GARLIC

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From: "Mark Hovila" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 1:36 AM
Subject: H. pylori, gastritis

> My daughter (age 4) has been complaining of stomach pains for about a
month.
> My wife took her in to a doc, who did a blood test, and it came back that
> she has an abnormally high amount of H. pylori (helicobacter pylori)
> bacteria (or more precisely, an abnormally high number of antibodies to
the
> bacteria).  I have heard about this bacteria as being a cause of ulcers.
> The doc is calling this "gastritis," and naturally, is recommending a
bunch
> of drugs, which we are not going to give her.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Mark