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This guy was a true unsung hero of the medical world and he really embodied the hacker spirit. Thank you for your contributions.
by quantumwoke 2y ago
This guy was a true unsung hero of the medical world and he really embodied the hacker spirit. Thank you for your contributions.
- rvnx 2y agoCan help to fix the: "this is caused by stress", when actually you needed antibiotics that already exists and were known at the time :|
- cpncrunch 2y agoThats a bit of a myth though. Stress is still known to be a factor in causing ulcers. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/cpd/2020/00000026/00000025/art00006 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/cpd/2020/00000026...
- cue_the_strings 2y agoI had gastritis (duodenitis, in fact) a couple of years back, and the first thing they did was test me for H. pylori. I didn't have it. Doctor told me a vast majority of people with such issues do. After a gastroscopy, they concluded that it was just stress and nothing else, but inflamation wouldn't heal on its own, so I got pantoprazole (PPI) and stopped ingesting potentially irritating food (caffeine, alcohol, spicy food). I also shortly changed jobs, which alleviated the stress. Mind you, I never had heartburn, just pain. My condition didn't improve for a while after that, until I stopped drinking carbonated water (the only carbonated beverage I consumed), that fixed it in less than a month. After that, I gradually weaned myself off of pantoprazol in 6 months. There literally was no other probable cause except for stress (I was stressed, wholly self-induced), and after I switched industries and no longer felt that I'm wasting my time working for peanuts, the PPIs helped cure the symptoms.
- raincom 2y agoWow, carbonated water is not good overall.
- cue_the_strings 2y agoYeah, and I didn't drink too much of it either; like 1 or 2 glasses a day, often 0, probably 1 on average.
- phkahler 2y agoWhat is a bit of a myth? Sounds like stress is a factor but the bacteria is a direct cause in 90 percent of cases. The myth was that stress is "the cause".
- cpncrunch 2y ago50% of people are infected with H.Pylori, so clearly the bacteria isn't a cause on its own. The myth is more that "stress doesn't cause ulcers", which many people now believe.
- hooverd 2y agowhat stress exactly? will a bad breakup cause ulcers? will hitting the gym cause ulcers?
- cpncrunch 2y agoBurns and other life threatening conditions are the main cause. Between 60 and 100% of patients entering the ICU have stress ulcers. Chronic workplace stress, job frustration and family problems are also associated with ulcer development. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/cmm/2008/00000008/00000004/art00003 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/cmm/2008/00000008...
- EdwardCoffin 2y agoA perhaps easier to understand explanation of this is this part of a Robert Sapolsky talk on stress, prepositioned to the bit where he talks about the interaction of stress with the bacteria [1]. The summary is that the body is good at repairing the damage the bacteria do, unless the person is under constant stress which inhibits the repair work. [1] https://youtu.be/D9H9qTdserM?si=bLeu9PmUgcCEAT41&t=1759 https://youtu.be/D9H9qTdserM?si=bLeu9PmUgcCEAT41&t=1759
- cpncrunch 2y agoStress itself damages the stomach and gut, reducing mucous barrier, as per the Arunabha review.
- geokon 2y agoI think getting a Nobel Prize is as sung as it gets
- quantumwoke 2y agoBarry Marshall has taken most of the credit away from Robin since the prize was awarded.