Stomach Ulcer

Stomach ulcers arethe cause of severe pain for many people.Doctors have been able to help lessenthe

pain of ulcers.Theycould not cure them.Now doctors have discovered a cause of ulcers.This meansthey

may have found a wayto cure people who suffer from the stomach pain.Studies show that ten percentof the

population willdevelop an ulcer at some time in their lives.So a possible cure is good newsfor many people.

Ulcers are wounds inthe stomach that are similar to small cuts or tears.These wounds can harm the

tissue in thestomach,the pipe that carries the food to the stomach or parts of the smallintestines.Fluids in

the stomach thenincrease the pain of an ulcer. How does a person know he or she has an ulcer?Doctors say

most people withulcers feel a burning pain in their chests or stomachs.This pain is oftencalled heartburn.It

usually happensbefore eating or during the night. It causes some people to lose their desireto eat,or they are

unable to keep foodin their stomachs.Doctors believed that ulcers were caused by unusually strongstomach

fluids,which damagedstomach tissue.Now they have discovered that most ulcers are caused by abacterial

organism calledHillico Bactor Pilorie or H Pilorie.H Pilorie bacteria are what make stomachproduce extra

stomachfluid.Doctors found that they can kill the bacteria with medicines calledantibiotics.Health experts

say the discovery ofa cure for ulcers can save thousands of millions of dollars in medicalcosts.They also

believe curingulcers will reduce the number of people who develop stomach cancer. The numberof people

with stomach canceris very high in Japan,SoutheastAsia and parts of Africa.

Doctors say a personis more likely to get an ulcer if someone in his or her family has had one.Infact a

person with thefamily history of ulcers is three times more likely to get one than otherpeople.There are ways

people can protectthemselves from developing an ulcer. Doctors say it is more important to reducethe amount

of strong fluids inthe stomach.To do this,doctors say,people should not smoke cigarettes or drinkalcohol.

And they say peopleshould reduce tension in their lives.Stomach ulcers canlead to stomach cancer.

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