Helicobacter Pylori & Stomach Cancer

Are You Worried That Your H Pylori Infection May Lead To Cancer?

Many people do not realise, but the World Health Organization has classified Helicobacter pylori as a class I carcinogen. To put this into perspective, H pylori carries the same risk for stomach cancer as cigarette smoking does for lung cancer.

H pylori causes two types of cancer: adenocarcinoma and lymphoma. Studies have demonstrated that stomach cancers can be reversed by eradicating the H pylori bacteria.

It is estimated that only 1% of people infected with H pylori will develop stomach cancer. 1% may not seem like a large number but 1% of the 3 billion people who are estimated to carry the infection is 30 million people at risk of developing cancer! Is it really worth taking the risk?

Cancer Seems To Be Caused By Different H pylori Strains

The medical and scientific literature suggests that three particular strains of H pylori – CagA, VacA and BabA – are the more virulent forms that are most likely to induce stomach ulcers and cancer. Not everyone who carries H pylori will necessarily harbour these strains and these people may not be at risk of cancer developing.

Problem: Conventional Medications Can Mask The Problem

Compared to cancer, H pylori infection can cause relatively minor symptoms such heartburn, reflux, bloating, etc. This can be a problem because doctors commonly prescribe antacid medications such as Prilosec, Nexium, Losec, Tagamet or Zantac to combat these symptoms.

The medications may reduce or even eliminate the minor symptoms, but underneath, the H pylori organisms are able to survive more easily and therefore the patient is at greater risk of developing the more serious conditions such as cancer!

If the medications reduce a patient’s symptoms, doctors may not see any point in testing for H pylori and so the infection may go unnoticed. I therefore recommend that if you have digestive symptoms such as heartburn, GERD, bloating, stomach or abdominal pains, nausea, difficulty swallowing, frequent sore throats, you ask your doctor to investigate the possibility of H pylori.

If you already know you have H pylori, get rid of it! As Dr. David Graham, MD, one of the world’s leading authorities on H pylori puts it:

“The only good H pylori is dead H pylori!”.

If you don’t get rid of it, you are increasing your risk for developing not only ulcers and cancer, but also heart disease because the latest research shows a definite association between H pylori and heart disease. In any case, the minor symptoms mentioned above can also be indicative of gallbladder issues, hernias and other significant problems.

I highly recommend that you download the first three chapters of my e-book, Overcoming H pylori Naturally as there is a more detailed discussion of H pylori symptoms there. You can access these chapters FREE by signing up to our newsletter in the box to the right of this page.

Esophageal Cancer

Recent research has demonstrated that when H pylori bacteria are eradicated, there may be an increased risk for developing esophageal cancer (cancer of the throat). It has been shown unequivocally that when antibiotics are used to kill H pylori, fungal overgrowth (Candida albicans) spreads in the stomach. It is also thought that Candida frequently overgrows in the throat, vagina and mouth (thrush / oral thrush).

Dr. Simoncini, an oncologist out of Rome, Italy proved that some solid cancer tumours are actually made of fungus, so the evidence that fungal overgrowth causes cancer is very strong. The theory for throt cancer is that triple therapy encourages fungal overgrowth and the fungal overgrowth leads to esophageal cancer. It is therefore very important to run an antifungal programme as part of any programme to eradicate H pylori.

If you would like to reduce your chances of developing stomach and throat cancers, you must run a programme that is designed to kill both H pylori and fungal overgrowth. Click here for details on how to accomplish this.

Please feel free to email me at info@davehompes.com should you have any questions about these issues.