Where does the ulcer come from and how to treat it

The first factor. Heredity

If one of your parents has an ulcer in their medical history, you have every chance of repeating the family scenario. It's all about the genetically embedded number of cells that produce hydrochloric acid (in people with "bad" heredity, it is much higher than the norm), and the psychological status, which does not allow the genetic ulcer to adequately respond to environmental stimuli. If you add to this a hectic lifestyle, unhealthy diet, the disease can not be avoided one hundred percent.

Second factor. Gender

Whatever one may say, but the overwhelming majority of ulcers are men. The fair half has a powerful anti-ulcer defense - the female sex hormones estrogens, which have a trophic effect on tissues, improve their nutrition and blood supply, and increase their vitality. And this is the secret of the miraculous self-healing of ulcers during pregnancy. Having given birth to a child, they forget about yesterday's nightmare for a long time, or even forever.

The third factor. Season

A difficult time for ulcers usually falls in spring and autumn - the seasons of the so-called unstable balance. A healthy person, as a rule, does not feel such a transition. With an organism weakened by chronic diseases, everything is different. The slightest push from the outside (an infection on the legs, stress, overwork) - and everything goes awry. Doctors call such a malfunction desynchronosis - a mismatch of biorhythms, which is based on a violation of the production of melatonin, a hormone responsible for our vital rhythm and adaptation to the light regime. In a weakened person, an annoying failure to one degree or another affects the entire body. And first of all, its weakest link.

The fourth factor. Stress

Stress (be it constant hassle at work or stress after suffering a heart attack) is a powerful trigger for ulcers. It is no coincidence that it is considered a psychosomatic illness. There is even such a concept - a stressful stomach ulcer. And people of "difficult" professions, associated with a large psycho-emotional load (dispatchers, drivers, shift workers), peptic ulcer disease occurs 15-20% more often than others.

The fifth factor. Character

Physicians and psychologists unanimously argue that the most important role in the development of duodenal ulcer is played by the psychological characteristics of a person. Many researchers note that ulcers are very excitable, suspicious people. They are characterized by frequent mood swings: from depression to hysteria. At the same time, the main role in the development of peptic ulcer disease is played by a combination of three psychological factors (the so-called risk triad): low self-esteem, high aspirations for life and others, and increased anxiety.

The sixth factor. Helicobacter

The seventh factor. Improper nutrition

For a long time, a major role in the formation of ulcers was attributed to malnutrition. Now this reason is not considered the main one. Sour foods or spices can, of course, aggravate pain because they irritate the ulcer and the mucous membrane around it, but there is no convincing evidence that poor diet alone can cause ulcers.

Interesting

A diet high in salt can activate the Helicobacter pylory microorganism, which can cause stomach ulcers. The results of the study, presented at the conference of the American Society for Microbiology, suggest a consistent relationship between the amount of salt consumed and the incidence of complications of peptic ulcer disease and even stomach cancer. According to experts, salt acts on the stomach not directly, but through a microbe. The combination of negative factors caused by the use of table salt, including high blood pressure, the risk of heart attack and stroke, makes experts recommend limiting salt intake to 6 grams per day.

By the way

In addition to the circumstances already mentioned, an ulcer can be caused by the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, aspirin, hormones, as well as some endocrine diseases that provoke an increased secretion of hydrochloric acid, although this is no longer a classic, but a so-called symptomatic ulcer.