The H. pylori bacterium is famously associated with stomach ulcers; a researcher gave himself stomach ulcers by drinking a mix containing H. pylori to prove the point, in one of the more widely publicized self-experiments of recent history. Here, researchers review the evidence for H. pylori infection to correlate with the risk of suffering an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. An aneurysm is a weakened blood vessel wall that forms a bulge at risk of rupture. In a major vessel such a rupture is frequently fatal. Inflammatory signaling is thought to be involved in the formation of an aneurysm, so one can consider that t…
Helicobacter Pylori Infection Correlates with Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
The H. pylori bacterium is famously associated with stomach ulcers; a researcher gave himself stomach ulcers by drinking a mix containing H. pylori to prove the point, in one of the more widely publicized self-experiments of recent history. Here, researchers review the evidence for H. pylori infection to correlate with the risk of suffering an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. An aneurysm is a weakened blood vessel wall that forms a bulge at risk of rupture. In a major vessel such a rupture is frequently fatal. Inflammatory signaling is thought to be involved in the formation of an aneurysm, so one can consider that t…