6. Stay on schedule. Try going to sleep at the same time every night, as well as waking up at the same time every morning. This trains your body to want to go to bed when it's time for you to go to bed, helping you get to sleep easier.
Prostaglandins provide a protective barrier that prevent the stomach from digesting itself. If there is a break in the protective barrier, mucosal injury occurs. Injury worsen by histamine release and vagal nerve stimulation. Hydrochloric acid diffuse back into the mucosa and injure small vessels. This causes edema, hemorrhage, and erosion of the stomach's lining.
The stomach lining is covered by a protective layer of mucus. Glands in the stomach produce mucus, hydrochloric acid and an inactive enzyme called pepsinogen. In the stomach cavity, the hydrochloric acid changes the pepsinogen into an active digestive enzyme called pepsin. This enzyme digests proteins. The mucus layer acts as a barrier which prevents the stomach lining from being attacked by pepsin and acid. If the mucus layer in the stomach is thinned or removed, which may happen during an infection by a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori, pepsin and acid may be able to attack the stomach lining. The infection can cause inflammation (gastritis) and sores called ulcers.