GARLIC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Hovila" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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