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Originally Posted by buglebe

They have found that many ulcers are caused by a bacteria that responds to antibiotics.

buglebe that bacteria is called H.Pylori. Ive had it I was diagnosed with it last year I had an awful burning in my stomach,I was nauseated, bloated awful and always felt hungry(like I hadnt had anything to eat in a week) so they tested my blood and thats what it was. they will put you on 2 antibiotics and a medicine like prevacid(or they have what they call a prevpak) and you take those 2-3x a day for 2 weeks. and of course it can come back but they will have to take a stool sample the second time as the blood test will become inconclusive for some reason. I am now on prevacid the rest of my life because I had acid reflux(before I knew I had H. Pylori) and it caused an ulcer.patchouli your mom most likely had the H pylori bacteria. the OP whos husband has problems might want to look up H. Pylori as it can do some severe damage and from what Ive read in some places could cause certain types of cancers. so hope that helps but what others said about it maybe being a heart attack that is also possible and there is also a type of acidreflux that occurs in diabetics(called Diabetic Gastroparesis) that can cause those symptoms also so maybe have him checked for that as well.