Helicobacter pylori, izwi cyane nka H. pylori, ni agakoko gashobora kwinjira mu gifu kakahatura igihe kirekire. Abantu benshi bashobora kuba bafite aka gakoko batabizi kuko rimwe na rimwe nta bimenyetso bagaragaza. Iyo ibimenyetso bigaragaye, umuntu ashobora kumva ububabare cyangwa gutwikwa mu gifu, kugira isesemi, kubyimba mu nda, guturika no kumva igifu kiremereye cyane cyane nyuma yo kurya.
H. pylori ishobora kwangiza igice kirinda urukuta rw’igifu, bigatuma aside yo mu gifu itangira kurwangiza. Ibi bishobora gutera ububyimbirwe bw’urukuta rw’igifu, ndetse bikaba byanatera igisebe cyo mu gifu cyangwa mu ntangiriro z’amara mato. Iyo umuntu afite ibimenyetso bikomeje cyangwa bikomeye, ni ngombwa kwisuzumisha aho gufata imiti atabanje kumenya impamvu y’ikibazo.
Impamvu H. pylori ivugwa cyane ni uko ubwandu bwayo bumara igihe kirekire bushobora kongera ibyago byo kurwara kanseri yo mu gifu. Ibi ntibivuze ko umuntu wese ufite H. pylori azarwara kanseri. Ahubwo ubwandu bumara igihe bushobora gutera ububyimbirwe budakira mu gifu, maze mu gihe kirekire bigahindura uturemangingo two mu gifu. Ni yo mpamvu kumenya no kuvura H. pylori ari ingenzi.
Kumenya niba umuntu afite H. pylori bishobora gukorwa hakoreshejwe isuzuma ry’umwuka ahumeka, isuzuma ry’umusarani cyangwa ibindi bizamini bitewe n’uko muganga abona ubuzima bw’umurwayi. Hari n’igihe hakorwa isuzuma ry’imbere mu gifu hakoreshejwe umuyoboro wihariye, cyane cyane iyo hari ibimenyetso bisaba gusuzumwa birambuye. Kwisuzumisha ni byo bituma hamenyekana niba ibimenyetso biterwa na H. pylori cyangwa ikindi kibazo cyo mu gifu.
Ikintu cyiza ni uko H. pylori ishobora kuvurwa. Kuyivura akenshi bikenera imiti myinshi ihurijwe hamwe, harimo imiti irwanya kandi yica udukoko twa bacterie n’imiti igabanya aside yo mu gifu, bitewe n’uburyo muganga ahitamo kuvura umurwayi. Ni ingenzi gufata imiti yose muganga yanditse kugeza irangiye, kuko kuyihagarika hagati bishobora gutuma agakoko kadashira cyangwa kakagira ubushobozi bwo kutongera kwicwa n’imiti.
Abantu bafite ububabare bw’igifu bumara igihe, ibisebe byo mu gifu byisubiramo, kuruka amaraso, kwituma umusarani wirabura, gutakaza ibiro nta mpamvu cyangwa kugira ikibazo gikomeye cyo kurya bakwiye kwihutira kugana kwa muganga. Muri rusange, H. pylori si indwara umuntu akwiye gutinya ko ihita ihinduka kanseri; ariko kuyimenya hakiri kare no kuyivura neza bishobora gufasha kugabanya ibibazo by’igifu ndetse n’ibyago byo kurwara kanseri yo mu gifu.
