Is treatment necessary to h pylori infection when asymptomatically?
Yes, it is necessary to treat Helicobacter pylori infection even if you don't have symptoms.
Firstly, the absence of symptoms does not mean there is no impact; secondly, it increases the risk of transmitting the infection to family members.
Helicobacter pylori is very 'cunning'. Among the infected population, about 70% of people have no symptoms, and the remaining 30% only exhibit some intermittent, atypical symptoms of indigestion.
Lacking symptoms does not mean that Helicobacter pylori is not affecting the gastric mucosa. Conversely, it may actually progressing towards gastric ulcers, gastric cancer, or gastric lymphoma.
Moreover, if you are infected with Helicobacter pylori, it may also increase the risk of transmitting it to children.
A lot of evidence suggests that most children are infected with Helicobacter pylori before the age of 10. The specific transmission route is not clear, but the 'fecal-oral' route is likely the main method, and the 'oral-oral' route is considered possible.
Unclean diet or poor feeding habits potentially pass the bacteria to young children. Some literature reports that if mother is infected with Helicobacter pylori, the infection rate among her children tends to be higher.
To exclude the possiblity of h.pylori infection, the stool antigen test kit can help. Once you get positive result, please contact your doctor for advice.
