Can probiotics treat Helicobacter pylori infection?

Probiotics mainly regulate intestinal flora imbalance and have no function of treating Helicobacter pylori, so taking probiotics alone cannot be used to kill Helicobacter pylori. Helicobacter pylori is a spiral bacterium, which grows in the mucus layer inside human stomach. In order to survive in the harsh acidic environment of the stomach, Helicobacter pylori secretes urease and converts chemical urea into ammonia. Ammonia produced around Helicobacter pylori neutralizes gastric acid and enables it to survive in gastric acid. Helicobacter pylori has been with us for thousands of years. According to statistics, about two-thirds of the world's population carries Helicobacter pylori. Although Helicobacter pylori infection does not cause diseases in most infected people, it is the main risk factor of peptic ulcer and the cause of most gastric and upper digestive tract ulcers. 65438-0994 The International Agency for Research on Cancer listed Helicobacter pylori as a human carcinogen, and considered that the colonization of Helicobacter pylori in the stomach was an important cause of gastric cancer. Shandong, China is an area with high incidence of gastric cancer. Long-term follow-up of data from a randomized clinical trial in this field found that eradication of Helicobacter pylori can reduce the incidence of gastric cancer. During the last 15 years after treatment, the incidence of gastric cancer decreased by nearly 40%. Therefore, the eradication of Helicobacter pylori is very important for our health.