Ulcers that develop in the stomach are known as gastric or peptic ulcers. These ulcers are generally quite painful, and the pain is felt immediately after eating something. It lasts for about one to one and a half hours – this is the time taken ordinarily to digest food – and then it subsides. Due to peptic ulcers, the person dreads eating anything and there is high probability that they may become undernourished. An ulcer is any break in the skin or in a mucous membrane. Mucous membrane is a thin tissue that lines the interior surface of body openings. The term ulcer is used most commonly to refer to ulcers that occur in the upper part of the digestive system, such as peptic ulcers. At one time, doctors believed that ulcers were caused by too much stress However, it is now known that bacterial infection accounts for more than three-quarters of all peptic ulcers.

Diet is of utmost importance in the treatment of ulcer. The diet should be so arranged as to provide adequate nutrition to afford rest to the disturbed organs, to maintain continuous neutralization of the gastric acid, to inhibit the production of acid and to reduce mechanical and chemical irritation. Milk. cream, butter, fruits and fresh, raw and boiled vegetables, natural foods and natural vitamin supplements are the best diet for an ulcer patient.

Symptoms:

Peptic ulcers are occasionally painless. However, the most common symptom is a dull ache in the upper abdomen that usually occurs two to three hours after a meal; the ache is relieved by eating. Other common symptoms include weight loss, bloating, belching, and nausea. Untreated, peptic ulcers often bleed and may cause sharp burning pain in the area of the stomach or just below it.

Treatments:

First of all prevention is very important reducing cigarettes and non-inflammatory steroids drugs, to relieve pain there are administrated antiacids such as: Maalox, Mylanta, and Amphojel, but watch out ulcers frequently return when you cease taking the antiacids medication. Histamine antagonists are cimetidine (Tagamet), ranitidine (Zantac), nizatidine (Axid), and famotidine (Pepcid) are effective in the healing of ulcers because that reduce the acid output but ulcers return when this medication is stopped. Patients may experience during the treatment: hallucinations, headache, confusion, lethargy. Cimetidine and ranitidine should?t be taken in combination with alcohol, anyway those doses must be adjusted and monitored.

Asomeprazole (Prilosec), lansoprazole (Prevacid), pantoprazole (Protonix), esomeprazole (Nexium), and rabeprazole (Aciphex) are proton-pump inhibitors are used in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers and esophageal ulcers. They have no side effects even after long time using them and do not affect the digestion and absorption. Sucralfate and misoprostol promotes healing and protects the lining against acid attacks, Cytotec protects the lining from the effect of non-inflammatory steroids drugs. One of the adverse reactions of Cytotec is miscarriage. More studies suggest the use of combined antibiotics, tetracycline, amoxicillin, metronidazole (Flagyl), clarithromycin (Biaxin), and levofloxacin to eradicate H. Pylori. By elminating H. Pylori bacteria you will decrease the risk of gastric cancer in the future and the return of ulcer. There are no suficient proves that intake of coffee and alcohol determines peptic ulcers, dietary restrictions and bland diets may not have the expected result.

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