The theory, however, has been bolstered by further findings of C. pylori in many gastritis and ulcer patients.

Subsequent research showed that ulcer patients did not clearly suffer from more stressful events in their lives than others without ulcers.

Early in this century, ulcer patients were put to bed, often in a hospital, and on a diet of bland food.

He had become tense and angry, the worst possible combination for an ulcer patient, especially at meal time.

For the first 24 days, an ulcer patient would take two 20-milligram capsules of omeprazole at one time each day.

Between 1960 and 1970, he treated over 10,000 ulcer patients in Athens with antibiotics.

Duodenal ulcer patients were asked to stop any antisecretory treatment two weeks before the secretory studies.

Pepsin measurements were not performed in two of the 10 duodenal ulcer patients after treatment.

Therefore, it is not recommended for ulcer patients to drink too much coffee.

Between 10 and 30 percent of ulcer patients never carry the bacteria.