Once you have this bacterium, it’s a lifelong companion unless you get treatment. Often, H. pylori is a benign visitor. You don’t know it’s there, and no problems result.

But for some people, the bacterium causes inflammation in the stomach, which can lead to ulcers. Ulcer symptoms include stomach pain anywhere from the navel to the breast bone, nausea, stomach bloating or feeling prematurely full, so that it’s difficult to eat a normal meal.

H. pylori also can cause stomach pain without the presence of an ulcer, a condition called non-ulcer dyspepsia.

While probiotics are not discussed in the article, this research is more indicative of the many adverse effects of harmful bacteria in the gut. For the full article, view:

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