At the time of diagnosis, 1819 (94.5%) patients had typical ulcer symptoms and 1513 patients (78.7%) experienced symptoms when fasted.

But they can help with ulcer symptoms, and in some cases they may help small ulcers heal.

"We offer antibiotic treatment to everyone who walks in with ulcer symptoms," said Dr. Marshall.

Learn more about Peptic ulcer symptoms and treatments.

However, studies about the impact of specific foods and drinks on Hunner's ulcer symptoms are limited.

It is unclear, however, if these pharmacologic differences lead to distinctions in the clinical efficacy of healing gastric ulcers and controlling ulcer symptoms.

Yellow dock can irritate the lining of the stomach and intestine, making ulcer symptoms worse.

One middle-aged woman underwent multiple endoscopic examinations of her stomach by several different gastroenterologists whom she consulted for intractable ulcer symptoms.

Some doctors prefer to test for H. pylori infection in everyone who has common ulcer symptoms.

But many people who have this surgery continue to have ulcer symptoms even though they no longer have an ulcer.