The Knowledge Board:
Ulcers
Symptoms vary according to the size, number and location of the peptic ulcers.Some people report mild symptoms or even no symptoms at all. In severe cases the symptoms of peptic can be very painful.
A burning pain in the upper abdomen or sometimes the lower chest is the most common symptom. It can start two to three hours after a meal or at night time on empty stomach and usually stops immediately after eating.
At other times the patient can experience pain while eating, together with difficulty in swallowing and regurgitation of swallowed food.
Other symptoms include:
Severe cases of peptic ulcers can cause bleeding either by vomiting blood or by producing black stools, which contain blood from a peptic ulcer. This happens when the peptic ulcer breaks a blood vessel.
In particular severe cases peptic ulcer can lead to complications, such as:
Which occur when the peptic ulcer erodes not just the mucous membrane but also the intestinal walls leading to a spillage of intestinal material into the abdominal cavity.
Which occur when the peptic ulcer erodes other contiguous organs such as the liver and the pancreas.
A narrowing or stricture of the intestinal passage) caused by scarring and swelling.
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