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KMID : 0876920040080010025
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Kwandong Medical Journal
2004 Volume.8 No. 1 p.25 ~ p.34
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The effectiveness of the triple H.pyolori eradication therapy in the improvement of the symptoms of the peptic ulcer patientsand functional dyspepsia patients
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Lee Eun-Jae
Gham Chang-Woo
Kim Sang-Soo
Park Tae-Woon
Hong Seung-Il
Choi Chang-Hwan
Han Ki-Jun
Cho Hyeon-Geun
Lee Jae-Eun
Kim Jae-Young
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Abstract
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Background: The eradication of Helicobacter pylori is approved as an essential therapy in the treatment of the peptic ulcer patients. In the functional dyspepsia patients, H.pylori has been suggested as a causative agent. However, the effectiveness of the eradication therapy is still debated in the treatment of the patients with functional dyspepsia. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the H. pylori eradication therapy in patients with functional dyspepsia. In this study, we surveyed and compared the degree of symptom between the groups of patients with peptic ulcer disease and functional dyspepsia for nine months on the average after eradication of H. pylori.
Methods: The convenience sample consisted of 119 patients with functional dyspepsia and 73 patients with peptic ulcer diseases who had infected by H. pylori. All patients had received eradication therapy of H. pylori for one or two weeks and additional therapy with H2RA or PPI for one to five weeks. After the treatment was completed, the patients were asked every three months about the symptomatic improvements. The degree of symptom was rated on an 1(asymptomatic) to 5(symptomatic, unable to perform ADL) scale.
Results: Overall eradication rate of H. pylor was 84.9%(163／192), and there were no significant differences in the eradication rate between the two groups and between one-week and two-week eradication therapies. The mean follow-up periods were nine months. The mean score of the degree of symptom in pre-treatment state was 2.7±0.8 in peptic ulcer disease group and 2.6±0.7 in functional dyspepsia group. The degree of symptom was significantly lowered to 1.3±0.5 in peptic ulcer group (p＜0.001) and 1.3±0.4 in functional dyspepsia group(p＜0.001) three months after the treatment. The symptomatic improvement in both group was maintained over nine months in most patients(73.9%:76.7%). In addition, the symptomatic improvement in the patients with eradication success was maintained significantly longer than those with eradication failure (p＝0.01).
Conclusion: In the patients with functional dyspepsia, the symptoms were significantly improved after several weeks of treatment including eradication therpay of H. pylori. In 76.7% of patients with functional dyspepsia, the symptomatic improvement was maintained over nine months. Therefore, the study suggests that the eradication therapy of H.pylori can be one of the therapeutic options in the treatment of patients with functional dyspepsia and that eradication failure may cause the recurrence of the symptom.
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KEYWORD
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functional dyspepsia, Helicobacter pylori, peptic ulcer diseases
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