Background: H. pylori prevalence has shown discrepancy among different population as well as in different countries, with high rates in developing nations in comparison to developed countries. H. pylori is an important human pathogen involved in the causation of pathogenesis of a number of diseases such as acute gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, chronic atrophic gastritis, autoimmune gastritis, adenocarcinoma of stomach, non-Hodgkin’s gastric lymphoma and others. Aim: Evaluation of H. pylori among Sudanese patient suffering from heart burn attending Elnihoud Teaching Hospital. Material and method: This was an analytical cross-sectional study, carried out in Elnihoud Teaching Hospital, Elnihoud Locality, West Kordufan State, Sudan, from April 2015 to April 2019. Elnihoud Teaching Hospital is tertiary referring hospital receiving approximately about 10,000 patients suffering from heart burn annually. A sample of 684 participants arrived to the hospital complaining of heart burn during this period were enrolled in this study. Questionnaires were filled for all participants and for detection of H. pylori, Blood sample was taken from each participant for Hb and TWBCs measurement. Results: H. pylori common among adult females heart burn disease patients, no significant variation in means of age, Hb and TBCs between positive and negative H. pylori patients, no significant difference in number of patients with positive H. pylori versus those with negative H. pylori regarding anemia and leucocytosis. Conclusion: H. pylori among patients with heart burn disease was established at 61.7%, most of them were females and in adult age. No significant variation in Hb level mean and TWBCs count mean in positive H. pylori patients compared to negative H. pylori group. No significant variation in number of patients with positive H. pylori versus those with negative H. pylori regarding anemia and leucocytosis.

Helicobacter pylori, Hear Burn, Gastritis, Gastric Ulcer