If the stomach has little acid, then in nine cases out of ten, the ulcer in it will heal by itself and rather quickly.
It is generally accepted that if an ulcer with a diameter of at least 5 millimeters has settled in the stomach and, despite all efforts, remains there for more than 3 months, then something is clearly wrong.
In fact, even an ordinary Helicobacter pylori infection is enough for 5 - 30% of seemingly healed holes to return to the stomach over the next year.
Anti-inflammatory drugs
Aspirin and other ibuprofens act so peculiarly on the gastric mucosa that they do not allow it to heal. In such a stomach, even microscopic lesions can creep into a noticeable ulcer.
It is believed that people hide almost half of these cases. Well, that is, they swear that they have never touched an aspirin in their life. Doctors even have to specifically check this case through platelets.
Aspirin spoils the health of platelets, and this can be determined by tests. If a person's platelets are spoiled, then he is clearly overeating something anti-inflammatory. And at the same time he is still lying.
Don't be fooled by the doctor. It will be more expensive for yourself.
Glucocorticoid hormones and bisphosphonates can also be referred to as toxic to the stomach drugs.
Smoking
In smokers, ulcers heal worse.
The size
Only 3 millimeters of the ulcer can be overgrown in a week. So large ulcers take longer to heal. Well, the ulcers themselves can be scarred, gnarled and with poor blood supply.
Chronic illnesses
If a person's lungs do not breathe, and his heart flutters weakly, then in general everything will be bad for him to heal. Including a stomach ulcer.
Something is wrong with the drugs
Maybe the person is odd and does not follow the recommendations Maybe the drugs stopped working (as we discussed in the last article).
It happens that a person's liver is so trained that it instantly digests the drug. But this is rare.
Hormones
Certain hormones cause the stomach to secrete a lot of acid. The drugs simply won't have time to block this acid. Rare, but it happens.
In short, there are different miracles, but the lion's share of these cases is associated with the eccentricities of the patients themselves. So I advise you not to self-medicate and follow the doctor's prescriptions exactly.
