with lime juice, alcohol 400, acacia honey and olive oil which is taken every 50 ml 3 times daily, 10-15 minutes before meals. Effective cure is germinated wheat (100 g per day), mixed with olive oil and 500 grams fruit cut into small cubes.

Recommended fruits are: apples and pears (peel), plums, peaches, apricots, grapes, watermelon, oranges, lemons, mandarins, raisins.

That will consume drink water between meals and payment of vegetable juices (slightly sweetened) of carrot, beetroot, celery every rasp, white cabbage, spinach and potatoes cruel to be taken 15 minutes before meals. Fresh cabbage juice (2-3 glasses daily for 3 weeks) is particularly valuable, protective properties and having due cicatrizate content and high in vitamin mucilagii U.

After the meal drink juices neacide (apples, pears, quinces, apricots, peaches, cherries, AGRI), compotes and syrups sweetened least.