scholarly journals The Gastro-protective Effect of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) in Helicobacter pylori Positive Functional Dyspepsia

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahideh Ebrahimzadeh Attari ◽  
Mohammad Hosein Somi ◽  
Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi ◽  
Alireza Ostadrahimi ◽  
Seyed-Yaghob Moaddab ◽  
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Purpose: The present study aimed to assess the effect of ginger (Zingiber officinale) powder supplementation on Helicobacter pylori eradication and improvement of dyspeptic symptoms in patients with H. pylori positive functional dyspepsia (FD). Methods: During this pilot study 15 patients with H. pylori positive FD received 3 g/d ginger powder as three 1-g tablets for 4-weeks. Dyspepsia symptoms were asked before and after the intervention using a questionnaire based on the Rome III criteria. H. pylori eradication was also assessed by a non-invasive stool antigen (HpSAg) test. Results: Ginger consumption accompanied by significant H. pylori eradication rate of 53.3% (P = 0.019) and the odds ratio (95% CI) was 8 (1.07 to 357.14). Moreover, our results showed significant changes in most of the dyspepsia symptoms after ginger supplementation. Conclusion: According to our findings, Z. officinale can be considered as a useful complementary therapy for FD. However, due to the small number of clinical trials in this area, further welldesigned clinical trials are needed to explicitly talk about its effectiveness especially about the eradication of H. pylori.

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arezu JUDAKI ◽  
Asghar RAHMANI ◽  
Jalil FEIZI ◽  
Khairollah ASADOLLAHI ◽  
Mohammad Reza HAFEZI AHMADI

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) gastric infection is a main cause of inflammatory changes and gastric cancers. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was finding the effects of curcumin on oxidative stress and histological changes in chronic gastritis associated with H. pylori. METHODS In a randomized clinical trial, patients were divided into two groups: a standard triple therapy group and triple therapy with curcumin group. Endoscopic and histological examinations were measured for all patients before and after 8 weeks. RESULTS Triple therapy with curcumin treatment group significantly decreased malondialdehyde markers, glutathione peroxides and increased total antioxidant capacity of the gastric mucosa at the end of study compared to baseline and triple regimen groups. In addition, the oxidative damage to DNA was significantly decreased in triple therapy with curcumin group at the end of study compared to baseline and compared to triple therapy (P<0.05 for both). Triple therapy group in combination with Curcumin significantly decreased all active, chronic and endoscopic inflammation scores of patients compared to the baseline and triple therapy group (P<0.05 for both). The eradication rate by triple therapy + curcumin was significantly increased compared to triple therapy alone (P<0.05). CONCLUSION Curcumin can be a useful supplement to improve chronic inflammation and prevention of carcinogenic changes in patients with chronic gastritis associated by H. pylori.


2009 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 567-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuei-Hsiang Hung ◽  
Jiunn-Jong Wu ◽  
Hsiao-Bai Yang ◽  
Li-Ju Su ◽  
Bor-Shyang Sheu

Helicobacter pylori eradication can reverse gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM) in some but not all patients. H. pylori induces high levels of nuclear β-catenin staining in IM tissues, as well as overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). This study investigated whether the Wnt/β-catenin pathway plays a role in IM regression following H. pylori eradication. Sixty-five H. pylori-infected patients with IM who had achieved successful H. pylori eradication provided paired gastric samples before and after eradication to analyse the persistence of IM, and to assess COX-2 and nuclear β-catenin expression. The host genotypes of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the COX-2, β-catenin (CTNNB1) and adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) genes were analysed. In addition, expression of β-catenin, E-cadherin and phosphorylated and unphosphorylated glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β) in cell lines challenged with H. pylori isolates from patients with and without IM persistence was compared by immunoanalysis. After a mean 33.9-month follow-up after H. pylori eradication, 44 patients (67.7 %) with IM persistence had a higher rate of high-level nuclear β-catenin expression in IM tissue than those without IM persistence (P=0.008). The patients with IM persistence had a higher rate of AA, GG and AA APC SNP genotypes at positions 4479, 5268 and 5465, respectively, than the patients without IM persistence (P=0.022). The H. pylori isolates from the patients with IM regression after H. pylori eradication induced more phospho-GSK-3β in AGS cells than isolates from patients with IM persistence (P=0.011). It is likely that interactions with H. pylori and the patient's Wnt/β-catenin genetic predisposition determine the outcome of IM persistence following H. pylori eradication.


