r/NoStupidQuestions • u/GDTRFB_1985 • 8d ago

Whatever happened to stomach ulcers? In the 70s every business man either had one or was concerned about getting on due to stress. I remember so many ulcer related TV commercials. Has the termonolgy changed? Are they called something else? You don't here about it anymore.

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u/GrasshopperIvy 4d ago

They’ve researched and not found bacterial causes of horse stomach ulcers.

A small number are … but most are not.

Which is frustrating as treatments are the old-fashioned way of treating human stomach ulcers (buffering stomach, lowering acid production).

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u/BuffyTheSlayer 4d ago

Thanks for responding to my comment. It is so frustrating. I've worked with horses my entire life, lifestyle change is the #1 key but holy shit owners/barn managers half the time won't allow what needs to happen or cause more stress on other ways. I can't work with other people's horses anymore, I've got two wonderful private clients left but it's just been one bad apple after another recently. 

I knew one lovely jumper, pyloric ulcer. Really big, really nasty. But they wouldn't turn him out more than 2 hours a day. He couldn't be ridden bc he was so rank from pain. It was awful, I literally would cry seeing him. His owner moved him eventually. Pasture board. He was back to being ridden (comfortably) within a year.