El consumo de alcohol como agente protector frente a la infección por Helicobacter pylori en pacientes del servicio de gastroenterología del Hospital Naval Guayaquil. diciembre 2018 a mayo 2019.

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori infection is the leading cause of chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer disease, as well as a risk factor for gastric cancer. According to WHO, it is estimated that approximately more than half of the world's population is infected, with a higher prevalence in populations with sanitary and sanitary deficiencies. Infection and spontaneous elimination is common in childhood, however, in adults there is greater persistence, although there are also cases in which the facilitation of spontaneous elimination is attributed to alcohol consumption. Information on alcohol consumption is collected through questionnaires to 100 adult patients of the gastroenterology department, who are tested for feces. In general, the data that were that patients with excessive consumption had a lower percentage of seropositivity (50%) with (p: 0.231) as well as those who drank alcoholic beverages once a week (46.2%) with (p: 0.108) ; the highest prevalence of H. pylori infection is between 28-36 years (24%); the male gender obtained the highest percentage of frequency in alcohol consumption (drinking at least once a week) with 47.2% compared to 29.8% of women. In conclusion, the study resulted in a small association with the hypothesis raised, however, this was not statistically significant.