High levels of H. pylori increase the risk of ulcers and stomach cancer three to six-fold. — Whalespan
High levels of H. pylori increase the risk of ulcers and stomach cancer three to six-fold.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“If levels of Helicobacter get too high, if the number of bacterial cells per square millimeter or per square inch or per square mile or however you want to quantify them gets too great, then they start to have clearly pathological effects. They can cause ulcers. They do cause ulcers and that can eventually lead to stomach cancer. I believe the last estimate I saw was that the World Health Organization considers Helicobacter to confer, I think, a three or four to six fold increased risk of stomach cancer if you are colonized.”