A 45-year-old member asked:
how do i tell kids grandma has helicobacter pylori infections? what do they need to know?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Martin Raff answered
Infectious Disease 56 years experience
Treatable: Tell them this can cause ulcers in the upper gastrointestinal tract and predispose to cancer, but is treatable and curable and they will not likely get it from grandma.
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Dr. Arthur Heller answered
Gastroenterology 43 years experience
How old r kids?: If little kids, don't need to know much. H pylori is common, (couple billion people in the world have it); can cause infl of stomach, duodenum, ulcers, associated with stomach cancer, lymphoma. Can be treated with a variety of regimens including antibiotics, and antiulcer meds. Don't know transmission exactly: food, water, other people.
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