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Hi kmt,
A person can be diagnosed for a stomach ulcer several ways. By a blood test, breath test or the best way is to have an endoscopic exam of his stomach where a biopsy is taken of the area that is ulcerated.
All stomachs ulcers are either caused by a bacteria (about 85%) that can be eliminate with antibiotics & an anti acid in 2 weeks and the other (15%) is caused by errorsion of the stomach lining --- usually due to medication like asprin , ibuprofin or any non steroid anti -inflammator type pain meds as well as other medication that irrritates the stomach lining.
The errosion type ulcer is treated using an anti-acid type of med-- Proton Pump Inhibitors are used to reduce stomachacid-- like Prilosec, Prevacid, Nexium and others.
It use to be thought that stomach ulcers were caused by Stress but Dr Barry Marshall discovered the H pylroi bacteria caused most ulcers in 1982 in Perth, Australia by accident and for the last 10 years the treatment has been with antibiotics in the States.
Usually people don't have ulcers for very long these days and don't have to stick to a diet!
A gastroenterologist is used to make the diaganosis and do the treatment.
God Bless---Harry
Last edited by Harry; 03-23-2006 at 08:08 AM.
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