A gruesome simulation demonstrates how a British man had to undergo surgery after living with a plastic fork in his stomach for 10 years. Whether as a naïve child, a dumb teenager or a drunken fool, I ...
The organism Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is known to be the causative factor in many ulcers occurring in, or just out-side, the stomach. It has also been associated with an increased risk of ...
Stomach acid, if given the opportunity, would happily digest our own tissues. It’s released by parietal cells that are tucked within folds along the tunica mucosa lining of the stomach. When it gets ...