Affiliation

• ¹Assistant Professor, F.I.B.M.S, Head of Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Misan, Misan, Iraq
• ²Assistant Lecturer, M. Sc. Parasitology, Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Misan, Misan, Iraq
• ³Assistant Professor, F.I.B.M.S, Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Misan, Misan, Iraq
• ⁴F.I.B.M.S, Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Sadder teaching hospital, Ministry of Health/ Environment, Misan, Iraq

Corresponding Author

Dr. Redha Alwan Hasan Alhashimi, Misan University, Faculty of Medicine, Family Medicine Department, Amarah, Misan province, Iraq, Tel: 009647733962400; E-mail: masterr78@ymail.com

Citation

Alhashimi, R.A.H., et al.Helicobacter Pylori Infection, Epidemiology, Endoscopic Findings and Associated Socio-Demographic Factors in Uninvestigated Dyspepsia in the People of Misan, Iraq. (2017) J Gastrointest Disord Liver Func 3(2): 109- 113.

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Abstract

Background: Dyspepsia is a complex condition, including upper gastrointestinal tract with chronic and recurrent symptoms, including epigastric pain, discomfort, postprandial fullness and satiety. This study aimed to assess the epidemiology and the endoscopic findings in relation to H pylori infection of uninvestigated dyspepsia, among patients attending gastroenterology in Al-Sadder Teaching Hospital in Misan province, South of Iraq.
Methods: The study was carried out in Al-Sadder teaching hospital, which provides open-access service to endoscopy, consecutive adult inpatients who presented with uninvestigated dyspepsia. All study participants were systematically evaluated before undergoing endoscopy. The patients were interviewed to determine the presence of alarm symptoms, including unintended weight loss (defined as decrease of more than 5% of original body weight in three months), symptoms suggestive of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and dysphagia. The study was carried by, made the interviews in person with the inpatients using a standardized questionnaire.
Results: Ninety patients were included and analyzed in the study. The endoscopic diagnosis of uninvestigated dyspepsia in our setting showed a predominance of functional disease, whereas cancer was an uncommon finding, despite the high prevalence of H pylori.
Conclusion: The commonest grouped age whom suffers from dyspepsia was middle age groups. Female were more complained than male. Urban regions doubled percentage than rural. Most patients presented with moderate symptoms and sings. Half of sample of study have alarm features and H pylori test were positive. Gender, residence, severity of symptoms and age of patients unaffected the positivity and negativity of H pylori test.