A peptic ulcer is a defect in the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine, the duodenum, peptic ulcer in the stomach is called gastric ulcer in the duodenum is called a duodenal ulcer.
The most common cause of this injury is an infection of the stomach by bacteria called Helicobacter pylori, but these f actors increases the risk of peptic ulcers, such as drinking too much alcohol, regular use of aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, or other anti-inflammatory drugs, steroids, smoking, use a respirator or have radiation treatments. Also the Zollinger-Ellison syndrome causes duodenal and stomach ulcers.
Some small ulcers may not cause any symptoms, but others can cause severe bleeding. A symptom is commonabdominal pain I centers as fullness, hunger and empty feeling in the stomach, often 1-3 hours after eating, nausea, pain or discomfort in the upper abdomen abdominal d smell that wake up the night. Other possible symptoms include taburetes with blood or dark tarry taburetes, chest pain, fatigue, vomiting, possibly with blood and weight loss.
The treatment consists of a combination of drugs to kill the bacterium H. Pylori, if any, and reduces levels of acid in the stomach, which allows the ulcer to heal and reduces the possibility of recurrence.
If you have a peptic ulcer with infection of H. Pylori, the standard treatment recommended by the physician uses different combinations of these medicines for 5-14 days:
-Two different antibiotics, such as clarithromycin, amoxicillin, tetracycline or metronidazole.
-Inhibitors Proton pump as omeprazole, lansoprazole or esomeprazole.
-The bismuth may be added to help kill bacteria
If you have an ulcer without infection with H. Pylori or is caused by taking aspirin or NSAIDs, your doctor will probably prescribe an inhibitor of the proton pump for 8 weeks.
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