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  • Causes And Cures For Stomach Ulcers
    By: Marjorie Thornton | - If you already have an ulcer, then you will no doubt be under close medical supervision, with a range of medication that you must take. If you even so much as suspect you have an ulcer, it is imperative that you seek medical help right away. Either way, if it is left untreated, or not properly managed, you run the risk of developing serious and even life threatening consequences.

    The most common types of stomach ulcers are duodenal and peptic, so called according to which part of th ...

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  • Eat Well With An Ulcer
    By: Patrick Carpen | - Peptic ulcers are often a side effect of having too much stress, smoking, excessive alcohol usage, and even bacteria. Whatever might be the cause—stomach ulcers affect nearly 10% of the population in America. The perception is that bland foods are part of the treatment is not entirely true. Here are a few flavorful recipes that you might enjoy.

    Baked Chicken Breast

    Since some peptic ulcers are agitated by fatty foods, it's nearly an added benefit that most of the ...

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  • Causes And Treatments Of Corneal Ulcer
    By: A lice jackson | - A corneal ulcer is one of the most common eye problems, which may be caused by a variety of reasons. Bacterial infections from eye injury and trauma are common causes of corneal ulcer symptoms such as red, painful eye, discharge and vision reduction. People wearing cheap rimless glasses are more probably to get eye irritation, from the lenss rubbing the eyes surface. Contact lenses wearers must take good hygiene.

    Fungi and parasites are also commonly reported to cause corneal ...

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  • The Stomach Is A Key Part Of The Body For Having A Healthy Life
    By: Derek Huizinga | - For healthy life process, people need to have natural vegetarian sources and minerals for healthy function of all the body's systems. Stomach is considered as the main part of the body for having healthy life. But sometime we have to suffer during our upset stomach situation. There are number of herbal and natural remedies available that are very effective in the relief of stomach problems. They work quite well in the treatment of stomach pain and indigestion. These tonics are also for the immun ...
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  • Is There A Link Between Smoking And Peptic Ulcer?
    By: Brian Welsch | - Most people are familiar with the fact that smoking can raise the risk of some types of illness, like cardiovascular disease and lung cancer. But did you know that nicotine can negatively impact the digestive system as well? Studies have shown a link between smoking and peptic ulcer , heartburn and possibly even gallstones. This article will explore the relationship between smoking and peptic ulcer to see if one might lead to the other.

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  • Consider All The Reasons You Need To Quit Smoking Cigarettes
    By: Aydan Corkern | - If you are like so many people who smoke cigarettes, you would love to stop smoking if it was just not so hard to do. A smoker can get upset at just the thought of not having that next cigarette even if they just had one. It is because they give you a physical reaction that you probably can not even explain and you are attached to them emotionally and you probably can not explain that either. A lot of the smoking habit is caused by the conditioning you have done to yourself over the years. It ha ...
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  • Gallstones
    By: jackb son | - The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped organ that sits on the right side of our bodies just beneath the liver. Its primary function is to store and secrete bile. Bile is a yellow-brown fluid produced by the liver, which helps us digest fats. Our liver produces up to three cups of bile a day. Our gallbladder can store up to a cup of bile as it awaits a fatty meal.

    Diseases for which obesity is a significant risk factor include: Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, stroke, heart attack, c ...

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  • Chair Massage And Stomach Ulcers
    By: Brandon J. Thomas | - Controlling stress when you have a stomach ulcer is a necessary part of the recovery process and can be effectively managed with a chair massage. A gastric or peptic ulcer is a painful condition caused by the inflammation and subsequent erosion of the stomach lining and can also occur in the intestinal tract. It has long been seen as a condition affecting overly stressed professionals, but can affect both children and adults, regardless of occupation. Chair massage is an important tool for ke ...
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  • Stomach Ulcers Symptoms, Causes - Digestive Disorders
    By: Dr John Anne | - The stomach is a bag of muscle and these muscles crushes and mixes food with the digestive juices like hydrochloric acid and pepsin. Incase the lining of the stomach is damaged from one place or another, the particular acid and pepsin go to work on the lining as they would on food, breaking it down as though to digest it.

    An ulcer is considered the breach over the surface of the skin or on the membrane on the lining a cavity such that stomach ulcer. A stomach ulcer is considered t ...

