The Doctor Who Drank Infectious Broth, Gave Himself an Ulcer, and Solved a Medical Mystery; The medical elite thought they knew what caused ulcers and stomach cancer. But they were wrong — and didn't want to hear otherwise.

Discover Magazine ^ | April 8, 2022 | Pamela Weintraub

[DoodleBob]

This is an old but relevant story, about how "experts" and "settled science" were in reality a front mixing arrogance and medicinal cash flow while innocent people died.

[DoodleBob]

If you could, please correct the article date to April 8, 2010. Thank you.

[Publius]

My doctor said of Barry Marshall, “You can hear them clank together when he walks down the hall.”

[LongWayHome]

A brilliant, courageous doctor.

[bgill]

Ah, The Lancet. They sure inserted a foot with their covid fail.

[spacejunkie2001]

and the cause of the overrun of h. pylori is LOW STOMACH ACID. When the acid is low, which is in most of us; in fact there really is no such thing as HIGH stomach acid, bad bacteria can flourish. When this happens, the bad bacteria causes bloat which opens the sphincter at the top of the stomach, allowing acid to come into the esophagus making people believe they have high stomach acid.

Big pharma is as wicked as it gets as the biggest selling drug annually is antacids.

It is a good idea, if you do not have an ulcer (yet) to supplement with HCl to replace stomach acid. This will help break down your food and RE nourish you (because your nutrients can then breakdown and absorb)

[Organic Panic]

And the Sun revolves around the Earth. Experts say...

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[metmom]

I remember that incident.

The medical community is stuck in concrete.

They do NOT want to hear anything that goes against the narrative.

They did it as far back as Semmelweis when all he asked them to do was wash their hands.

And nothing has changed in hundreds of years.

[Freee-dame]

Back in the 80s and 90s I listened to doctor Gabe Mirkin on the radio. He spoke often about the fact that stomach ulcers were caused by a bacteria, Helicobacter, and that the cure was antibiotics, sometimes taken for a long time. He was like a voice crying in the wilderness and treated many patients who came to him as a last resort.

He said that he read a huge number of medical Journals every day.

[DoodleBob]

FYI

One stereotype of homeschoolers was that we are a bunch of right wing business-lovers.

I saw more homeopathic, natural food, borderline hippie/back-to-earth sentiments in homeschoolers than otherwise. Supporting capitalism doesn't mean supporting corporatism.

[metmom]

I agree.

I noticed that, too.

Lots of free spirits amongst homeschoolers.

[KC Burke]

As a recent patient for Stage 3 Stomach Cancer, I might chime in.

I had no ulcer symptoms. While stomach cancer is less frequently found in the west than is colon cancer there are still about 27,000 cases a year as I understand it. It was a major cause of elderly cancer death in the early 20th century in the west but has declined at a rate of 1.5% per year the last decade. Smoked and cured meats are as much a factor as h. pylori in the minds of most researchers although a solid causal relationship is not yet found.

I was not a big antacid user and had no symptoms until I began experiencing some anemia which I did not get diagnosed as early as I should have — I thought it was just age and not enough cardio. Tell your doctor everything you experience and don’t think you know it all. This tumor was probably inside and growing for over ten years.

Gastric cancer can easily spread to the abdominal cavity and easily jump over to the LIVER, the PANCREAS, the spleen and 25 +/- lymph nodes in the abdomen.

Four chemical cocktail of infusion chemo, followed by full stomach and related lymph node removals, followed by another course of chemo leaves me alive and tumor free, for now but few are that fortunate. Side effects with such strong chemo are extensive and various but I am alive and active in my 70s.

[logi_cal869]

I devote most of a chapter to this story and use it relentlesly to denigrate the ‘status quo’ (aka ‘the science is settled’).

Great story, but few can wrap their head around it and its ramifications.

Even fewer know the outcome almost 20 years later.

Worse, I literally met a 20-something kid when I was doing my insurance insanity segue. He said he’d just come from the hospital. He looked ashen and was doubled over in pain. He told me his symptoms: Absent something more serious, it had all the hallmarks of a bad ulcer. Know what the ER gave him?

Prilosec. smh

[SecondAmendment]

This is THE DOCTOR WHO :

[posterchild]

Similarly the standard treatment for diverticulitis is an aerobic and an anaerobic antibiotic. I used to get hit 6 or 7 times per year.

I eventually started rubbing 2 brain cells together and figured out I should create a war in my large intestine and chase the bad bacteria away with some good bacteria.

I started eating yoghurt (with live and active cultures) several times per week. I also drink Kefir now that it is commonly available. The only time in the past 10 years I’ve had a problem has been when traveling and unable to keep up a healthy diet. (maybe 3 times in 10 years)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

My First Sergeant at Army Basic Training:

“I don’t HAVE ulcers, I GIVE ulcers!”

[MayflowerMadam]

Ping

[one guy in new jersey]

Would say something clever but frankly can’t stop chuckling at this.

Thanks for shutting me up. Finally.

[TangoLimaSierra]

Why didn’t he just get in the Tardis and go back to before he drank it?