H. pylori infection may reduce risk of allergic esophageal condition
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 19:40
in Health & Medicine
New research suggests that Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection of the stomach, which occurs in about half of the world's population and can cause peptic ulcers and stomach cancer in minority of cases, may help protect against an allergic disorder of the esophagus condition called eosinophilic esophagitis.