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamadreza Amiri

<p>This study was a before and after clinical evaluation of <em>Helicobacter pylori</em> eradication on platelet counts in a group of 23 patients with chronic Idiopathic (Autoimmune) thrombocytopenic purpura (CITP). <em>H. pylori </em>infection was identified in patients by a <sup>13</sup>C-urea breath test and confirmed by an <em>H. pylori</em> stool antigen test. Eradication was conducted in patients testing positive. Infected (<em>n</em> = 10) and uninfected (<em>n</em> = 13) patient groups did not differ with respect to age, gender, history of previous splenectomy, treatment with anti-D, current treatment with corticosteroids, or initial platelet count<strong>s</strong>. <em>H pylori</em> eradication was successful in eight infected CITP patients, with two patients not responsive to treatment. Compared to the uninfected group, patients in the infected group who responded to eradication therapy had significantly increased platelet counts after six months (56.2 ± 22.2 <em>vs.</em> 233 ± 85.6 ×10<sup>3</sup> million cells/L; <em>P </em>&lt; 0.01), whereas platelet counts in the non-responding patients and uninfected group did not differ after this period of time. <em>H. pylori</em> eradication promotes significant platelet count improvement in patients with CITP. Thus, all patients with CITP should be tested and treated for<em> H. pylori </em>infections.</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 175628482110599
Author(s):  
Mariko Hojo ◽  
Kumiko Ueda ◽  
Tsutomu Takeda ◽  
Yoichi Akazawa ◽  
Hiroya Ueyama ◽  
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Introduction: Whether the incidence of reflux esophagitis (RE) increases after the eradication of Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori) is controversial. Few reports have evaluated the presence or absence of RE after a long period of time, taking into account the degree of atrophy and/or administration of acid secretion inhibitors. We investigated the relationship between H. pylori and RE taking into account these factors. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study with approval by the Ethics Committee. Patients who succeeded in H. pylori eradication treatment, and in whom there were images of the gastroesophageal junction on endoscopic examinations within 1 year before eradication treatment and more than 3 years after eradication were included. The degrees of RE and atrophy were retrospectively determined from the endoscopic images. The prevalence of RE before and after eradication and the incidence of newly developed RE after eradication between patients with or without atrophy improvement were compared using Fisher’s exact test. Results: A total of 185 cases (male:female = 104:81; mean age, 63.5 years; mean observation period, 6.4 years) were examined. The prevalence of RE before and after eradication was 1.6% (3/185) and 7.0% (13/185), respectively ( P = 0.019). RE was present in 8 (7.5%) of 106 cases with closed-type atrophy and in 5 (6.3%) of 79 cases with open-type atrophy after eradication ( P = 0.75). Atrophy improved after eradication in 56 cases, of whom 4 (7.1%) had new onset of RE; the degree of atrophy did not improve in 126 cases, of whom 7 (5.4%) had new onset of RE ( P = 0.74). There was no difference between the percentage of cases who took acid secretion inhibitors before and after eradication ( P = 0.14). Conclusion: The prevalence of RE increased a long time after eradication, even in patients who were taking an acid secretion inhibitor. The prevalence of RE was not related to the degree of atrophy or change in atrophy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-412
Author(s):  
Nebojsa Manojlovic ◽  
Ivana Tufegdzic ◽  
Elizabeta Ristanovic ◽  
Dubravko Bokonjic

Background/Aim. We designed and conducted this study due to the fact that results of the previous studies about seroreactivity to low-molecular-weight Helicobacter pylori antigens, cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA), vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) in patients with gastric cancer and peptic ulcer were conflicting. Methods. The Western blot test was performed in 123 patients, 31 with gastric cancer, 31 with duodenal ulcer, 31 with gastric ulcer, 30 with gastritis and functional dyspepsia in order to determine IgG antibodies to H. pylori antigens (CagA, VacA, Heat shock protein 60kDa, Urease B 66 kDa, Flagellin 55kDa, 50kDa, 30 kDa, Urease A 26 kDa, 24 kDa). In this study we analyzed: seroreactivity to H. pylori antigens between group with functional dyspepsia and others; between grades of different histopathological parameters of inflammation of antral and corporal mucosa and between antrum-predominant gastritis and corpus-predominant gastritis + pangastritis groups. Results. It was shown that seropositivity to 50 kDa antigen could be used as a biomarker for functional dyspepsia, seropositivity to 30 kDa antigen for antrumpredominant gastritis and H. pylori colonization in the antrum, to UreaseA26 kDa antigen for pangastritis and corpus-predominant gastritis and degree of inflammation in the corpus. Seropositivity to VacA was the biomarker for gastric cancer and peptic ulcer taken together and inflammation of antral mucosa. Seropositivity to CagA was associated with more intensive inflammation of antral and corporal mucosa, Urease B66 kDa with inflammation of corpus mucosa, but neither of them with specific outcome of H. pylori infection and topographic distribution of gastric inflammation. Conclusion. Serum IgG antibodies to H. pylori antigens 50kDa, and VacA may represent useful biomarkers for the specific outcome of H. pylori infection, while serum antibodies to 30 kDa and UreaseA26 kDa antigens might be used as specific biomarkers for different topographic distribution of inflammation in gastric mucosa.


2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carine LEITE ◽  
Luiz Edmundo MAZZOLENI ◽  
Diego de Mendonça UCHOA ◽  
Juliana Araújo CASTANHO ◽  
Felipe MAZZOLENI ◽  
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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The role of Helicobacter pylori infection on eosinophilic infiltration in duodenal mucosa is poorly studied. An increase in the number of eosinophils in duodenum has been associated with functional dyspepsia. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the influence of H. pylori infection on duodenal eosinophil count and the role of eosinophilic infiltrate of duodenum in functional dyspepsia. METHODS: Positive and negative H. pylori individuals were included. Both functional dyspeptic patients according to Rome III criteria (cases) and individuals without gastrointestinal symptoms (controls) were enrolled. They were submitted to upper endoscopy and H. pylori infection was verified by gastric histopathology and urease test. Eosinophils in the duodenal mucosa were counted in five high-power fields, randomly selected on slides of endoscopic biopsies. RESULTS: Thirty-nine H. pylori positive (mean age 40.5 and 69.2% women) and 24 negative patients (mean age 37.3 and 75% women) were included. The influence of the infection was observed in the duodenal eosinophil count, which was higher in infected individuals: median 13.2 vs 8.1 in non-infected individuals (P=0.005). When we analyzed patients according to symptoms, cases - mean age 39.6; 71.4% women - and controls - mean age 38.7; 71.4% women - had similar duodenal eosinophil count: median 11.9 and 12.6 respectively (P=0.19). CONCLUSIONS: We did not demonstrate association of duodenal eosinophil count with functional dyspepsia but found association with H. pylori infection.


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