The gentle linings of the stomach and the chemical which is produced in it, help in the onset of proper digestion of materials we put into our mouth and send down the colons from the mouth to the stomach, from the stomach to the intestines, where the body will make use of significant ones , and prepare unwanted ones for excretion as waste.
My biology Teacher in the junior school once said that, alcohol when consumed in approved amount is a balance diet.Sure it is , But you will agree with me that equally, when it is abused to the extent that it will start bleaching the linings of the stomach and the liver, and when it starts to damage other organs in the body,It is no more a balance diet, it therefore becomes a missile. Our eating habits and other habits, like smoking and drinking excessive alcohol, have contributed immensely, up to 80 per cent of the causes of stomach ulcer.

Talking about this everybody's nightmare, will be very important in education those that still make the mistakes of over laboring the linings of the stomach.
these things we call food sometimes will be toxic to the linings of the stomach, and when this linings are damaged by improper presentation of whatever we call food that are not good enough for them, there sets in destruction, and this destruction will in turn cause them to break and become sore, or ulcerative as the case may be.
There comes the symptoms of stomach ulcer which includes,recurrent diarrhea, in idiopathic cases spot internal bleeding will also present,generally the stomach will be inflamed, and when this inflammation spreads proximally, this could involve the entire digestive system.

At this stage if diagnosed, Ilestommy will help to reset the diseased bowel to avert the possibility of Colon Cancer. And when this colon cancer sets in Cirrhosis also makes things worst. Cirrhosis ( chronic high consumption of alcohol.)
this often leads to malnutrition,hepatitis which if spreads also could lead to fibrosis of the liver.
In contrast the precancerous lesion which may be called stomach ulcer may degenerate to Dental Plaque (non calcified collection of microorganisms and their products, all this may lead to pure gastric carcinoma.
In studying stomach and colon cancer HELICOBACTER PYLORI have been isolated from stomach specimens and found to be responsible for this kind of stomach,peptic or colon cancer.
In studies conditions like hyper acidity,Gastric juice damage, damage of the epithelium of the stomach linings, all have been found to be among the causes of stomach ulcer.
Treatment include good antibiotics,antacids,and good preparations to prevent further damage to the stomach and intestine linings.

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