This common condition, caused by a bacterial infection in the stomach, is usually curable with antibiotics. Sometimes, acid-reducing drugs are also needed.
You have a peptic ulcer if you get open sores in the lining of your stomach or the upper part of the small intestine. That happens when your stomach acids etch away your digestive tract’s protective layer of mucus.
Peptic ulcers are sores in the lining of the stomach and the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). They affect more than 4 million people in the…
This common condition, caused by a bacterial infection in the stomach, is usually curable with antibiotics. Sometimes, acid-reducing drugs are also needed.
You have a peptic ulcer if you get open sores in the lining of your stomach or the upper part of the small intestine. That happens when your stomach acids etch away your digestive tract’s protective layer of mucus.
Peptic ulcers are sores in the lining of the stomach and the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). They affect more than 4 million people in the…
