Stomach Ulcer - Causes, Symptoms and Herbal Treatment

 

What is stomach ulcer?

Stomach ulcers are a form of gastrointestinal disease that cause intense and often debilitating pain. They're caused by inflammation in the stomach lining that results from excessive acid production. The most common symptoms include burning and painful discomfort in the upper abdomen, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea or constipation. This pain may be so severe that it prevents you from eating or causes you to vomit."

Stomach ulcers are a form of gastrointestinal disease that cause intense and often debilitating pain.

Stomach ulcers are a form of gastrointestinal disease that cause intense and often debilitating pain. They're common in people who have gastritis, an inflammation of the stomach lining.

The exact causes of most ulcers aren't known, but certain factors may contribute to their development. For example:

• Infections from bacteria or viruses (such as gastroenteritis) can lead to gastric acid reflux and damage to your lining of the esophagus or stomach wall. This can make it easier for bacteria or viruses that have already been present in your body at some point before you developed an ulcer, such as H pylori bacilli (which are usually found along with chronic gastritis), enteric adenoviruses (viruses that cause nausea and vomiting), noroviruses (a group of viruses commonly spread by contaminated food), rotavirus (a contagious virus causing severe diarrhea) and others—to get into your bloodstream through small tears in your digestive tract caused by either friction during digestion itself or nearby injuries stemming from food consumption."

They are caused by inflammation in the stomach lining that results from excessive acid production.

Stomach ulcers are caused by an excessive amount of acid in your stomach. The mucus layer that lines the inside of your stomach is thin, so there is no barrier to protect against this acid. If too much acid reaches its surface, it can cause damage to your cells and proteins in the lining.

In addition to being protected by this layer (and therefore being able to maintain its structural integrity), stomach ulcers also have another way of keeping themselves from getting too acidic: they produce something called "chymosin" which acts as an inhibitor for enzymes like pepsinogen-II (which helps break down proteins).

The most common symptoms include burning and painful discomfort in the upper abdomen, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea or constipation.

The most common symptoms include burning and painful discomfort in the upper abdomen, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea or constipation.

The pain can be intense and may prevent you from eating. It may also be accompanied by nausea or vomiting.

This pain may be so severe that it prevents you from eating or causes you to vomit.

If you have a stomach ulcer, you may feel severe pain in the upper abdomen that can be described as burning or gnawing. The pain usually occurs after eating or drinking and may be worse at night.

If the ulcer is large enough to cause vomiting, it’s called a peritonitis (a type of inflammation).

In some cases, ulcers develop at other sites in the GI tract, including the esophagus, small intestine or colon.

In some cases, ulcers develop at other sites in the GI tract, including the esophagus, small intestine or colon. Ulceration can occur following a direct injury to the mucosa (such as with a knife) or it can be caused by stress.

In addition to human-cause factors like stress and H. pylori infection, there are also several other risk factors for developing gastric ulcers:

• NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). These medications reduce blood flow to your gastrointestinal tract and therefore decrease its ability to heal itself after an injury has occurred; this effect increases your risk of developing stomach ulcers over time if you take these drugs regularly without regular breaks from them.

Ulcers can be either superficial or deep in origin.

There are two types of stomach ulcers: superficial and deep. Superficial ulcers, or gastric erosions, are caused by acid reflux into the stomach. Deep ulcers (or dyspepsia) can be caused by H. pylori infection or other types of gastritis.

While both superficial and deep wounds require treatment, severe cases may require surgery to remove part of your stomach if they've eaten away too much tissue or become infected with bacteria like Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori).

The higher the pH level (acidity) of an ulcer's environment, the shorter it will last before healing naturally occurs.

The higher the pH level (acidity) of an ulcer's environment, the shorter it will last before healing naturally occurs. Conversely, if you have a lower pH level, your stomach ulcer may be more painful and take longer to heal. The best pH level is around 5.5—the lower the better!

Acidity levels in the stomach are usually well controlled by swallowing food before it reaches its highly acidic environment (pH 2).

The stomach is a highly acidic environment, with a pH of 2.0. Acidic foods like tomatoes and oranges are not digested well in the stomach because of their high acid content, so they must be broken down by enzymes secreted into the stomach before they can be absorbed into your bloodstream.

This involves two stages: (1) mechanical digestion of food when it reaches the lower portion of your digestive system; and (2) chemical digestion—which occurs when nutrients from protein-containing foods enter your body through channels called villi or microvilli—and start working on breaking down proteins into amino acids for use as building blocks for new cells and tissues.

When food enters your stomach without being fully digested, it mixes with digestive acid already present there and is diluted into a more neutral pH range (around pH 3).

When food enters your stomach without being fully digested, it mixes with digestive acid already present there and is diluted into a more neutral pH range (around pH 3). This acidic environment encourages the growth of bacteria which thrive in an environment that contains high levels of hydrogen ions. The presence of these bacteria causes inflammation and ulceration in the lining of your gastrointestinal tract.

Herbal Treatment

Get Unripe plantain (8 pieces) do not peel the coat slice and pound the plantain, put in a gallon , add water fill the gallon or an equivalent to 4 litres of water. 

Allow for three days to ferment, on the fourth day shake the content very well first thing in the morning, take a 1/2 glass 3 times daily, at least 2 hour interval before eating repeat same till the symptoms disappear.

Conclusion

As you can see, there's no single cause for stomach ulcers and they can occur at any age. However, genetics may play a role in who develops ulcers and how severe their symptoms are. Additionally, certain medications can cause ulcers if they're taken long-term or if you're taking too much of them at once. In some cases, stress triggers an episode by increasing the production of stomach acid which then causes an ulcer to form.

 Bible Reference

Rev. 22vs2, Ez. 47vs12, Psalm 104vs14.