Table 5.

Dyspeptic symptoms assessment.

		H. pylori eradicated			H. pylori persistent
Dyspeptic		Follow-up pre and post treatment (n = 64)			Follow-up pre and post treatment (n = 12)
symptoms	Time*	0	1	6	0	1	6
Epigastric pain
nil		4	61	63	2	2	2
mild		1	3	1	0	0	0
moderate		9	0	0	1	2	2
severe		50	0	0	9	8	8
% with symptom		93.8%	4.7%	1.6%	83.3%	83.3%	83.3%
Heartburn
nil		16	50	61	3	3	3
mild		1	14	3	0	0	0
moderate		7	0	0	1	2	0
severe		40	0	0	8	7	9
% with symptom		75%	21.9%	3.2%	75%	75%	75%
Nausea
nil		29	60	64	5	7	3
mild		15	3	0	3	2	3
moderate		10	1	0	3	2	2
severe		10	0	0	2	1	4
% with symptom		55%	4.7%	0%	66.7%	41.7%	75%
Vomiting
nil		33	63	64	6	12	6
mild		22	1	0	5	0	5
moderate		7	0	0	1	0	1
severe		2	0	0	0	0	0
% with symptom		48.4%	1.6%	0%	50%	0%	50%
Wind
nil		30	52	64	4	4	4
mild		3	12	0	0	0	0
moderate		9	0	0	3	2	2
severe		22	0	0	5	6	6
% with symptom		46.8%	18.8%	0%	66.7%	66.7%	66.7%

^*0: symptoms severity before eradication therapy; 1, 6: symptoms severity 1 and 6 months after completion of eradication therapy.