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  2. Peptic ulcer disease - Wikipedia

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    Other causes of peptic ulcer disease include gastric ischaemia, drugs, metabolic disturbances, cytomegalovirus (CMV), upper abdominal radiotherapy, Crohn's disease, and vasculitis. [16] Gastrinomas ( Zollinger–Ellison syndrome ), or rare gastrin-secreting tumors, also cause multiple and difficult-to-heal ulcers.

  3. Acid peptic diseases - Wikipedia

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    Acid peptic diseases, such as peptic ulcers, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, and gastroesophageal reflux disease, are caused by distinct but overlapping pathogenic mechanisms involving acid effects on mucosal defense. Acid reflux damages the esophageal mucosa and may also cause laryngeal tissue injury, leading to the development of pulmonary ...

  4. Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori

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    This is a timeline of the events relating to the discovery that peptic ulcer disease and some cancers are caused by H. pylori. In 2005, Barry Marshall and Robin Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery that peptic ulcer disease (PUD) was primarily caused by Helicobacter pylori , a bacterium with affinity ...

  5. Symptoms and causes of peptic ulcers, which forced ... - AOL

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    Peptic ulcer disease, a wearing away of the stomach lining, can be asymptomatic in some cases, but others are severe enough to make a patient double over in pain, two doctors said.

  6. Gastric outlet obstruction - Wikipedia

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    The causes are divided into benign or malignant. Benign Peptic ulcer disease; Infections, such as tuberculosis; and infiltrative diseases, such as amyloidosis.; A rare cause of gastric outlet obstruction is blockage with a gallstone, also termed "Bouveret syndrome" or "Bouveret's syndrome".

  7. Gastrointestinal bleeding - Wikipedia

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    About half of cases are due to peptic ulcer disease (gastric or duodenal ulcers). [3] Esophageal inflammation and erosive disease are the next most common causes. [3] In those with liver cirrhosis, 50–60% of bleeding is due to esophageal varices. [3] Approximately half of those with peptic ulcers have an H. pylori infection. [3]

  8. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding - Wikipedia

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    In people with a confirmed peptic ulcer, proton pump inhibitors do not reduce death rates, later bleeding events, or need for surgery. [18] They may decrease signs of bleeding at endoscopy however. [18] In those with less severe disease and where endoscopy is rapidly available, they are of less immediate clinical importance. [16]

  9. Experts Share Surprising Health Benefits of Cranberries - AOL

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    Cranberry consumption may help suppress a type of bacteria that causes peptic ulcers, which can lead to stomach cancer, explains Lauren Manaker M.S., R.D.N., L.D.