Descriptive study for Helicopacter pylori infection among children in Minia university | ||
| Minia Journal of Medical Research | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 27 October 2024 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjmr.2024.315958.1795 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Yosra Mohamed Awad1; Ahmed Mohamed Hamdy2; Gihan Mohamed Bebars3; Shaimaa Mohamed Yasin* 4; chrestina Monir Fekry5; Samir M Mounir6 | ||
| 1Associate Professor of pediatric gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Ain Shams University, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Ain Shams University, Egypt | ||
| 3Department of pediatrics, El-Minia faculty of medicine | ||
| 4Assistant lecturer of pediatric, Departement of pediatrics , Minia university, Egypt | ||
| 5Public health department, faculty of medicine,minia university | ||
| 6Pediatrics department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped bacterium that grows in the digestive tract with high incidence during childhood especially in developing countries . Aim: To study the clinical presentation and diagnosis of Helicopacter pylori in children . Methods: our study includes 150 children whose ages ranged between 5-15 years, diagnosed as having H pylori infection based on histopathology of their gastric biopsy specimens. Results: Mean age of patients was 8.21±3.1 years. Nearly half of them (42.7%) were males. Clinical presentation included dyspepsia was present in all patients (100%),vomiting was present in 72%of patients ,while hematemesis occurred in 16.7% of patients . Mean Hemoglobin was (Hb) 10.45±1.3 (mean ± SD) gm/dl Range: (6-5.13.6 gm / dl), The most common endoscopic finding was gastric nodularity (98.7%) followed by gastric erosions (46%). None of included children had gastric or duodenal ulcers. Conclusion: H. pylori infection represents the cause of multiple gastrointestinal diseases, ranging from chronic active gastritis without clinical symptoms to peptic ulceration, | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Helicobacter pylori; symptoms; endoscopic findings | ||
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