Comparing Duodenal and Gastric Ulcers

In this post, you can see the dissimilarity of the two diseases in 4 categories such as 1. incidence, 2. signs and symptoms and clinical findings, 3. malignancy possibility, 4. risk factors. To begin with the incidence, Duodenal ulcer occurs mostly at the age of 30-60 yrs old with a male:female ratio of 2-3:1 and some research shows that 80% of the peptic ulcers are duodenal while the Gastric ulcer usually occurs 50 yrs old and above with a male:female ratio of 1:1 and 15% of peptic ulcers are gastric. In the category number 2...

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Gatrointestinal disorder - promotion and prevention

Today, one of my friend in facebook posted that he is hurt because of stomach ulcer and I want to help him by this post. In promoting home and community based care, health care professional will teach the community how to do self care. The knowledge of the people or community about gastritis is evaluated and an individualized teaching plan is developed that includes information about stress management, diet and medication. Dietary instructions take...

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Peptic Ulcer Disease, who are you?

Let me start with asking a question what is peptic ulcer? what is the cause of it? how it progresses? what are the things need to be considered? This questions are necessary in finding the facts about this specific disease. I hope that this will help in knowing PUD and understanding it so that it will be prevented. Education is the best prevention. A peptic ulcer is an excavation (hollowed-out area) formed in the mucosal wall of the stomach, the pylorus (opening between stomach and duodenum ), the duodenum (first part of the small intestine),...

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Surgical Procedures for Peptic Ulcer Disease

Here are the list of some surgical procedure that are very effective and advisable to those patient with PUD that are candidate for surgery. Before that you're doctors knows best as to what is the right surgical procedure needs to be done. Let me start with vagotomy, truncal vagotomy, selective vagotomy, pyloroplasty, antrectomy and anastomosis. Vagotomy - severing of the vagus  nerve, which decreases gastric acid by diminishing cholenergic stimulation to the parietal cells, making them less responsive to gastrin....

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Drug Therapy for Peptic Ulcer Diseases II

This the continuation of my other post, that tackles the proton pump inhibitor with the main action is to decrease the gastric acid secretion thus helps in reducing ulcer progress. The other one is the cytoprotective medications with the primary action is to protect the mucosal lining thus eliminates gastric irritation. Proton (Gastric Acid) Pump Inhibitor Omeprazole ( Prilosec ) - decreases gastric acid secretion by slowing the hydrogen-potassium-adenosine triphosphate (H+,K+-ATPase) pump on the surface of the parietal cells. The patient should...

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Histamine (H2) Receptor Antagonists for Peptic Uclers

This are the drug of choice PUD. My last post was all about the drug therapy with its primary concern was Antibiotics and Bismuth salts. And now let us know the other drug classification that helps in treating PUD. The another class is the Histamine (H2) Receptor Antagonists and its primary action is to block the H2 receptor. Cimetidine ( Tagamet ) - inhibits acid ( cause of ulcer ) secretion by blocking the action of histamine on the histamine receptors of the parietal cell in the stomach. This drug is the least expensive of the H2 receptor...

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Drug Therapy for Peptic Ulcer Diseases

Here are the list for the drug of choice with regards in treating peptic ulcer disease. I have mention before about the PUD in cancer patient as one of the complication might arise with patient ongoing on Chemotherapy.So, know its time to know the drugs that helps in aiding and healing peptic ulcer disease. First is the Antibiotics and Salts. Antibiotics and Bismuth Salts Tetracycline(plus metronidazole and bismuth salts) - exerts bacteriostatic effects to eradicate H.pylori bacteria, as one of the cause of ulcer  in the gastric mucosa....

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