Guest guest Posted September 24, 2007 Report Share Posted September 24, 2007 Dear Except in those of us unlucky enough to have insufficient gastric acid production. R [infections] Re: ipes! yo! blimey! good morning, Vietnam! hold the phone! wait! hang on! > > Remember that bacteria are manufacturing some pretty nasty and very > industrial types of agents and bleach is often mild in comparison. Like what? I haven't heard of this. Certainly some can produce acids, but very weak and/or dilute acids are still called acids. Basically anything south of pH 7 can be termed acidic, but even a humble can of Coke has a pH around 2.5, close to that of the stomach. So an "acid" can be up to 10,000 times milder than cola.> There's also no drama for bacteria to live in stomach acid and go > thru like there's nothing there. There environemnts over eons have > made some species quite hardy.> tonyI'm not certain about this, but my impression from a class on gut pathogens was that most taxa experienced a big die-off in the stomach... whether 90% or 99.99%, I don't know. Anyway, the pH of the stomach is supposed to be one reason no one believed H pylori could really live in the stomach. And I haven't heard of any other species infecting the stomach. Some of those that pass thru the stomach may be shshielded inside food particles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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