| Ulcer is a very common and known disease that each | | | | of people are carrying H. pylori.The bacteria starts to |
| one of us has heard of. But what many don't know | | | | 'eat' the protective membrane that protects the |
| is what are the true causes of the ulcer disease. Until | | | | stomach lining or the duodenum and lets the |
| some time ago everybody believed that ulcer is | | | | damaging acids pass through, causing more trouble |
| caused by hot and spicy food and also by stress at | | | | and eventually leading to the appearance of peptic |
| work. In fact, a bacteria is responsible for ulcer and it | | | | ulcer. Certain spicy foods and a stressful lifestyle can |
| can affect people no matter what age or sex they | | | | amplify the ulcer's effects, but they don't cause it. |
| are.What exactly is peptic ulcer?Well peptic ulcer | | | | Anyway, it's more likely that a person who has been |
| occurs when a small opening, or wound, appears in | | | | eating junk-food all his/her life has a more advanced |
| the inside of the stomach, in it's lining to be more | | | | and severe ulcer than someone who has been eating |
| precise. This open wound situated inside the stomach | | | | healthy food.The symptoms that peptic ulcer |
| will cause pain because the gastric acid that can be | | | | presents vary from patient to patient, but the most |
| found there will hurt the tissue that is exposed by | | | | common ones are indigestions, abdominal burning, and |
| the tear.There are more types of peptic ulcer. The | | | | of course pain inside, where the ulcer is located. The |
| one mentioned above, represented by an open | | | | signs are more visible after a meal because the |
| wound in the stomach is called gastric ulcer. If the | | | | stomach starts working and releasing acid.If you feel |
| wound is located in the upper part of the duodenum | | | | pain after eating and you're experiencing indigestion, |
| (small intestine) than the peptic ulcer is called | | | | visit a doctor, and if you're diagnosed with ulcer start |
| duodenal ulcer, and if it appears inside the lower part | | | | the treatment soon, before things get worse. |
| of the esophagus then it's called esophageal ulcer.The | | | | Treatments consist of different types of medication |
| bacteria that has been discovered to cause ulcer is | | | | and a healthy diet.Because junk-food and stress are |
| called Heliobacter Pylori and you can get infected with | | | | a common thing in modern society more and more |
| it by simply drinking water or eating food that | | | | people are suffering from peptic ulcer each year, but |
| contains it, but it only starts to manifest once its | | | | hopefully medicine will find a very efficient treatment |
| bearer has reached a certain age. In most cases this | | | | soon. Until this happens the only thing you can do is |
| age was discovered to be 60. It is known that billions | | | | stay away from the dangerous types of food. |