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Article: The peptic generation: millions of Americans suffer from ulcers caused by bacteria or common painkillers. Seven natural options can help you heal.(Good Medicine: the integrative approach to total well-being)
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- Natural Health
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- March 1, 2006
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IT STARTS WITH BURNING, gnawing pain between the breastbone and navel, often late at night. For some, there's nausea, heartburn, indigestion, appetite loss, and blood in the stool. At the worst, stabbing abdominal pain and vomiting up blood indicate perforation or obstruction in the stomach.
These are the symptoms of an ulcer, and the bane of 4 million Americans with peptic ulcer disease. "A gastric ulcer is essentially a hole in the lining of your stomach," says Byron Cryer, M.D., an associate professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. "Let's say the stomach lining looks like a carton of ice cream; when you remove a scoop, the ...