- 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)
- Kit includes:
1x single test cassette, lancet, buffer solution, plaster, full instructions leaflet and range leaflet
Why is this test important?
- It is estimated half of the world's population is infected by the stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori
- H. 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 H. pylori positive
- No symptoms are normally present during the first years of infection of H. pylori
- H. 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%)
