Prevalence of H. Pylori Infection in Pediatrics. Cross-Sectional Study (200 Cases)

Helicobacter pylori infection is highly prevalent in more than 60% of the world's population and causes serious clinical complications that negatively affect children's quality of life over the long term. This study aims to evaluate and analyze the clinical outcomes that describe the extent of the prevalence of H. pylori infection in children. Between February 2023 and August 2024, 200 children with H. pylori infection between 4 and 15 years old who were diagnosed clinically in different hospitals in Iraq were recruited. These findings found that children with ages 13 – 15 years were the most class which has h. Pylori Infection which include 80 cases, where males had 90 cases and females had 110 cases; the most symptom prevalence in children was abdominal pain with 84 cases, and drinking contaminated water was the h. Pylori Infection sources, which are prevalent in children with 50% of total patients, peptic ulcers and inflammation of the stomach lining were the items as adverse outcomes as resulted in children with 100 cases and 40 cases. In general, children are considered the most affected age group by the spread of H. pylori, which weakens the histological features of the gastric mucosa in children, causing severe complications that negatively affect their daily lives.