STOMACH AND DUODENAL ULCERS

A stomach ulcers is a chronic wound in the lining or duodenum (the upper part of the small intestines) caused by too much acid or a bacteria known as hyplori.The stomach`s acid`s then continue to eat a way the stomach lining making the wounds bigger. Once a wound opens it is very difficult to heal it unless a person changes their eating and living habits.

SYMPTOMS

The stomach is located just below the ribs in the upper centre of abdomen. The duodenum starts a bit to the right of the stomach. The stomachs are indigestion and constipation, aversion to food, nausea after meals, vomiting of blood. If the ulcer forms lower down, inside the duodenum, the pain starts 1or 2 hours after eating. Pain is usually worse lying down or the night. With gastric ulcers, the food does not get digested, and therefore the person becomes thin and worn out. But with duodenal ulcers, the change takes a long time to show.

               If the ulcer is severe, it can cause vomiting, sometimes with fresh blood or with digested blood that looks like coffee grounds. Stool with blood forms an ulcer are usually black like tar. Even when the disease is not in severe state, the stool comes out in small balls and a dark colour. Some ulcers are painless or`` silent’’, and the first sign is blood in vomit or black, sticky stools. This is a medical emergency. The person can bleed to death.

CAUSES

Food not chewed well, too many rich or fatty foods, stress or an infection, such as the bacteria hyplori, may cause the stomach not to be able to digest food well. That undigested food goes to duodenum or upper intestines therefore the digestive fluids and bile from the liver and pancreas try to accomplish the task  of digestion. But if the food is not completely digested here either, then it becomes spoiled and acidic poisons(toxins) are created.If the acid-alkaline balance of the digestive system is lost, then these extremely acidic fluids eat away the stomach lining.Incase of the following problems occurs you can take two or three tablespoons of honey mixed with water or diluted milk daily. Chillies aid digestion, improves circulation, and stops bleeding from ulcers.Chillies help heal ulcers by stimulating the growth of new mucus membranes. Boiled green bananas(plantain) and raw cabbage are good vegetables for ulcers.Coconut millk is also very therapeutic to the gastro-intestinal tract.The lauric acid in coconut kills hyplori, a bacteria that can cause stomach ulcers.