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Q: How long does stomach ulcer take to heal? The good news, stomach ulcer is treatable. Even new treatments are more effective to make the ulcer heal more quickly. But how long does it take to heal? The answer can vary from case to case, which is usually dependent on several factors. The main ones are the cause and severity of the ulcer. What kind of treatment you take can also have an effect! December 12, 2016/. Continued . You don't take the medications as well as directed. For example, you may stop taking your antibiotics early. Your bacterial infection is resistant to your antibiotics. You continue regularly using painkillers that cause increased risk of ulcers. Poor lifestyles such as smoking and abusing alcohol may also have an effect. If there is another infection (other than H-pylori infection). If you have other medical conditions such as Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (it can cause extreme overproduction of acid in the stomach), Crohn's disease (it can lead to ulcer-like sores), or stomach cancer. i have more ulcers on my mouth, even in my tongue, i even have that also before the ulcers in my throat, but the worst thing in me now is that last june i started put braces , my ulcers does not heal until now, anybody can help me what to do? last month after i checked with my ENT, after a week it was healed, but then it is only for one wk , since june until now my ulcers come and go> any advice ? The fourth thing is genetics some families are more disposed to ulcers than others and there isn't a lot you can do about that. Finally, stress is controversial, in that it isn't clear how much of a factor it is. Certainly sudden severe stress, like a car accident can cause an ulcer quickly but on the longer time scale the picture isn't so clear. Re: How long does it take for ulcers to heal? Your description of your problem pretty much sums up exactly what I have been experiencing. I am a 22 year old college student, and these symptoms have been increasing steadily for the past year. Ulcers caused by a medication should begin healing shortly after you stop taking the drug. Anti-acid medicine may be used for two to six weeks to help healing and relieve pain. Ulcers caused by H. pylori can heal after the bacteria are killed. Typically, you will take antibiotics along with acid-suppressing medicine for two weeks. Then you may take acid-suppressing medication for another four to eight weeks. Gastric ulcers tend to heal more slowly than duodenal ulcers. Uncomplicated gastric ulcers take up to two or three months to heal completely. Duodenal ulcers take about six weeks to heal. An ulcer can temporarily heal without antibiotics. But it is common for an ulcer to recur or for another ulcer to form nearby, if the bacteria are not killed. In fact, peptic ulcer is pretty common in elderly people who usually need to take certain pain killers on a regular basis. The major steps of the treatment plan The core of the treatment is determined based on the trigger factor of the disease. Ulcer Facts. 1 Most ulcers are caused by an infection, not spicy food, acid or stress. 2 The most common ulcer symptom is burning pain in the stomach. 3 Your doctor can test you for H. pylori infection. 4 Antibiotics are the new cure for ulcers. 5 Eliminating H. pylori infections with antibiotics means that your ulcer can be cured for good. : Peptic ulcer disease is fairly common and with treatment it tends to stay at bay for long period of time. NSAID group is notoriously famous in casing gastritis and other similar peptic problems. Taking medicines for 4 weeks usually gives the stomach ulcers time to heal and be able to withstand the usual acid attack in the stomach. Twenty-five million Americans suffer from ulcers. An ulcer is a sore or hole in the lining of the stomach or duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). People of any age can get an ulcer and women are affected just as often as men. What causes ulcers? Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacterium that lives on the lining of the stomach. Query: how long does it take a peptic ulcer to heal
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It takes 4 weeks for a peptic ulcer to heal.