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Article: Surprise cause of gastritis revolutionizes ulcer treatment. (includes related article on Helicobacter pylori)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- December 1, 1994
- Author:
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Mention "ulcer" and most people envision a stressed-out, workaholic, junk-foodgobbling worrywart. Since the turn of the century, ulcers have been equated with stress and poor diet. But that image may be substantially incorrect. Now, the medical community is beginning to look at painful ulcers in a new light--as an easily treatable bacterial infection. The name of the bug--Helicobacter pylori.
For many of the 4 million ulcer sufferers in the United States, the new view of ulcers may mean a course of antibiotics. This treatment may reduce recurrence to below the 10 to 15 percent a year for current, non-antibiotic drug therapies. In ulcer sufferers who receive no ...