C for Yourself Newsletter Sat, 17 Jun 2006

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Peptic Ulcers & Vitamin C

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Saturday, June 17, 2006

 

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Peptic Ulcers & Vitamin C

 

My wife has had a peptic ulcer for years. She had many treatments for

it and the accompanying pain when she lived in Ukraine. When she moved

here to the United States, her doctor had her tested for the presence of

the bacterium called Helicobacter Pylori, or H. Pylori, which has been

shown to be linked to peptic ulcers. Sure enough she tested positive.

 

Of course, I wanted her to take large amounts of vitamin C since it

only made good sense to me that a bacterial infection should respond to

high-dose C. She has been very skeptical of vitamin C as I recommend it

and declined. The doctor prescribed a standard antibiotic regimen that

consisted of cards of pills in a box half the size of a shoebox! She was

to take a card (about eight pills, not the card!) a day for two weeks.

Not a friend of pills, this didn’t last through the first morning.

She agreed to try the C.

 

I mixed sodium ascorbate powder in a small water bottle for her to sip

on during the day. Over the first week, I upped the amount of C from

about 3 or 4 grams to 10. She has been taking 10 grams a day for about a

month WITH NO PAIN WHATSOEVER! The vitamin C has eliminated the

symptoms. Has it cured her ulcer? I don’t know, but I would expect

that it

has or is in the process of doing so.

 

I refer you to an article at Medical News Today “Vitamin C may

protect against ulcer-causing bacteriaâ€,

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=4038,

that discusses a study that was published in the August 1, 2003 issue

of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. The study looked at

data and blood samples from 7,000 adults and found that “the lower

the level of vitamin C in the blood the more likely a person will become

infected by Helicobacter pyloriâ€.

 

From this information the researchers could make no conclusions of

whether the infection lowers the level of vitamin C or if those with the

higher levels were protected against the infection. From my research into

vitamin C, my opinion would be that high levels would often prevent the

infection, that if infected, vitamin C levels would be lowered as your

body tried to mount a cure and, if adequate quantities are available,

vitamin C will help your body cure this infection as it will most all

others.

 

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