What Causes Stomach Ulcers?

Have you suffered from stomach illness? Do you feel heaviness and pain in your upper abdomen? Do you know stomach ulcers are the most common cause of stomach problems? If you want to know what causes stomach ulcers, read this article till the end.

A burning pain in the center of the stomach is the most common symptom of a stomach ulcer. However, stomach ulcers are not always painful, and some people may experience other symptoms such as indigestion, heartburn, acid reflux, and nausea.

What Is Stomach Ulcer?

A sore on the lining of any organ is known as ulcer. Peptic ulcers are the ulcers that are present on the linings of the organs of digestive system like stomach, esophagus, duodenum, etc. Stomach ulcers are open sores that form when the stomach lining is damaged. Gastric ulcers are another name for stomach ulcers.

What Are The Symptoms Of Stomach Ulcer?

Some of the symptoms of stomach ulcer are very common but some symptoms are very distinguishing that helps in diagnosing this unpleasant condition.

• Upper abdomen pain is the most common symptom of stomach ulcers.
•  Bloating causes your stomach swelling up because it is full of gas or air.
• Heaviness that entails sounding and looking as if you’re about to vomit but not actually vomiting.
• Feeling ill (nausea).
• Vomiting.
• Discomfort between meals or at night
• Discomfort when eating or drinking
• Stomach pain that keeps you awake at night.
• After a meal, you may feel very ‘full.’
• Feeling full fast and easily
• Burning or dull pain in your stomach.
• Comes and goes days or weeks at a time.
• The discomfort lasts for minutes.

What Causes Stomach Ulcers?

There are multiple causes of stomach ulcers. Some of the important causes of stomach ulcers are as follows;

H.Pylori:

H.pylori is the bacteria that causes stomach ulcers. The bacteria are found in the deep lining of stomach walls. It dissolves the walls of stomach and causes open sores or ulcers.
This is the most common cause of stomach ulcer. Many people have these bacteria in their stomach but have no symptoms.

Medications:

Many medicines can affect your stomach. One of them are NSAIDs. NSAIDs are medicines that are widely used to combat pain, fever, and inflammation (swelling). Ibuprofen, aspirin, naproxen and diclofenac are some of the common NSAIDs that are used by many people. These medicines can cause stomach ulcer as a side effect when they are overused.

Many people take NSAIDs without experiencing any negative side effects. If you have or have had a stomach ulcer, you should avoid taking NSAIDs. As an alternative pain reliever, paracetamol is frequently used that has minimum side effects.
There is always the possibility that the medication will cause side effects such as stomach ulcers, especially if taken for an extended period of time or in high doses.

Diet:

Spicy and oily diet can also cause stomach ulcers. The spicy foods stimulate your stomach to produce more acid. So it is one of the common causes of stomach ulcers. Eating spicy, oily and protein rich diet for a long period of time can cause stomach ulcer.

Stress:

Stress is also very alarming cause of stomach ulcers. As the stress triggers the over production of acid in your stomach. It Is the crucial cause of stomach ulcers. People are exposed to stress and depression for a long period, suffer from different digestive issues such as stomach ulcers.

Excess Acid Production:

Hyper acid production due to any cause, can be the cause of stomach ulcers. It is important to rule out the triggers for over production of acid. So that stomach ulcer formation can be prevented.

How To Treat Stomach Ulcers?

Stomach ulcers can be healed or treated. But the treatment is long and need many precautionary measures.
As the stomach is the vital organ of your body that receives food every day, the aid production is the routine activity in stomach. And we all know, acid can worsen the stomach ulcers.
So medicines and remedies that control the stomach acidity are used to treat stomach ulcers.

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FAQs

1. What is stomach ulcer?

   Stomach ulcer is the open sore in the lining of the stomach.

2. What Causes Stomach Ulcers?

   Stomach ulcers are caused by H.pylori infection, stress, medicines like NSAIDs, spicy and oily foods, over-production of acid, etc.

3. How to treat stomach ulcers?

   Stomach ulcers are treated by the medicines and remedies that can reduce the acid production and protect stomach lining.