The body does its own healing. We're just here to facilitate that process. So you thought you could compete in the Great American Chili-Eating Contest forever. Now you can barely swallow three mouthfuls of the hot stuff before your stomach starts churning. Some of the common culprits are chocolate, spicy foods, particularly hot sauce, milk and milk products.
Medications can also cause stomach upset.
The real concern is that many GI conditions will respond to an array of drugs that reduce or neutralize acid, he explains, but symptoms such as nausea, heartburn, pain, fever and vomiting need a diagnosis. Roughly 96 percent of those treated with antibiotics are free of ulcer disease after two weeks, and the ulcer generally does not recur. Those who are treated with other medications have a 90 percent recurrence rate. In the United States about 5 percent of the population is infected with H. pylori, but in many countries, infection rates run as high as 100 percent by adulthood. The most common symptom is heartburn.