Stomach Issues for Decades - Need Help For Friend
Symptoms for years include stomach ulcers, acid reflux and can't keep food down.
Asking help for a friend who was in the military in the early 80's and was poisoned by water containing fuel and feces.
Sydney
10/28/2024
BPC157 is one of the most effective ways to cure any stomach ulcers, But you/he need to work on Mind to keep it healthy.
Hi Gary,
The two main causes of stomach ulcers are the bacteria Heliobacter Pylori (H. Pylori) overgrowth and NSAIDS such as aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen etc.
If your friend is using NSAIDS, he will have to stop and possibly use them topically to alleviate localized pain.
For the H. Pylori, your friend has two choices. The first and simplest choice is he can have his doctor put him on an antibiotic regimen that will eradicate the H. Pylori bacteria and very likely resolve his ulcers. After going through the antibiotic regimen for H. Pylori, he should go on a regimen of a high potency probiotic( 100 billion or more CFU) + plus higher dose prebiotic such as inulin and or FOS to try and rebalance the gut microbiome toward a significantly more healthful balance of gut bacteria.
The second choice is he can try natural supplements to try and fight the H. Pylori. There are several supplements that can help such as mastic gum taken at label recommended dosing. Here is a typical product :
https://www.amazon.com/Horbaach-Mastic-1000mg-Capsules-Non-GMO/dp/B07KM3JBMC/r
Grapefruit seed extract (GSE), a liquid concentrate which has to be diluted and drink at least one glass daily per label instructions. Here is a typical product :
https://www.amazon.com/Nutribiotic-Liquid-Concentrate-Fluid-Ounce/dp/B0002JHZO8/
High potency probiotics and synbiotics at 50 billion CFU or greater per day. Here is a link to typical probiotic :
https://www.amazon.com/Probiotics-probiotics-Probiotic-Supplement-Whole-Body/dp/B0C748WVZF/
Although synbiotics contain some form of prebiotic, I generally find the amount of prebiotic in them to be too small to be optimally effective and suggest taking a prebiotic like Inulin and or FOS in a larger dose than what is contained in synbiotics to help feed health promoting gut bacteria while not feeding pathogenic bacteria such as H. Pylori. Here is a link to a typical product that contains both FOS and Inulin :
https://www.amazon.com/Jerusalem-Artichoke-Prebiotic-Intestinal-Smoothie/dp/B074WKCPS4
Another beneficial supplement is garlic extract taken at the label recommended dose. Here is a typical product :
https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Bounty-Extract-Release-Softgels/dp/B0061GLLBE/
Yet another useful supplement is Berberine which helps fight H. Pylori while offering anti inflammatory effects to help calm the stomach and helps to promote more healthful gut bacteria. Berberine is usually taken at 1500 mg/day in three divided doses of 500 mg each. One after breakfast, one after lunch and one after dinner. Here is a typical 500 mg product :
https://www.amazon.com/Berberine-Capsules-Supplement-by-Carlyle/dp/B0CJFZNRGX
Another potent H. Pylori fighter is oregano oil available in soft gels such as these taken at label dosing directions :
https://www.amazon.com/NOW-Oregano-Oil-90-Softgels/dp/B0013OXFBI
Your friend may have other health issues, but treating the ulcers first, since they are already known to exist and are definitely contributing to his poor health, should be the first consideration. I am not a doctor and your friend will have to get his doctor's approval and supervision in order to use any of the remedies mentioned above.
On a related note, if the doctor determines that your friend also has another bacterial infection called Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), which can also cause severe gastrointestinal problems he may be eligible for a fecal microbiome transplantation (FMT), where they transplant the feces from a very healthy donor into your friends gut to try and rebalance his gut microbiome toward a significantly more healthful gut microbiome, which if he is eligible for FMT, may offer the most beneficial option for your friend. FMT has shown itself to be very useful for promoting the overall health of the transplant recipient, unfortunately, in the US it is only approved for C. diff.
Good luck to your friend going forward and please keep us posted on his progress!
Art
Idaho
10/31/2024
CDS can rid of any and all infections.
https://theuniversalantidote.com/
BPC157 - I second that. After infections are gone, this is a powerful gut healing peptide.
Super Gut by Dr Davis has a recipe for rebuilding gut microbiome using specific probiotic strains cultured in milk.
