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  2. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    broom flower, dyer's broom, dyer's greenwood, dyer's weed, dyer's whin, furze, green broom, greenweed, wood waxen [12] Genista tinctoria [12] Uterotonic properties, [5] nausea vomiting, and diarrhea, [12] contraindicated for pregnancy and breast feeding [12] Buckthorn bark and berry alder buckthorn Rhamnus frangula

  3. Anti-ulcer agents - Wikipedia

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    Anti-ulcer agents are medications or supplements used to cure the damage of mucosal layer on organs to prevent the damage from further extending to deeper regions to cause complications. An anti-ulcer medication for treating mouth ulcer is triamcinolone, a corticosteroid. Other anti-ulcer supplements include vitamin B2 and vitamin B12.

  4. Peptic ulcer disease - Wikipedia

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    Peptic ulcer disease is when the inner part of the stomach's gastric mucosa (lining of the stomach), the first part of the small intestine, or sometimes the lower esophagus, gets damaged. An ulcer in the stomach is called a gastric ulcer, while one in the first part of the intestines is a duodenal ulcer. [1]

  5. Ulcerative colitis - Wikipedia

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    People with ulcerative colitis usually present with diarrhea mixed with blood, [12] of gradual onset that persists for an extended period of time (weeks). It is estimated that 90% of people experience rectal bleeding (of varying severity), 90% experience watery or loose stools with increased stool frequency (diarrhea), and 75-90% of people ...

  6. Sucralfate - Wikipedia

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    Sucralfate, sold under various brand names, is a medication used to treat stomach ulcers, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), radiation proctitis, and stomach inflammation and to prevent stress ulcers. [3] [4] [5] Its usefulness in people infected by H. pylori is limited. [3]

  7. Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori

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    This is a timeline of the events relating to the discovery that peptic ulcer disease and some cancers are caused by H. pylori. In 2005, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery that peptic ulcer disease (PUD) was primarily caused by Helicobacter pylori , a bacterium with affinity ...

  8. Buruli ulcer - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 1 in 5 people with Buruli ulcer experience a temporary worsening of symptoms 3 to 12 weeks after they begin taking antibiotics. [28] This syndrome, called a paradoxical reaction, is more common in those with larger ulcers and ulcers on the trunk, and occurs more frequently in adults than in children. [28]

  9. Gastric outlet obstruction - Wikipedia

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    Peptic ulcer disease; Infections, such as tuberculosis; and infiltrative diseases, such as amyloidosis. A rare cause of gastric outlet obstruction is blockage with a gallstone, also termed "Bouveret syndrome" or "Bouveret's syndrome". In children, congenital pyloric stenosis / congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis may be a cause.