Only registered users are allowed to post. To register, please click here

Should you have any problem in posting, registering, or login, please do not hesitate to contact the admin at Marshall.centre(at)gmail(dot)com. In the subject, please use "Help needed for www.helico.com"

Advertisement is not allowed. While we encourage discussion, please try not to promote your website, goods, or unproven treatment here.

This is a non-profit website. We will try our best to help anyone that has question about H. pylori and their treatment. We shall provide the most accurate answer about H. pylori. You can help us by clicking here to keep this forum alive.

Some useful guides
How to post in the forum?
Management of Helicobacter pylori infection—the Maastricht V/Florence Consensus Report
The 5th Chinese Helicobacter treatment consensus
How long should I wait before doing follow up breath/stool test?

If you are confirmed with H. pylori, in your convenient time, please help us with the symptoms survey that you are experiencing.
Symptoms survey
(contributed by frostyfeet)


此网站免费然您阅读。若想分享心得或提问,请先注册
若有困难注册,请联络站长 Marshall.centre(at)gmail(dot)com。标题请用 "Help needed for www.helico.com"
此网站不允许打广告。我们欢迎任何的讨论。但尽量不要推销没医学根据的网站,商品或治疗方案。
此网站是非盈利网站。我们会尽最大能力提供任何有关幽门螺杆菌的讯息。您的捐款可以让我们继续帮助更多的病人。

指南
如何贴文?
欧洲幽门螺杆菌治疗共识 5
第五次全国幽门螺杆菌感染处理共识报告
用药后,多久以后可以再做吹气测试?

Can H Pylori spread through something as simple as sharing food?

How do you catch Hp? From your mother when she kisses you? From brothers and sisters as a small child? From sexual partners as adults (kissing)? From dirty water (fecal contamination)? From animals? Who knows???

Moderators: barjammar, Toni, stomach

Post Reply
frostyfeet
Posts: 58
Joined: Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:30 pm

Can H Pylori spread through something as simple as sharing food?

Post by frostyfeet »

I read conflicting posts about sharing food, kissing, saliva transfer.

It seems like Dr. Marshall's team has not found evidence of H. Pylori present in saliva or in the mouth.

So how can H. Pylori transmit via sharing food or kissing?

Thanks.

hdg0239
Posts: 7
Joined: Wed May 16, 2018 6:34 am

Re: Can H Pylori spread through something as simple as sharing food?

Post by hdg0239 »

I wonder this as well.
As far as I know. it can be infected by sharing food, kiss etc, but My specialist is bit wired.
He said it is infected when people are born and if that is treated, people wont get infected again
because adult's immune system has developed completely and he said helicobacter cant live in the gut because of acid.
I think he doesnt know about helicobater even than GP.

Helico_expert
Site Admin
Posts: 4600
Joined: Wed Mar 02, 2011 7:20 am

Re: Can H Pylori spread through something as simple as sharing food?

Post by Helico_expert »

The truth is, H. pylori dont normally present in the mouth. It can, when someone has reflux symptom or when they dont maintain good oral hygiene. In modern society where almost everyone in the city brushes their teeth, there is almost no chance that H. pylori can survive in the mouth. In rural region where brushing teeth is not commonly practiced, H. pylori may present in the mouth more frequently. Hence more chance of transmission via kissing and sharing food.

So, the key of stopping the spread of H. pylori is keeping oral clean by brushing teeth.

It is also true that you normally catch H. pylori when you are young. In olden days, mother used to prepare food for children, and tasting the food before feeding to children is commonly practiced. You can still see this practice in the rural area, especially the fishing village where mother would have the fish in the mouth, make sure there is no bones, then feed it to the children. This feeding period usually lasted at least a year. So there is plenty of chance for transmission from mother to child at that time. In modern society, where both parents have to go to work, the cooking and feeding job has frequently given to the grand mother, sometimes the maid or day care.

It is interesting to see that it is normally pass down from mother to children. rarely from father. Hence, we can use H. pylori to trace human migration.

Post Reply

Return to “Epidemiology and Transmission ( How do you catch it?) 幽门螺杆菌的传播”