Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: Dyspepsia involves at least one of the cases of belly dysfunction after meals, early onset satiety when a person eats a normal meal, and epigastric pain or burning sensation. Aim of the study: To study endoscopic findings in dyspepsia patients with special reference to Helicobacter pylori. Materials and methods: The study was conducted over a period of 1 year. A total of 50 patients were selected as participants for the study. Patients presenting with dyspeptic symptoms not cured by taking medications (other than H. pylori kit) for a minimum of 14 days, hemodynamically stable were included in the study. The participating patients underwent Esophagogastro-duodenoscopy and rapid urease test using the rapid urease kit which detects the urease enzyme produced by the H. pylori. Results: The number of male patients was 38 and number of female patients was 12. The mean age of the participants was 45.36 years. It was seen that epigastric pain was the most common symptom (34%) and retrosternal burning was least common (20%). It was observed that 34 patients were found to be positive for H. pylori. The most common endoscopic finding was gastric ulcer (n=23) and the number of H. Pylori patients with gastric ulcer was 18. Conclusion: Within the limitations of the present study, it can be concluded that H. pylori infection is quite common in patients with dyspeptic symptoms. It is advisable to get an endoscopy for the patients reporting with dyspeptic symptoms as there is a high rate of positive finding among these patients. Keywords: Dyspepsia, H. Pylori, endoscopy.