Description

• A simple and reliable test to detect an infection of Helicobacter pylori which is linked to stomach ulcers
• Sterile rapid test to detect an infection of Helicobacter pylori which is linked to stomach ulcers
• Fast & reliable
• Visible result within 10 minutes
• This test has been extensively evaluated by the largest European screening study (150,000 people over a period of 5 years)

Why is this test important?

• It is estimated half of the world's population is infected by the stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori
• Helicobacter pylori has been known as a Class 1 Cancerogen since 1994 (World Health Organisation)
• People have a 6-7 times higher risk for stomach carcinoma if Helicobacter pylori positive
• No symptoms are normally present during the first years of infection of Helicobacter pylori
• Helicobacter pylori causes chronic gastritis in the stomach and duopdenum, them later causing the formation of ulcers
• Once diagnosed it is easily treatable with antibiotics and after positive eradication the re-infection rate is very low (only 1%)