Treatment of uninvestigated dyspepsia is either to test for and eradicate Helicobacter pylori or to use empirical treatment with a PPI for one month.
A systematic overview (meta-analysis) of outcome measures in Helicobacter pylori gastritis trials and functional dyspepsia.
Other risk factors that have been suggested include being blood group A, and having the bacteria Helicobacter pylori in the stomach.
Around half the population carry the bacterium Helicobacter pylori which causes most cases.
Cinnamon oil can stop the growth of Helicobacter pylori.
