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  2. Peptic ulcer disease - Wikipedia

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    Peptic ulcer disease is a break in the inner lining of the stomach, the first part of the small intestine, or sometimes the lower esophagus. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] An ulcer in the stomach is called a gastric ulcer , while one in the first part of the intestines is a duodenal ulcer . [ 1 ]

  3. Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori

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    Turck feeds dogs Bacillus coli and produces ulcers. [7] 1907 Berkley Moynihan suggests that acid is a cause of ulcers. [1] 1910 Schwartz publishes the excess acid theory of the ulcer, coining the famous phrase "no acid, no ulcer." [2] Gibelli claims to be unable to reproduce Turck's study where he artificially created ulcers by feeding dogs ...

  4. Gastric outlet obstruction - Wikipedia

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    Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is a medical condition where there is an obstruction at the level of the pylorus, which is the outlet of the stomach.Individuals with gastric outlet obstruction will often have recurrent vomiting of food that has accumulated in the stomach, but which cannot pass into the small intestine due to the obstruction.

  5. Acid peptic diseases - Wikipedia

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    Mucosal disruption in acid peptic disease patients can be caused by infection, barrier disruption, or gastric acid hypersecretion.Acid peptic diseases can arise due to various risk factors such as Helicobacter pylori infection, alcoholism, tobacco use, cocaine and amphetamine use, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use (NSAIDs), fasting, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, angiogenesis inhibitor ...

  6. 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.

  7. Gastritis - Wikipedia

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    A peptic ulcer may accompany gastritis. Endoscopic image. Many people with gastritis experience no symptoms at all. However, upper central abdominal pain is the most common symptom; the pain may be dull, vague, burning, aching, gnawing, sore, or sharp. [13]

  8. Ulcer - Wikipedia

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    Peptic ulcer, a discontinuity of the gastrointestinal mucosa (stomach ulcer) [1] Venous ulcer, a wound thought to occur due to improper functioning of valves in the veins; Stress ulcer, an ulcer located within the stomach and proximal duodenum; Ulcerative sarcoidosis, a cutaneous condition affecting people with sarcoidosis

  9. Hypovolemic shock - Wikipedia

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    The sequence of the most-commonly-seen causes that lead to hemorrhagic type of hypovolemic shock is given in order of frequencies: blunt or penetrating trauma including multiple fractures absent from vessel impairment, upper gastrointestinal bleeding e.g., variceal hemorrhage, peptic ulcer., or lower GI bleeding e.g., diverticular, and ...