Alkaline phosphatase, abbreviated as ALP in English, is mainly distributed in liver, bone, kidney, small intestine and placenta, and is an index of liver function examination. The normal value is: female 1- 12 years old.

Male 1- 12 years old

The common reasons for its increase are: hepatobiliary diseases, such as intrahepatic cholestasis, biliary cirrhosis, intrahepatic tumors and so on. Bone diseases, such as osteosarcoma, hyperparathyroidism, bone metastases, etc. It is also found in growing children and late pregnancy.

Helicobacter pylori (HP) is the most common bacterial infection in gastrointestinal tract. Most people in China are infected with Helicobacter pylori, which often causes gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers.