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In the beginning, when you said there was a three-year-old and the mom was into essential oils, I knew immediately that it was wintergreen poisoning. People don't know that wintergreen (as in the flavor) is essentially aspirin, and pure wintergreen oil (methyl salicylate, really) doesn't taste nearly as strong as you would expect. In fact, it doesn't taste much more wintergreeny than a wintergreen gumdrop does, even fully concentrated. This makes it extra dangerous, since it never tastes like too much. It's totally different than menthol (aka peppermint oil, basically) which tastes like concentrated minty ice with fire and burning. I feel like this should be something we teach people. And, yes, methyl salicylate is (a/the) flavoring that wintergreen candies and gum use (there are others, but the original is still fairly common). They're flavored with aspirin. It doesn't take much to give you the flavor, but adding more doesn't increase the flavor anything like what you'd expect, which is a big part of the danger. You can't tell how much you've gotten by taste, and the pure flavor doesn't taste particularly bad by itself, which is a bad combo when kids get into it.
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ER doc here. I can attest that stomachache cases because of indigestion/heartburn are some of the most routine (non-emergency) complaints we get at the ER, but stomach ulcers are no joke; not only do they make stomachaches a common daily occurrence, but they run the risk of getting bacterial infections (specifically, Helicobacter pylori infections, which Dr. Bernard alluded to earlier in the video).
H. pylori infections not only aggravate the pain caused by existing stomach ulcers, but if left untreated, can worsen it, making the inflammation of the stomach wall even worse, and in certain cases, result in a cancerous tumor growing in the stomach.
The one proven treatment for such an infection is antibiotics (the specific course usually takes around 6 weeks to complete). As the case with JT's parents show, some people might not be aware of that fact and try to pin the blame on the ulcer entirely. Prematurely stopping the antibiotics while it hasn't entirely run it's course runs the risk of the bacteria not only surviving, but also developing antibiotic resistance against future treatment courses.
Hot, spicy and sour foods can aggravate existing ulcers, and so does coffee (and to a lesser extent, tea). Skipping meals or erratic mealtimes are triggering factors for heartburn attacks.
Overall, another excellent video by Dr. Bernard. And as always, take care, and be well.
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