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Health Encyclopedia: Milk Alkali Syndrome

Prevention

Milk-alkali syndrome is now very uncommon because non-antacid treatments for indigestion, gastric ulcers, and peptic ulcer disease have replaced most excessive antacid use.

If you do use large quantities of antacids, don't drink large amounts of milk, and tell your doctor about your digestive problems.


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Health Guide

Milk-alkali syndrome
...bought at the supermarket. In the past, milk-alkali syndrome was often a side effect of treating peptic ulcer disease. It is rarely seen today, because of newer, better medications available for... Read more »
Bloody or tarry stools
...Hematochezia; Melena; Stools - black or tarry Prevention Eat vegetables and foods rich in natural fiber and low in saturated fat. These may reduce constipation, hemorrhoids,... Read more »
Iron deficiency anemia
...component of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying pigment in the blood. Iron is normally obtained through the food in your diet and by recycling iron from old red blood cells. Without it, the blood... Read more »
Peptic Ulcers: Risk Factors
...The bacteria also may be passed in stools. Since H. pylori can live in water, but not apparently in food, then the bacteria may also be spread by sewage-contaminated water.Who is at Risk for... Read more »
Gastrin
...peptic ulcer disease. Gastrin is a hormone produced by specialized cells in the stomach. When there is food in the stomach, gastrin is secreted into the blood. Gastrin in the bloodstream... Read more »

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