Helicobacter treatment: treatment regimen, recommendations

In the modern world there are many different diseases. In this article I want to talk about how Helicobacter can be treated: treatment regimen and getting rid of this problem.

What it is?

At the very beginning, you need to understand the concepts that will be used in this article. What is Helicobacter pylori? This is a spiral-shaped microorganism that lives either in the duodenum or in the stomach. The danger of Helicobacter is that it can cause various diseases, such as gastritis, polyps, hepatitis, ulcers and even cancer. It is also worth saying that most of the inhabitants of our planet, approximately 60%, are infected with this microorganism. Scientists say that it is in prevalence in second place after a herpes infection. You can get it through dirty food or water, as well as during contact with a sick person through sputum or even saliva, which can be released during coughing or sneezing.

Requirements

It is very important to consider also the treatment regimens for Helicobacter pylori. So, it is worth saying that for therapy there are several simple but important requirements:

1. The main goal of therapy is to destroy (by no means always this can be done completely) these harmful bacteria.
2. It is necessary to try to exclude side effects. If they occur, the drug can be changed.
3. It is very important that the treatment gives positive results for 7-14 days.

Important rules that Helicobacter treatment implies

The treatment regimen should meet very simple, but very important rules. What not only every doctor should remember, but also the patient:

1. If the treatment regimen does not produce the desired effect on the patient, it is not worth repeating it.
2. If the scheme is ineffective, this may mean that the bacterium has acquired immunity to one of the components that were used in therapy.
3. If no treatment regimen positively affects a person, you need to check the sensitivity of the disease strain to the entire spectrum of antibiotics.
4. If, a year after recovery, the person again became infected, it is worth considering as a relapse, but not as reinfection.
5. If a relapse of the disease occurs, a more stringent treatment regimen should be used.

Medications

What steps can be taken if Helicobacter treatment is anticipated? The treatment regimen may consist of the following medications:

1. Antacids. Their main goal is to reduce the acidity of the stomach and envelop its walls.
2. You will also need substances that inhibit the production of gastric juice. In this case, it is customary to talk about proton pump blockers and H2-histamine blockers.
3. Antibacterial agents are antibiotics. Their main goal is the destruction of the harmful organism.

Scheme 1. Seven-day

How can Helicobacter be treated with antibiotics? The scheme can be seven-day (the so-called first line of therapy). In this case, all medications are taken twice a day for a week. In this case, the doctor is likely to prescribe the following drugs to the patient:

1. Proton pump inhibitors. It can be one of the following drugs: Omez, Lansoprazole, Esomeprazole.
2. Bactericides, for example, a drug such as Klacid.
3. You can also use the antibiotic "Amoxiclav" (a group of penicillins).

Scheme 2. Ten or fourteen-day treatment

Helicobacter can be treated with antibiotics for two weeks. The scheme in this case may be as follows:

1. Proton pump inhibitors are taken twice a day. These will again be such drugs as Omeprazole, Pariet, Nexium.
2. Four times a day, you will need to take such a medication as “De-nol” (bismuth subcitrate).
3. Three times a day, the drug "Metronidazole" is prescribed.
4. Four times a day, it will also be necessary to take the Tetracycline drug, which is a broad-spectrum antibiotic, for complete cure.

Actions after completion of treatment

After the main treatment regimen for Helicobacter pylori is completed, do not relax. Next, you need to maintain your body with medication for a certain amount of time:

1. Five weeks, when it comes to duodenal localization of the microorganism.
2. Seven weeks if its localization is gastric.

The following treatment regimen for Helicobacter pylori with antibiotics includes the use of one of the following drugs:

1. Inhibitors of the proton pump - preparations "Omez", "Rabeprazole". You need to take these funds 1-2 times a day.
2. Histamine H2 receptor blockers. These may be drugs such as Ranitidine, Famotidine. They are taken twice a day.
3. Antibiotic Amkosiklav - 2 times a day.

Helicobacter pylori gastritis

Now we will consider a treatment regimen for gastritis with Helicobacter pylori. What drugs can a doctor prescribe in this case? It can be such drugs as De-Nol, as well as Metronidazole, Clarithromycin, Amoxicycline. In order for antibacterial agents to work more efficiently, Omeprazole may be prescribed. To improve the recovery processes in the stomach, you can take medications such as Solcoseryl, Gastrofarm.

Main side effects

If the Helicobacter pylori treatment regimen described above was used, it is worth saying that the drugs can cause some side effects. I would like to separately talk about some of them:

1. If the patient took Omeprazole, bismuth, Tetracycline, flatulence, diarrhea, dizziness, dark stools, and an increase in renal failure are possible.
2. If the patient took such a medication as Metronidazole, there may be the following side symptoms: vomiting, headache, metallic taste in the mouth, fever.
3. During the reception of "Amoxicycline" pseudomembronous colitis may develop, there may be diarrhea, a rash.
4. When taking Clarithromycin, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, pseudomembranous colitis are possible.

Efficiency mark

What is important if Helicobacter is contemplated? The treatment regimen, as well as an assessment of its effectiveness:

1. An important indicator is the disappearance of pain.
2. Dyspeptic syndrome (discomfort in the upper abdomen) should disappear.
3. Well, and the most important is the complete disappearance of the causative agent of the disease - Helicobacter pylori.

Small conclusions

Separately, it is worth mentioning that doctors are still arguing which treatment regimen is best to choose. Indeed, the complete extermination of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is possible only when using a large number of different antibiotics (the microorganism can be resistant to most). And this is very harmful to the body. If previously the patient was taking a certain antibiotic, their treatment will already be completely ineffective. In addition, this can lead to the death of intestinal microflora, which in itself is also very harmful to the health of the patient.