Re: Home remedies.
The truth is, I'm a lung doctor, and its been a while since I dealt with primary care for acid problems.
As I remember, there is a blood test for H. pylori (a bacteria that causes ulcers). The test only indicates exposure (which is very common, but then again, so are ulcers). A check for anemia would also be standard.
Triple therapy (two weeks of a proton pump inhibitor and two antibiotics - I think Biaxin was one) was extremely effective in curing the ulcers. If symptoms persisted after treatment, or if the patient was high risk before treatment (anemic, complaining of bloody or tarry stool) then an endoscopy (camera in the stomach) is the next step.
Again, I'm not a GI expert, but this was the standard about 5 years ago when I last dealt with this stuff.
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