Medicine borrows much of its vocabulary from Latin and ancient Greek. For example, the word "gastric" refers to the stomach. The word "peptic" refers to the digestive system. As such, these two terms ...

Think stomach ulcers always cause sharp abdominal pain? Not necessarily. Many ulcers go undetected, manifesting through ...

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IT is not uncommon to encounter a middle-aged patient who for a number of years has suffered from ulcer and who, weary of his recurrent trials, seeks relief in surgery. Physicians are now less ...

Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006;3(2):80-89. Despite their well-accepted anti-inflammatory and analgesic benefits, NSAID use is probably the most common cause of gastrointestinal mucosal ...

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Researchers have discovered that turmeric polysaccharides can alleviate gastric ulcers by protecting the mucus lining of stomach and inhibiting the growth of an ulcer-causing bacterium 1. These ...

Peptic ulcers are sores within the lining of the stomach, upper region of the small intestine (duodenum), or sometimes the esophagus. Peptic ulcers are most commonly caused by infection with the ...

THERE is general agreement that the management of a gastric ulcer is a more exacting task than that of a duodenal ulcer because of the implications of carcinoma masquerading as an innocent gastric ...

Findings from a new, multinational, randomized, controlled trial suggest that histamine receptor 2 antagonists and PPIs are equal in their ability to control peptic ulcer rebleeding. However, several ...

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At least one third to one half of ulcer perforations are associated with NSAIDs. [7] Patients are most commonly treated by patch closure of the perforation and postoperative adjustment of medications.