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  • Peptic Ulcers Symptoms, Causes And Treatment
    By: Rick hutch | - An ulcer is damage to the inner lining (the mucosa) of the stomach or the upper part of the intestine (duodenum). A bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, is the main cause of ulcers in this area.

    What Causes Ulcers?

    Use of painkillers called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin, naproxen (Aleve, Anaprox, Naprosyn, and others), ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, Midol, and others), and many others available by prescription. Even aspirin coated with a speci ...

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  • Anti-ulcer Drugs Information
    By: Juliet | - Anti-ulcer drugs are a class of drugs, restricte of the anti-bacterial agents and it is used to treat ulcers in the stomach and the upper part of the small intestine. The three basic types of antiulcer drugs are H2-blockers, acid pump inhibitors, and mucosal paternalmedications. H2-blockers block the production of histamine, a substance that provokes acid secretion. By blocking histamine, these drugs diminish the amount of acid the stomach produces. H2-blockers generally are given for 6-8 weeks ...
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  • Peptic Ulcers -causes, Symptoms, Treatment
    By: Peter Hutch | - An ulcer is an open sore that forms when the lining of the gut is corroded by acidic digestive juices. Peptic ulcers can form in the lining of the stomach (gastric ulcers), duodenum (the first part of the small bowel or intestine) or the esophagus (gullet or swallowing tube). Peptic ulcers are quite common; it is known that 5-10% of the worlds population suffer from peptic ulcers at least once.

    What Causes Ulcers?

    Use of painkillers called nonsteroidal anti-infla ...

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  • Symptoms Of Stomach Ulcer
    By: Peter Hutch | - Stomach ulcer can be described as small erosion (hole) in the gastrointestinal tract of an individual. Though there can be different type of stomach ulcers, the most common one is duodenal ulcer. It usually occurs within the first 12 inches of small intestine, beyond the stomach. Another type of ulcer is gastric ulcer, which occurs inside the stomach.

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  • Duodenal Ulcer "€" Symptoms, Causes And Treatment
    By: Peter Hutch | - Ulcers often occur within the duodenum, usually in the first part just beyond the stomach which is called the duodenal cap. Ulcers can come in all shapes and sizes. Image 1 shows a single white-based ulcer. Image 2 shows numerous small ulcers scattered across the duodenal cap. Image 3 demonstrates a huge duodenal ulcer almost filling the cap. Note the brownish areas across the whitish base which is caused by some old blood. Some fresh bleeding is seen at the edge. Duodenal ulcers are caused by t ...
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  • Duodenal Ulcer Information
    By: Peter Hutch | - The symptoms of duodenal ulcers include heartburn, stomach pain relieved by eating or taking antacids, weight gain, and a burning sensation at the back of the throat. The patient is most likely to feel discomfort two to four hours after meals, or after having citrus juice, coffee, or aspirin. About fifty percent of patients with duodenal ulcers awake during the night with pain, usually between midnight and three a.m. If an ulcer is bleeding, the patient may have vomit containing bright red blood ...
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  • Home Remedies For Peptic Ulcer
    By: Bakhru | - Diet is of utmost importance in the treatment of ulcer. The diet should be so arranged as to provide adequate nutrition to afford rest to the disturbed organs to maintain continuous neutralisation of the gastric acid, to inhibit the production of acid and to reduce mechanical and chemical irritation.
    Milk, cream, butter, fruits and fresh, raw and boiled vegetables and natural foods are the best diet for an ulcer patient. The fruits recommended are banana, mango, musk melon and dates. Such ...

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  • Foot Ulcer "€" Types And Treatment
    By: Peter Hutch | - A skin ulcer is where an area of skin has broken down and you can see the underlying tissue. Most skin ulcers occur on the lower legs or feet. The skin normally heals quickly if it is cut. However, in some people with diabetes the skin on the feet does not heal so well and is prone to develop an ulcer. This can be even after a mild injury such as stepping on a small stone in your bare feet.
    Types of Foot Ulcer

    Venous ulcers are located below the knee and are primarily found ...

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  • How To Treat Lick Granulomas In Dogs
    By: Matthew Homfray | - Canine Acral Lick Dermatitis, more commonly known as Lick Granuloma, is one of the most frustrating skin problems there is. What often seems like a simple problem is in fact multifactorial, and therefore attempting to treat it with a single approach are usually doomed to failure. There is usually an underlying cause, plus a secondary bacterial infection, plus an obsessive compulsive behavioral cycle to deal with.

