Helicobacter pylori symptoms in children?

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The proportion of Helicobacter pylori infection in the national infected population is as high as 50%. The infection rate of Helicobacter pylori is high, and the survival rate of Helicobacter pylori is strong. It can colonize and survive in the acid environment of gastric cavity. After Helicobacter pylori infection, the body is difficult to excrete through the immune system, often causing lifelong infection. Helicobacter pylori infection symptoms present diversity, patients with acid regurgitation, nausea, fullness and so on, and even lead to chronic stomach. Children are also a high risk group of Helicobacter pylori infection. So what are the symptoms of Helicobacter pylori infection in children? Let's take a look at the following.

Helicobacter pylori symptoms in children?

First, due to the physical differences of each person, children with chronic gastritis have different degrees of dyspepsia, mainly manifested as repeated abdominal pain without obvious regularity, especially after eating. The pain site is not fixed, mostly around the navel. The use of pungent food or cold, when the temperature drops, can cause or aggravate symptoms.

Second: the incidence of disease in kindergarten is related to diet. During this period, abdominal pain symptoms are obvious, and intermittent pain, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, acid reflux, anemia and other symptoms. The symptoms of school-age children were similar to those of adults, mainly with periumbilical abdominal pain, sometimes nocturnal pain, or acid reflux, nausea or chronic anemia.

Third: the main symptoms of neonatal period are sudden upper gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation, hematemesis, hematochezia, abdominal distension and peritonitis are common phenomena, because of low recognition, it is easy to be misdiagnosed, and the mortality is high. The incidence rate is highest from one day to two days after birth. Acute onset is common in infants, irritability, poor appetite, hematemesis and so on.

matters needing attention

To prevent Helicobacter pylori infection, we should advocate the use of separate meals, serving of individual dishes and disinfection of food utensils in the family to avoid cross infection. In particular, some parents are used to chew food and feed it to their babies. This kind of phenomenon should be eliminated, which will increase the probability of transmission of Helicobacter pylori.