幽门螺杆菌(HP)的发现是消化界的一次革命。现已证明,HP是活动性胃炎、胃溃疡及十二指肠溃疡的“真凶”,并能导致胃癌。对消化性溃疡病人作根除HP的治疗,可使胃病复发率由60％～80％降至10％。胃病患者治疗前后检查HP都很重要。 检查HP,一般都在做胃镜检查的同时取胃黏膜组织,做快速尿素酶试验,或作组织切片染色后行显微镜检查直接查找细菌。这对某些病人是需要的,但这些检查多少给患者带来一些痛苦。还可抽取患者血,用血清学试 The discovery of Helicobacter pylori (HP) is a revolution in the digestive community. It has been demonstrated that HP is the “real culprit” for active gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer and can cause gastric cancer. Peptic ulcer patients for eradication of HP treatment, can stomach recurrence rate from 60% to 80% to 10%. Stomach patients before and after treatment is very important to check HP. Check HP, gastroscopy are generally done at the same time to take the gastric mucosa, do fast urease test, or tissue sections stained with a microscope to directly look for bacteria. This is needed for some patients, but how much of these tests give the patient some pain. Patients can also be drawn blood, with serological test