    Lick granulomas are most common in large, active, attention seeking ...

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  • Perforated Ulcer Information
    By: Juliet | - A perforated ulcer, also known as a bleeding ulcer or a perforated peptic ulcer. The term 'peptic ulcer' refers to those that occur in either the stomach or the first part of the small intestine that leads out of the stomach, called the duodenum. Ulcers in the stomach are often called gastric ulcers. Ulcers in the duodenum are called duodenal ulcers. It was once commonly thought that stress, smoking and diet were the principal causes of stomach ulcers. Most peptic ulcers are caused by the bacter ...
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  • What Are The Stomach Ulcer Symptoms And How Can It Be Prevented?
    By: Clive Chung | - You might have stomach ulcer without even knowing about it because ulcers do not always cause symptoms. If you do have a symptom, it is usually a localized pain in the upper G.I. tract area. A lot of people find that this pain resembles a hunger pang that often wakes them up at night. The pain may be partially or completely relieved by eating food or by taking antacids. Stomach ulcer pain is usually worse on an empty stomach.

    There are two types of ulcers that people think of as s ...

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  • Fight Heart Burn With Herbs Like Dgl Licorice
    By: Darrell Miller | - Treatment for heart burn and peptic ulcers has changed dramatically in the past few years. Now, antacids, histamine blockers, and proton pump blockers are being used as standard ulcer therapy. These medicines don't address the root of the problem, but rather just block the ulcers' effects. Luckily, there is a natural supplement that effectively stimulates the body's normal defense mechanisms, preventing ulcer formation and promoting true healing.

    Peptic ulcers are sores that fo ...

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  • How Can Sheep Skin Help Your Colic Baby.
    By: mistymin | - Over 15 % of babies born from the ages of birth to 3 months old are bothered with colic. If the baby cries more than 3 hours a day , 3 times a week for over 3 weeks this is a good sign that the baby has colic.

    What is colic really?
    Many doctors will agree and disagree with the symptoms of colic, as no one really knows what colic is cause from. Sensitive temperament and an immature nervous system have brought attention to the health field that might be signs of colic. No ...

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  • Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind? The Hidden Problems In Your Horse's Stomach.
    By: Mark Andrews | - Out of sight, out of mind? The hidden problems in your horse's stomach.

    Is your horse off colour? Has he lost his appetite? Is he performing poorly? All these signs can be indications of gastric ulcers.

    Up to 90% of racehorses in training may be affected by gastric ulcers. But not only racehorses suffer from this condition. Surveys have found that up to 60% of sport horses and 35% of leisure horses are affected.

    It is only since advances in technology ...

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  • Signs And Symptoms Of The Stomach Flu
    By: Jeff Foster | - The stomach flu, also known as gastroenteritis, is a viral infection that attacks the stomach and small intestine.

    Usually brief in nature, the stomach flu typically lasts 1 to 3 days. The stomach flu is NOT the same flu for which we receive vaccines each winter.

    Those flu vaccines are for influenza, which is not the same as the stomach flu which is a mild virus that affects your intestines.

    There are several viruses which can cause the stomach fl ...

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  • Fight Ulcers With Natural Dgl Licorice Vitamin Supplements
    By: Darrell Miller | - With peptic ulcers on the rise, conventional medical treatment has changed dramatically in recent years. Now available are a huge assortment of antacids, histamine blockers, and proton pump blockers that only cover up the symptoms but don't address the real cause of a peptic ulcer. In this article we will discuss what a peptic ulcer is its symptoms and causes. We will also look at how ulcers are currently treated and compare the side effects of conventional medicine to DGL Licorice along with ...
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  • Top 3 Foods For Long Life
    By: Debbie Fontana | - We spend so much of our time trying to avoid foods that are supposed to be bad for us.

    But it may be just as or even more beneficial to put foods in our diet that may help us to lead healthier and potentially longer lives.

    As the citizens of Crete have shown, you can eat a high-fat diet, but still have low rates of heart disease. What can possibly account for that?

    Although I won't name the specific studies here, there are a number that have shown the ...

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  • Gastroparesis - A Challenge To Control
    By: Jeff Foster | - Caused by damage to the vagus nerve, which regulates the digestive system, Gastroparesis is a condition in which the stomach in incapable of completely emptying food in a normal manner.

