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What is the difference between a gastric and duodenal ulcer?
A peptic ulcer is erosion in the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine, an area called the duodenum. If the peptic ulcer is located in the stomach it is called a gastric ulcer.
Peptic Ulcers: How to Relieve the Pain?
Peptic ulcers are basically open sores that develop in the stomach, though they can occur in the esophagus and in parts of the small intestine as well. The most common symptom of a peptic ulcer is simple stomach pain, which is why it takes so many people a long time to finally visit the doctor and find out they have an ulcer. In many cases, peptic ulcers can be relieved using antibiotics. However, some peptic ulcers different medications that help to block and diminish acid in the stomach, allowing the area time to heal. While peptic ulcers can be treated, they can be uncomfortable, even during the course of treatment. Luckily there are some things you can do on your own to help relieve the pain and discomfort.Don't SmokeEven smoking once in a while can damage the protective lining of the stomach. If you already have an ulcer, smoking any type of tobacco product could cause pain and discomfort, though the onset may not be immediate, making it hard to identify smoking as the trigger. Smoke not only damages the lining of your stomach, it also increases acid production, which can make a peptic ulcer worse. Regular smoking is one of the most common ways peptic ulcers are aggravated.Limit Your Alcohol IntakeLike smoking, alcohol can irritate the stomach and create more acid production. Regularly drinking alcohol can also irritate and damage the lining of the intestines. If you're going to drink, don't have more than a glass of wine, beer or one mixed drink, and always eat when you are drinking. Eating when you drink will help to diminish the effects alcohol could potentially have on a peptic ulcer, though it will not fully counteract them.Avoid Pain RelieversIf you're taking prescription pain relievers because of an injury or physical condition, they could make a peptic ulcer worse, and some prescription medications designed to relieve moderate to severe pain may actually cause ulcers. Talk with your doctor about switching to acetaminophen if you absolutely must take a pain reliever it's the least likely to irritate a peptic ulcer and cause noticeable pain or discomfort.
State the action of NSAIDS in peptic ulcer?
Prostaglandin (PGE2) and prostacyclin (PGI2) are cytoprotective of the GI mucus membrane. They decrease the acid secretion, promotes the secretion of protective mucus, and enhance mucosal blood flow. However, arachidonic acid, a membrane lipid requires cyclooxygenases (COX1) to synthesize prostaglandins, while NSAIDS inhibit the cyclooxygenases. In other words, NSAIDS inhibit COX1, which blocks the synthesis of prostaglandins, which disallows the decrease of acid secretion, decrease the secretion of protective mucus, and decrease mucosal blood flow, therefore, causing peptic ulcer, which is an imbalance in acid secretion and mucus protectant.
Is it accectable to drink soft drinks while pregnant?
Soft drinks leach the calcium from you bones. If you are pregnant, I suggest you use them more as a treat than an everyday thing.
What are the first aid of stomach ulcer?
If it's a bleeding ulcer, put the patient on IV Ringer's and transport ASAP. Patient is NPO for this. In the field far from help, IV RInger's is good if you can. You can also make a decision about administering antacids PO in order to reduce further damage to the ulcer. Additionally, if you expect to not complete a rescue sooner, you can commence a course of acid secretion inhibitors (proton pump inhibitors, etc.) in order to increase pH in the stomach. As the vomiting or diarrhea that accompany peptic ulcers can dehydrate your patient, hydration is always a consideration. This can be offset by the IV Ringer's but may also require IV or SQ of normal saline. Again -- this isn't a good idea if you're going to reach the hospital in minutes. While recent treatment of peptic ulcers has included a cocktail of antibiotics that attack a species of the genus Helicobacter, this treatment is outside the realm of first aid. Note that in the field, primary diagnostic indices for peptic ulcer are history and the patient's experience, vomiting or excreting blood. Blood loss or hypovolemia is the most dangerous of the symptoms.
What are Difference between tuberculosis and typhoid ulcer?
TB ulcer is transverse while typhoid is longitudinal
Do you burp if you have ulcer?
Burping has nothing to do with ulcer. You swallow the air, while eating the food. This air comes out when you burp, usually when you drink a water after food.
My 20-yr-old son has been vomiting off and on for three weeks Can stress cause nausea and vomiting?
Yes, stress can weaken the body's immune system and open you up to sickness easily or cause peptic ulcer's. He probably just needs to go to the doctor and get some medicine for his sickness and then just take it easy for a while.
Can you have electrotherapy while pregnant?
can you have electrotherapy while pregnant?
Can eating spicy foods while you have heartburn kill you?
Chances are, eating spicy food while you have heartburn would not kill you. However, heartburn may be a sign of an ulcer, and a sufficiently severe ulcer can actually kill you, because you can bleed to death.
Can elbows go on the back while pregnant?
Elbows do bend toward the back while pregnant. The only change that might happen to your elbows while pregnant is that they get extremely dry while pregnant.
Can a pregnant girls get pregnant while she is pregnant?
No. She is all ready pregnant.
