pylori eradication, mean intraocular pressure and mean visual field parameters improved. Regarding blepharitis, H. pylori eradication improved ocular cytology results.96 By analyzing 186 blepharitis patients, cytology revealed that blepharitis was more severe in urea-breath-test-positive patients than in negative ones. selleck chemical In addition, clinical improvement of blepharitis was noted in approximately half of the patients after eradication. A study on idiopathic central serous chorioretinopathy showed that eradication is effective, as it leads to a faster reabsorption of subretinal fluid.97 Diminished halitosis after eradication suggested a causal link between H. pylori infection and

halitosis.98,99 These studies indicate that H. pylori eradication may reduce the production of substances responsible for bad breath. Besides, H. pylori is a common finding in cases of vocal fold minimal lesions, and thus eradication should be considered for vocal fold NSC 683864 polyps, vocal fold nodules, posterior granulomas, and right vocal fold nodules.100 Similarly, the palatine tonsil represents an extragastric reservoir of H. pylori that facilitates its

oral transmission. A study of 23 patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis showed a significant reduction in recurrence and amelioration time after eradication.101 H. pylori may decrease absorption of oral thyroxine by decreasing gastric acid secretion in the stomach. There were changes in thyroid function tests after H. pylori eradication in subjects who did not respond to high doses of thyroxine treatment.102 After eradication, thyroid-stimulating hormone was decreased in all subjects, and factitious thyrotoxicosis developed in 21% of these cases. Through these findings, the authors found 上海皓元 that H. pylori gastritis may be responsible for an inadequate response to the treatment in hypothyroid cases and that H. pylori eradication in the cases receiving high doses of thyroxine has a risk for factitious tyrotoxicosis.102 Cap polyposis, a rarely encountered disease

characterized by multiple distinctive inflammatory colonic polyps located on the rectum and distal colon, can be cured by H. pylori eradication.103H. pylori might be a good option for cap polyposis since no specific treatment has been established. H. pylori eradication can improve localized vulvodynia.104 There is increasing evidence on the possible role of H. pylori in pre-eclampsia, hyperemesis gravidarum, intrauterine growth retardation, polycystic ovary syndrome, and cervicovaginal secretions. However, there are no data on complete regression after H. pylori eradication in such conditions. Regarding rheumatoid arthritis, amelioration of symptoms and laboratory indices have been reported after H. pylori eradication over a 2-year follow-up period.105 Besides, H.