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Author: search.filters.author.Gavilanes Carrera, Sara MarleneSubject: search.filters.subject.HELICOBACTER PYLORI

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    Helicobacter pylori en heces y su incidencia en patologías gástricas en pacientes de 30 a 70 años en el laboratorio clínico
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato/Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud/Carrera de Laboratorio Clínico, 2022-09-01) Gavilanes Carrera, Sara Marlene; Galárraga Pérez, Edison Arturo, Dr. Mg.
    Gastrointestinal pathologies are one of the main causes of death worldwide, a variety of risk factors associated with this type of disease have been described, considering among the most important the socio-economic level, eating and hygienic habits, deficiency or absence of basic services, the bacterium that causes this infection is Helicobacter pylori, which affects the gastric mucosa, causing characteristic signs and symptoms, which affects people's health status. The objective of this research work was to determine the relationship between Helicobacter pylori and its incidence in gastric pathologies in patients aged 30 to 70 years in the Clinical Laboratory, the population that participated in the study was 60 people, between men and women, obtaining as a result 31 patients with positive Helicobacter pylori, of which 15 patients are female, which corresponds to 48.4%, while 16 patients are male, equivalent to 51.6%. The positive cases show that they have symptoms related to said infection, nausea, vomiting, recurrent diarrhea, abdominal pain and swelling before and after food intake. For this study, the determination of Helicobacter pylori in feces was carried out, through qualitative tests, it is important for an early diagnosis in people with symptoms associated with gastric pathologies and asymptomatic people, it is a bacterium studied in the last three decades, producing gastrointestinal problems. It is the most extensive chronic bacterial disease in the world, reflecting a higher prevalence in underdeveloped countries (80-90%), constituting a real public health problem, obtaining results that show high percentages of positive cases in people with associated symptoms. to infection, assuming as a final conclusion that people with an age range between 30 -40 years have prevalence in gastric pathologies.