Stomach Ulcer

Stomach ulcers arethe cause of severe pain for many people. Doctors have been able to help lessenthe pain of ulcers. They could not cure them.Now doctors have discovered

a cause of ulcers.This means they may have found a way to cure people who suffer from thestomach pain.

Studies show thatten percent of the population will develop an ulcer at some time in their life.So a possible cure is good news for many people.

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

harm the tissue inthe stomach,the pipe that carries the food to the stomach or parts of the smallintestines .Fluids in the stomach then increase the pain of an ulcer. How does

a person know he orshe has an ulcer? Doctors say most people with ulcers feel a burning pain intheir chest or stomach .This pain often is called heart burn. It usually

happens before eatingor during the night. It causes some people to lose their desire to eat,or theyare unable to keep food in their stomachs.

Doctors believedthat ulcers were caused by unusually strong stomach fluids,which damagedstomach tissue. Now they have discovered that most ulcers are caused by a

bacterial organismcalled Hillico Bactor Pilorie or H .Pillorie .H .Pillorie bacteria are whatmake stomach produce extra stomach fluid.Doctors found that they can kill the

bacteria withmedicines called antibiotics .Health experts say the discovery of a cure forulcers can save thousands of millions of dollars in medical costs. They alsobelieve

curing ulcers willreduce the number of people who develop stomach cancer. The number of peoplewith stomach cancer is very high in Japan,Southeast Asia and parts of

Africa.

Doctors say a personis more likely to get an ulcer if his or her family has had one.In fact aperson with the family history of ulcers is three times more likely to get onethan

other people. Thereare ways people can protect themselves from developing an ulcer. Doctors say itis more important to reduce the amount of strong fluids in the

stomach .To dothis,doctors say,people should not smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol. And theysay people should reduce tension in their lives.Doctors havediscovered a cause of ulcers after many years of experiments.

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