Please translate into human terms what this means. Does it mean when your body no longer secrets stomach acid you slowly die by malnutrition. Caused by prolonged H. Pylori infections? What part does B12 play into treatment?
The stomach lining is supposed to produce “intrinsic factor,” which is required for B-12 absorption. Apparently, h. pylori in half of infected people causes the immune system to attack the stomach rather than just h. pylori. H. pylori evades the immune system in the vast majority of infections, but apparently the immune system code itself to target a small portion of the way h. pylori appears. Unfortunately, this portion also happens to be the part that looks just like key stomach cells, and the body destroys itself as it is attempting to kill h. pylori.
Translation is above my bray rate.
The B12 treatment is apparently not to treat the condition but to substitute for the B12 the H. pylori prevents you from making from, or extracting from, food.
I'm loathe to speculate further and will await some input from some medically trained folk.
I was wondering the same thing.
I’m sure it’s significant but nothing I’ve ever heard of before.
OK. Picked up enough about what the implications of this are to answer my question.