AIM: is improving the diagnostic efficiency of patients with sialadenosis of the parotid salivary glands and acid-dependent diseases associated with Helicobacter pylori.
MATERIALS AND METHODS. At the clinical base of the Department of Dentistry of the Central State Medical Academy at the Department of Presidential Affairs of the Russian and the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of the Polyclinic № 1 of the Office of the President, 40 people with sialadenosis of the parotid salivary glands and acid-dependent diseases associated with Helicobacter pylori-infection were examined. The mean age of the study patients was 47,03±6,33 years. The control group consisted of 20 practically healthy people aged 35-55 years.
RESULTS. In the course of the work, data were obtained on a significant increase in IL-1β, 6 and TNFα indicators in patients with sialadenosis and a positive result for Helicobacter pylori, detected using a rapid urease test and PCR diagnostics in parotid saliva.