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An anti-ulcer medication for treating mouth ulcer is triamcinolone, a corticosteroid. Other anti-ulcer supplements include vitamin B2 and vitamin B12 . Antibiotics and agents to reduce gastric acid secretion are used in combinations to treat Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori )-induced peptic ulcer disease (PUD), an ulceration in the gastric region.
discomfort in stomach; Causes. Known causes of duodenitis include: [2] ... Treatment. Treatment is aimed at removing the irritant or infection.
Dr. Hindy explains that stomach ulcers are typically treated with changes in diet, lifestyle habits and medication. Below are five foods to eat if you have a stomach ulcer or are prone to getting ...
Duodenal causes: Duodenal ulcer; Vascular malformation, including aorto-enteric fistulae. Fistulae are usually secondary to prior vascular surgery and usually occur at the proximal anastomosis at the third or fourth portion of the duodenum where it is retroperitoneal and near the aorta. [5] [6] [7] Hematobilia, or bleeding from the biliary tree
Sucralfate is used for the treatment of active duodenal ulcers not related to the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), as the mechanism behind these ulcers is due to acid oversecretion. [1] It is not FDA approved for gastric ulcers, but is widely used because of evidence of efficacy. [10]
An ulcer in the stomach is called a gastric ulcer, while one in the first part of the intestines is a duodenal ulcer. [1] The most common symptoms of a duodenal ulcer are waking at night with upper abdominal pain, and upper abdominal pain that improves with eating. [1] With a gastric ulcer, the pain may worsen with eating. [7]
Organic indigestion is the result of an underlying disease, such as gastritis, peptic ulcer disease (an ulcer of the stomach or duodenum), or cancer. [6] Functional indigestion (previously called non-ulcer dyspepsia) [7] is indigestion without evidence of underlying disease. [8]
Rauws and Tytgat describe cure of duodenal ulcer by eradication of H. pylori using Borody's triple therapy combination. [51] Triple-therapy, modernized to a proton pump inhibitor and two antibiotics, soon becomes first line therapy for eradication. World Congress of Gastroenterology recommends eradicating H. pylori to cure duodenal ulcers. [51]