The advertisement of this toothpaste for killing Helicobacter pylori says that people infected with Helicobacter pylori can be treated with this toothpaste, and people who are not infected with Helicobacter pylori can use this toothpaste to prevent infection. Merchants say that this toothpaste can be used to kill and inhibit Helicobacter pylori, which has no scientific reason. First of all, Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that lives in the stomach. Even if there is Helicobacter pylori in the mouth, it will not survive for long, because this bacterium has very strict requirements for living conditions.
Secondly, lactoferrin can indeed inhibit bacteria, but it is not an antibiotic, and it is of little use to Helicobacter pylori, and there is even no adjuvant treatment. If you want to treat Helicobacter pylori infection, you must use drugs, and they are regular drugs. If you want to prevent Helicobacter pylori, this method is even more unreliable. Helicobacter pylori is mainly transmitted through three modes: oral transmission, appetite transmission and fecal transmission. This toothpaste has no way to block these three modes of transmission, and naturally it will not have the effect of preventing Helicobacter pylori infection.
1, develop good hygiene habits.
If you want to prevent Helicobacter pylori in your life, you must develop good hygiene habits, wash your hands before and after meals, and use some disinfectant lotions. It's best to eat separately, don't use tableware with others, and use public chopsticks when picking vegetables. You need to wash your hands when you go home. You can't eat without washing your hands.
2. Don't eat unsanitary food.
Helicobacter pylori can be transmitted through feces. If you eat food contaminated by the feces of patients with Helicobacter pylori, you will be easily infected with Helicobacter pylori. Raw melons and fruits must be cleaned, and raw water of unknown origin cannot be used. It is best to soak in salt water for 20 minutes before eating. Never drink raw water at any time. If there is no condition for boiling water, it is safer to drink mineral water.
3. Go to the hospital regularly.
Sometimes infection with Helicobacter pylori has no obvious symptoms and is difficult to be found. However, infection with Helicobacter pylori is really harmful to the health of the stomach, and it is necessary to go to the hospital for regular examination. If the stomach is always uncomfortable, you should also go to the hospital for examination to see if it is caused by Helicobacter pylori infection. If it is not caused by Helicobacter pylori infection, see if it is other stomach diseases and actively treat it.
Toothpaste can't kill Helicobacter pylori at all, let alone play a preventive role. If you want to kill Helicobacter pylori, you must use regular drugs, triple therapy or quadruple therapy. If you want to prevent Helicobacter pylori infection, it is king to pay more attention in your life. There is no shortcut. Don't believe the temptation of unscrupulous merchants.
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References:
1, "How to prevent infection with Helicobacter pylori? Please keep in mind six tips, Kongtong Healthy Communication, June 2020-122, Can "Shayou" toothpaste kill Helicobacter pylori? The doctor said: not so god, popular science of gastrointestinal diseases, 2020- 1 1-29.