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Counterpoint: I was diagnosed with a duodenal ulcer at 12. It was from stress.

My dad has a large amount of scar tissue in his stomach from repeated ulcers. They magically went away when the doc lit a cigarette and told him they were gonna remove part of his stomach if it happened again. Never had an ulcer after that. Instead he would break out in hives when his stress level rose.

[istultus]

How is that a counterpoint? You're just presenting a rare case, like Zollinger-Ellison, or some genetic or physiologic Vagal over-stimulation. 80%+ of ulcers are caused by H. Pylori infection. Next largest group is misuse of NSAIDS (also the most common causes for pediatric ulcers). Why would a doctor not first test and treat the common things, rather than do an invasive procedure?

[cocok]

> Why would a doctor not first test and treat the common things, rather than do an invasive procedure?

For the money he/she would get for doing the invasive procedure. This happens even in developed countries.

[pfannkuchen]

Like you tested negative for h pylori? How do you know it was from stress?