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Many people are actually infected with H. pylori and don’t experience any symptoms, but around 15% will go on to develop an ulcer in either their stomach (known as a gastric ulcer) or a portion of the small intestine called the duodenum (known as a duodenal ulcer).
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Caroline Tien, SELF, 28 Apr. 2025
Mifepristone and misoprostol are commonly used in medication abortions but are also used to treat conditions related to pregnancy like miscarriages or postpartum hemorrhaging as well as Cushing’s syndrome and gastric ulcers.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
The findings revealed that T. ammi essential oil could be applied to treat gastric ulcers naturally, although human studies are needed.
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—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
Last year, a major study of more than half a million Chinese men, published in Nature, linked alcohol to more than 60 diseases, including liver cirrhosis, stroke, several gastrointestinal cancers, gout, cataracts and gastric ulcers.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 8 Aug. 2024
The only use of misoprostol that’s approved by the FDA is for the prevention and treatment of gastric ulcers.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 13 June 2024
If untreated, gastritis may cause gastric ulcers and bleeding.
—Amanda Gardner, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
Two common types of peptic ulcers include gastric ulcers, which occur on the inside of the stomach, and duodenal ulcers which occur on the inside of the upper portion of a person's small intestine, or duodenum.
—Jonel Aleccia, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
Misoprostol, which is approved for use in the treatment of gastric ulcers, also causes uterine contractions and ends the pregnancy.
—Jamie Rowen, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2023
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Caroline Tien, SELF, 28 Apr. 2025
Mifepristone and misoprostol are commonly used in medication abortions but are also used to treat conditions related to pregnancy like miscarriages or postpartum hemorrhaging as well as Cushing’s syndrome and gastric ulcers.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
The findings revealed that T. ammi essential oil could be applied to treat gastric ulcers naturally, although human studies are needed.
4.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
Last year, a major study of more than half a million Chinese men, published in Nature, linked alcohol to more than 60 diseases, including liver cirrhosis, stroke, several gastrointestinal cancers, gout, cataracts and gastric ulcers.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 8 Aug. 2024
The only use of misoprostol that’s approved by the FDA is for the prevention and treatment of gastric ulcers.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 13 June 2024
If untreated, gastritis may cause gastric ulcers and bleeding.
—Amanda Gardner, Health, 29 Oct. 2023
Two common types of peptic ulcers include gastric ulcers, which occur on the inside of the stomach, and duodenal ulcers which occur on the inside of the upper portion of a person's small intestine, or duodenum.
—Jonel Aleccia, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
Misoprostol, which is approved for use in the treatment of gastric ulcers, also causes uterine contractions and ends the pregnancy.
—Jamie Rowen, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2023
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“Gastric ulcer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gastric%20ulcer. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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