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A Note on Peptic Ulcers

Joshita Sabbineni

Peptic ulcer is the disease that develops in the form of sores in the lining of the stomach, oesophagus or small intestine. The most common symptom of this disease is abdominal pain that occurs from stomach region to the chest part. If the ulcer is left untreated then it may result in other adverse health conditions. The peptic ulcers usually occur as a result of imbalance of acid secretion and mucosal defences that resist the acid digestion. Accounting to the developments in the medical treatment of peptic ulcer disease (PUD) in the last two decades, surgical intervention is currently confined to the treatment of complicated disease, namely, ulcer hemorrhage, perforation, penetration and obstruction. Generally the major cause of the disease is H.pylori infection. The eradication of the infection completely helps to decrease the incidence of the disease.