Written by Walid Abdel Salam
Sunday, 09 April 2023 12:00 AM
The Ministry of Health and Population has warned of stomach germ infections, stressing that it causes dangerous complications that amount to stomach cancer.
The ministry said that examinations and analyzes must be performed periodically to detect infection or not.
Dr. Gamal Esmat, advisor to the World Health Organization and professor of liver and digestive system at Cairo University, confirmed that the percentage of Egyptians infected with stomach germs reached 80%, while more than 50% of the world’s population is infected with the disease, adding that early detection of the disease contributes to protection from complications of the disease..
Esmat added that the treatment protocols for confronting the disease, which causes serious complications if not treated, have been updated. The World Health Organization consultant stated that Gizomizol for the treatment of stomach germs achieves a cure rate of more than 90%.
And he continued, it is necessary to differentiate between infection and disease, as infection we can say that it may not have caused major pathological problems, while disease causes major problems and various complications for the patient..
Dr. Hisham Al-Khayyat, Professor of Liver Diseases, Digestive System and Infectious Diseases, stated that the recovery rate from stomach germs with quadruple treatment protocols that include modern medicines reaches 90%, indicating that the triple therapeutic protocols are no longer suitable for patient recovery. Al-Khayyat said that 70% of people infected with stomach germs are infections. Only while the danger lies in causing stomach germs to cause chronic inflammation in the stomach that leads to atrophy of the stomach membrane, which may cause stomach ulcers, adding stomach germs that cause ulcers and duodenums and also cause immune inflammation that reduces platelets and functional indigestion.