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Article: When digestive juices corrode, you've got an ulcer.
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- July 1, 1984
- Author:
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The image sticks in the mind: A middle-aged executive grimacing over a pain in his stomach, gulping down a chalky tasting antacid and mournfully waving away pizza or chili because his doctor won't "let" him east spicy food. The portrait of a man with an ulcer.
In truth, more than a third of ulcer sufferers are women, and they appear to be gaining on men. Children and teen-agers also develop ulcers. Antacids are still a popular treatment, but three new prescription drugs are now available. And, instead of giving up broad categories of food, ulcer sufferers need only avoid foods that bother them.
Peptic ulcers are small sores or lesions in the lining ...