    Because of the damage to the vagus nerve, which regulates the digestive system, the muscles in the stomach and in the intestine work improperly and with this malfunction keep the food from moving through properly the gastrointestinal system.

    With this disorder there is no evidence ...

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  • What Killed Napoleon? Mystery Solved-and Myth Debunked
    By: George McKenzie | - It was not a sinister political conspiracy that killed Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the most powerful men of the 19th century. It was stomach cancer, the same disease that now causes about eleven thousand deaths each year in the United States alone.

    Theories that Napoleon was poisoned with arsenic have abounded since 1961, when an analysis of his hair showed elevated levels of arsenic.

    But the most recent review of Napoleon's autopsy report, written shortly after his ...

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  • The Cause Of Stomach Ulcers: Bacteria? Or Bad Lifestyle?
    By: George McKenzie | - When human beings began migrating from Africa some sixty thousand years ago, they brought the bacteria that causes stomach ulcers with them.

    A team of scientists researching human migration patterns has found genetic evidence that Helicobacter pylori, a corkscrew-shaped bacterium which can cause stomach ulcers, has been present in human beings for the last six hundred centuries.

    But as occasionally happens in scientific research, findings that give us answers to o ...

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  • Ulcerative Colitis The Bowel Disease Of Chronic Inflammation
    By: Jeff Foster | - A chronic inflammatory bowel disease in which the inner lining of the large intestine (colon or bowel) and rectum become inflamed, Ulcerative colitis is a serious disorder which is characterized by recurrent episodes of abdominal pain, fever, chills and profuse diarrhea.

    Ulcerative colitis causes both inflammation and sores, also called ulcers, in the lining of the colon and rectum. The ulcerated areas occur in the areas where inflammation has killed off the protective cells th ...

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  • How Do You View Your Debt?
    By: Ophelia Nicholson | - How Do You View Your Debt?

    Are you loaded down with debt? Do you feel like there is no way out? Have you ever thought that how you view debt might be the problem?

    Every aspect of your life, at some point, you wanted. You say I didn't want the debt, but you wanted the thing that came along with the debt, or whatever you exchanged for the debt; maybe it was a house, the car or the car repairs, the clothes.

    Debt was just a way to live a certain dream ...

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  • How To Recognize The Signs Of An Ulcer
    By: Lee Dobbins | - An ulcer is a crater like sore usually 1/4 to 3/4 inch in diameter (can sometimes be 1 to 2 inches in diameter) and can form in either the lining of the stomach (gastric ulcer), below the stomach at the beginning of the small intestine in the duodenum (duodenal ulcer) or sometimes (but not often) in the esophagus (esophageal ulcer). Also the stomach and duodenal ulcers can be referred to as peptic ulcers.

    An ulcer is caused because of an imbalance between the aggressive and defen ...

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  • Can Compound Vitamin A Cure Diabetic Foot Ulcers?
    By: Lee Dobbins | - One of the unpleasant complications of diabetes is what is known as a diabetic foot ulcer. These foot ulcers are very uncomfortable, and can become very serious if not treated correctly. The ulcers are a sore on the skin, like any other ulcer and need to be treated with care so that infection does not set in. Recently some studies have shown that a compound of Vitamin A might be able to help.

    Normally a Compound of Vitamin A called Topical Retin-A (also known as Tretinoin) is u ...

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  • What You Should Know About Colon Ulcers
    By: Lee Dobbins | - A colon ulcer is a sore that appears inside the lining of a person's colon. Often people who have a colon ulcer will suffer from bleeding and infection and as a result of this inflammation the cells within the colon begin to deteriorate. Unfortunately a colon ulcer may be the first signs of a much more serious condition known as Ulcerative Colitis or Colon Cancer or even Crohn's Disease (an inflammatory bowel disease).

    So if you have at some time suffered from at least one colon ...

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  • The Warning Signs Of A Gastric Ulcer
    By: Lee Dobbins | - A gastric ulcer occurs when there has been a break in the protective lining of the stomach which leads to further erosion of both the lining of the stomach and the intestines. Such erosion will result in a raw, open and painful sore occurring in the stomach lining.

    Gastric Ulcers are caused when there is an imbalance between the amount of stomach acid the body is secreting and an enzyme called Pepsin and the natural defenses of the stomach lining (known as mucosal). There is a s ...

