Helicobacter pylori is a microaerophilic Gram negative bacterium that colonizes the surface of the gastric mucosal epithelium. Its infection is a major pathogenic factor for gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastric cancer, as well as other types of gastric and extragastric diseases.
The infection of Helicobacter pylori is related to social factors such as socioeconomic and health conditions. The infection rate of Helicobacter pylori in China is 50% to 90%, which is higher than the average level of developed countries (50% to 70%). Pathogenic factors such as urease and lipopolysaccharides produced after Helicobacter pylori infection can damage the gastric mucus bicarbonate barrier, leading to an imbalance between proliferation and apoptosis of gastric mucosal epithelial cells, causing the body to produce an immune response, promoting the release of inflammatory mediators, inducing gastric mucosal damage, and leading to various diseases.
1、 The etiology and pathogenesis of infection
Helicobacter pylori infection often belongs to the category of traditional Chinese medicine diseases such as "stomach pain", "fullness", and "acid reflux". Most scholars now believe that spleen and stomach weakness caused by improper diet, emotional depression, physical fatigue, and other factors is the basis of Helicobacter pylori infection. Spleen and stomach weakness leads to the imbalance of qi movement, resulting in endogenous dampness, qi and blood stagnation, which is related to factors such as spleen and stomach weakness, liver depression, qi stagnation, and dietary disorders, and ultimately progresses into a disease.
2、 Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment
Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that Helicobacter pylori belongs to the category of "evil qi" and is an external pathogen. The reason why people are infected with Helicobacter pylori is because their own righteous qi is insufficient, and they are invaded by evil qi. When the spleen and stomach are weak, it is easier to introduce evil into the body. Compared to pure Western medicine treatment, the combination of Chinese and Western medicine has more advantages in treating Helicobacter pylori. Strengthening the body and dispelling evil is the basic principle of traditional Chinese medicine in treating Helicobacter pylori related diseases. Different treatment methods are adopted based on the causes of deficiency and excess, with actual diarrhea and deficiency supplementation. Whether it is true or false, it is due to weak spleen and stomach, and insufficient righteous qi.
Traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation treatment is not limited to single Chinese herbs. The selected formula for this disease mainly focuses on strengthening the spleen, clearing heat, and drying dampness. The commonly used Chinese herbs include Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Codonopsis pilosula, and Pinellia ternata, which are in line with the pathogenesis of this disease with a mixture of deficiency and excess. Traditional Chinese medicine has the advantages of safety and fewer adverse reactions, which can significantly improve the quality of life of patients.
3、 Nursing intervention
Traditional Chinese medicine nursing measures are diverse, such as moxibustion, acupoint application, massage, acupuncture, etc., to achieve the effects of warming meridians, harmonizing qi and blood, balancing yin and yang, dispelling cold and relieving pain. Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the key to yang qi. Therefore, harmonizing the spleen and stomach can effectively achieve the effects of tonifying qi, warming yang, generating clear qi, reducing turbidity, dispelling blood stasis, and relieving pain. By coordinating the functions of organs, the patient's immune system can be improved. Therefore, in the clinical treatment of Helicobacter pylori patients, traditional Chinese medicine assisted treatment measures should be appropriately adopted to alleviate patients' discomfort symptoms, improve their clinical comfort, thereby improving their clinical compliance and increasing the cure rate of the disease.
In summary, the current situation of Helicobacter pylori infection is very severe. Patients are prone to recurrent attacks after infection, and there are many high-risk factors that can lead to Helicobacter pylori infection. Therefore, in daily life, efforts should be made to increase the publicity of this disease, improve public awareness of the disease, and emphasize prevention and treatment to achieve the goal of controlling the spread of the disease. Helicobacter pylori is not an incurable disease, but its harm is enormous, so it is important to maintain good lifestyle habits in daily life to reduce the possibility of infection.