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peptic-ulcers
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+---
+title: What causes stomach ulcers
+kind: problem
+status: solved
+tier: V3
+year: 1910
+statement: Are peptic ulcers caused by stress and acid, or by an infection?
+space: chronic-disease
+---
+The consensus that no bacteria could survive stomach acid was wrong. Marshall drank a culture of H. pylori to prove it caused gastritis. Ulcers became curable with antibiotics, and the pair won the 2005 Nobel Prize.
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+*Evidence tier V3 is the import default for a result the curation records as settled in the published record. No formal proof or certificate is attached to this page yet.*
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+Closed 1982, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren identify Helicobacter pylori.
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+## Sources
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+- [Wikipedia: Helicobacter pylori](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicobacter_pylori)
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+[[Space:chronic-disease|Chronic disease]] · [[Continent:medicine|Medicine]]
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The consensus that no bacteria could survive stomach acid was wrong. Marshall drank a culture of H. pylori to prove it caused gastritis. Ulcers became curable with antibiotics, and the pair won the 2005 Nobel Prize.
Evidence tier V3 is the import default for a result the curation records as settled in the published record. No formal proof or certificate is attached to this page yet.
Closed 1982, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren identify Helicobacter pylori.