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  • Relieve Your Stomach Ulcer Symptoms Naturally
    By: Lee Dobbins | - Stomach ulcer symptoms are characterized by a burning sensation in the stomach, sometimes mistaken for heartburn. These symptoms can last anywhere from one half hour to several hours and may happen at any time. Although once thought to be caused mainly by stress, recent research shows that some stomach ulcers
    may be caused by the Helicobacter pylori bacteria which can be passed from person to person through kissing and contaminated foods.

    There are two types of ulcers that ...

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  • Stomach Ulcer Basics
    By: Jeff Foster | - Affecting millions of Americans each year, a stomach ulcer is a raw, open area in the normal lining of the stomach. Stomach ulcers get their particular name depending on the exact location of the ulcer. For example, a duodenal or peptic ulcer is a stomach ulcer found in the first foot of small intestines past the stomach. A gastric ulcer in located inside the stomach itself. Although duodenal or peptic ulcers are almost always benign, it is important to remember that gastric or stomach ulcers ca ...
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  • Hiatal Hernia The Hole In The Diaphragm
    By: Jeff Foster | - A Hiatal Hernia, also known as a diaphragmatic hernia, occurs at the opening of the diaphragm where the esophagus connects to the stomach. The esophagus is also referred to as the food pipe since it is responsible for carrying the food from the mouth directly into the stomach.

    A hernia occurs anytime when one body part pushes its way into another body area where anatomically that body part does not belong. The diaphragm is a large dome-shaped muscular wall which separates the che ...

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  • Peptic Ulcers Explained
    By: Jeff Foster | - A peptic ulcer is a condition is which a lesion or open sore develops within the stomach lining because the natural protective lining of the digestive tract has been broken down.

    A stomach ulcer is a very well know term that most of us have heard of. Contrary to popular belief it is not spicy food that actually causes the peptic ulcer, rather the condition is brought on by a particular type of bacteria.

    Peptic ulcers gain momentum in you digestive tract primarily du ...

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  • Signs Of A Stomach Ulcer
    By: Jeff Foster | - Signs of a stomach ulcer can include nausea, loss of appetite, abdominal pain just beneath the ribcage, indigestion, vomiting, symptoms of anemia, weight loss, and blood present in vomit or bowel movements.

    If you experience these symptoms for any length of time, it is important to seek medical attention. These are not symptoms to be ignored.

    Stomach ulcers occur when there is a break in the tissue lining of the stomach. These ulcers normally occur in the stomach o ...

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  • Recurrent Aphthous Ulcer (canker Sore)
    By: Minh Nguyen, D. D. S. | - Recurrent aphthous ulcers (RAUs) have following characteristics:

    1. They are recurrent, painful, superficial oral ulcers that persist 8 to 14 days;

    2. They are associated with a tender regional lymphadenopathv (swelling of lymph nodes in the head and neck area);

    3. They heal spontaneously, usually without sequelae in healthy patients.

    The causes and the course of the disease:

    Several theories about the cause o ...

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  • The Causes Of Indigestion & Heartburn (& The Cure!)
    By: Alan Moore | - For most people, heartburn and indigestion are interchangeable, and if asked they will reply that they either have heartburn,or indigestion. This is not the case however as heartburn and indigestion are not interchangeable. The symptoms and causes of indigestion might be the same, or similar, as those of heartburn, just as the treatments might also be similar as well, but heartburn can sometimes be caused by indigestion, while indigestion can't be caused by heartburn.

    The largest ...

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  • Treating Duodenal Ulcer
    By: Sharon Hopkins | - Duodenum is a small lining that connects the stomach to the small intestine. When this lining gets inflamed or eroded it causes the condition known as duodenal ulcer (DU). Duodenal Ulcers are located in the duodenum tract. This type of an ulcer is three times more frequent in comparison to gastric ulcer. It has been said that this ulcer is caused mainly due to too much acid from the stomach. But studies have shown that is not the case. Duodenum surface and tissue is protected by the use of chemi ...
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  • Learn About Peptic Ulcer
    By: Kevin Pederson | - The term peptic ulcer is referred to both, gastric and duodenal ulcers. It is believed to have occurred due to an infection by a bacterium known as Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). This corkscrew-shaped bug lives in the inner lining of the stomach causing peptic ulcer. If peptic ulcer is located in the stomach it is called gastric ulcer.

    - Some of the common symptoms of peptic ulcer are:

    Constant pain in the abdomen - which mainly is a duodenal symptom. This pa ...

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