ASSOCIATION OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN PATIENTS WITH PEPTIC RELATED DISORDERS - A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS FROM NORTH EAST INDIA

Dyspepsia is one of the common gastrointestinal disorders worldwide and the diseases associated with dyspepsia can range from asymptomatic H. pylori infection to benign and malignant disorders. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection affects approximately half of the world’s population, is a common infection known to cause various gastrointestinal disorders like gastritis, peptic ulcers, and malignant condition like gastric cancers and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. H. pylori infection is more commonly seen in developing world as it is associated with poor sanitation as the bacteria gains entry mostly through the fecal-oral route. The prevalence of H. pylori have decreased to a great extend due to improved sanitation and hygiene and supply of safe drinking water. As the infection can be diagnosed, through the various noninvasive and invasive tests, it is therefore encourage that detection of H. pylori infection should be carried out so as to prevent or treat the common peptic disorders but specially so for the prevention of gastric cancer and treatment of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma.