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No it won't cause one, but it will irritate it and not help you.

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Simply put, yes. Though it should be noted that regardless of food in the stomach or not, alcohol destroys protective prostaglandins that protect the gastric mucosal lining from acid increasing the risk of erosive gastritis and ulceration.

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No it won't cause one, but it will irritate it and not help you.

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Q: Is it true that alcohol consumption on an empty stomach can cause a peptic ulcer or bleeding ulcer?
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What causes sores or holes that form in the lining of the stomach causing pain and bleeding?

Peptic ulcers


Pathophysiology of peptic ulcer disease?

Cause of peptic ulcer is the increased acidity in the stomach. Hydrochloric acid destroys a stomach wall and forms an ulcer. If the blood vessels are destroying in the stomach wall the bleeding are forming.


How does alcohol cause peptic ulcers?

alcohol contains chemicals which is similar to the gastric acid that our pancreas produce in order to emulsify the food that we eat. In short alcohol can also contribute or trigger to cause gastric wounds in the lining of your stomach causing peptic ulcers.


Can peptic ulcer cause anemia?

A peptic ulcer is damage to the lining of the stomach (the cells). This damage causes bleeding and so your body loses blood. This is often slow and results in anaemia. (It can sometimes occur much quickly in which case it can cause black, tarry stools or vomiting of blood).


Sore or lesion of the mucous membrane in the stomach or duodenum?

Peptic ulcer


How does disease affect tissues in your stomach?

The most typical disease of the stomach is the peptic ulcer. This affects the tissues of the stomach by eating them away. The stomach is capable of digesting itself, if the protective mucous barrier fails. This can then result in heavy bleeding and death. Ulcers are dangerous.


What lesion can stomach acid caused?

Stomach ulcers, peptic ulcers, gastritis.


A peptic ulcer resides in the?

A peptic ulcer is an ulcer of the stomach. Current research has discovered that the most common cause is H. pylori, a bacteria that resides in the stomach.


What are the effects of castor oil on peptic ulcers?

Peptic ulcers occur when stomach acid eats a small hole in the lining of the stomach. Several drops of castor oil in warm milk can aid in soothing the pain of peptic ulcers.


Can a part of the stomach be removed to treat peptic ulcers?

yes


How are H. pylori peptic ulcers treated?

H. pylori peptic ulcers are treated with drugs to kill the bacteria, drugs to reduce stomach acid, and drugs to protect the lining of the stomach.


Where in the body does peptic ulcer disease occur?

Peptic ulcer occur in stomach and duodenum. It is also occur at times in Meckel's diverticulum.