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Risk factors
By Mayo Clinic staffFactors that increase your chances of developing stomach polyps are:
- Increasing age. The risk of stomach polyps increases with age. Stomach polyps are more common among people in their 50s or older.
- Bacterial stomach infection. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria are a common cause of the gastritis that contributes to hyperplastic polyps and adenomas. Experts aren't sure how people become infected with these bacteria, but H. pylori may be carried in food and water.
- An inherited colon cancer syndrome. Familial adenomatous polyposis is an inherited syndrome that increases the risk of colon cancer and other conditions, such as stomach polyps.
- Certain medications. Long-term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), which are medications used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), has been linked to fundic gland polyps. PPIs include esomeprazole (Nexium), lansoprazole (Prevacid), omeprazole (Prilosec Rx), pantoprazole (Protonix) and rabeprazole (Aciphex).
References
- Turner JR. The gastrointestinal tract. In: Kumar V, et al. Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders; 2009. http://www.mdconsult.com/das/book/body/206776626-4/0/2060/0.html. Accessed June 22, 2010.
- Abrams JA, et al. Adenocarcinoma and other tumors of the stomach. In: Feldman M, et al. Sleisinger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders; 2010. http://www.mdconsult.com/book/player/linkTo?type=bookHome&isbn=978-1-4160-6189-2&eid=4-u1.0-B978-1-4160-6189-2..X0001-7--TOP&uniq=200844987-3. Accessed June 22, 2010.
- Mahachai V, et al. Gastric polyps. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed June 22, 2010.
- Park DY, et al. Gastric polyps: Classification and management. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 2008;132:633.
- H. pylori and peptic ulcers. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hpylori/index.htm. Accessed June 25, 2010.
- Heartburn, gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and gastroesophageal reflux disease. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gerd/index.htm. Accessed June 25, 2010.
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