Myth
Ulcers are only stress and spice.
Reality
H. pylori and NSAIDs rewrote that textbook. Stress can still worsen symptoms.
The acid-and-stress monopoly died in Perth and in Stockholm. Folklore is slower to die in advertising.
Myths are not an ulcer prescription.
Myths vs evidence
Myth
If you are infected you will get stomach cancer.
Reality
Risk rises at population scale. Most infected people never develop cancer.
Myth
Everyone in Korea still has it.
Reality
Prevalence was high and is falling. A person needs a test, not a stereotype.
Myth
Yogurt erases the need for medical care.
Reality
Food is not a validated eradication regimen. Bleeding ulcers are emergencies.
Myth
Marshall's drink means you should try isolates at home.
Reality
It is a 1984 historical anecdote. This atlas will not provide culture or ingestion methods.
Myth
A positive test is a prescription on this page.
Reality
Educational only. Treatment, if any, is a licensed clinician's combination — not listed here as a recipe.
Marshall and Warren's 2005 Nobel rewrote the ulcer textbook. Korea's historically high prevalence is epidemiology, not a home-culture project.
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