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In otherwise healthy kids, peptic ulcers are very unusual. If your child has any of these signs and symptoms, call your doctor. Many can be caused by other childhood illnesses, but should be reported ...

Peptic ulcer disease occurs when stomach acid erodes (or destroys) the inner lining of the stomach, causing sores and ulcers inside your stomach. As a result, symptoms like abdominal pain and ...

Learn More Symptoms of Peptic Ulcer Disease How is peptic ulcer disease treated? Treatments for peptic ulcers include antibiotics to clear H. pylori (the bacterium largely responsible for the disease) ...

A peptic ulcer may cause symptoms in the digestive tract, but some people have no symptoms at all. The most common symptom is upper abdominal pain (where the stomach is located) that can feel dull ...

Examples to Avoid: Deep-fried chicken (KFC, fried turkey), French fries, fried plantains, fried yams, Burgers, pizza (greasy, ...

Conclusions—H pylori infection may precede the development of dyspepsia and is associated with a variety of gastrointestinal symptoms in people with no history of peptic ulcer disease. Assessment of ...

For NSAID-naive patients, use the test-and-treat strategy For chronic users of NSAIDs or aspirin, use the test-and-treat strategy; prescribe a PPI to patients with active peptic ulcer disease to ...

Introduction The prevention of peptic ulcers induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is hampered by the high pill burden and suboptimal adherence to protective therapy. We therefore ...

Aims: To assess the prevalence of clinical hepatitis E (HE) and peptic ulcer disease as well as the seroprevalence of antibodies to H pylori and HEV in workers with and without sewage exposure and to ...