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â¢ Accidental poisoning is one of the leading causes of GI ulcer disease. This can be from plants (for example, toxic mushrooms, castor beans, or sago palm), pesticide or rodenticide toxicity, chemical poisoning (often with ethylene glycol or phenol), or heavy metal poisoning involving zinc, iron, or arsenic.
In the early 1980s, before this bacterium was discovered, many blamed spicy food, acid, stress, alcohol, smoking and lifestyle as the major cause of peptic ulcers. But in 1982 scientists discovered the H. pylori bacterium and identified it as the culprit of most stomach ulcers. You can get H. pylori from food, water or utensils.