Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Students with Stomach Ulcer Attending School of Health Technology Gwadabawa, Sokoto

Abstract

This present study was conducted with the aim of determining the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori, (H. pylori) among students of Sultan Abdurrahaman School of Health Technology Gwadabawa, Sokoto State. The study included 147 subjects, made up of 45(30.6%) males and 102 (69.4%) females. Randox G6PD quantitative in vitro test screening was used for screening for H. pylori infection. 116 (78.9%) patients were positive and 31 (21.1%) were screened negative and of the 45 male subjects studied, 38 (25.9%) were positive compared to females 80 (54.4%). The Prevalence of H. pylori  among the subjects was 78.9%, and the frequency was higher in females than males and much higher in those that are married than singles. Symptoms of abdominal pains and ulcer were strongly associated to infection of H. pylori. There is a need for the routine screening of subjects on a much wider scale for H. pylori to allow for evidence-based management of subjects the infection and also educate them on the factors that will predispose them to infection, as well as good water sources and proper sanitation in our environment especially in the rural areas where personal and environmental hygiene is poor.