Peptic ulcer is a chronic disease affecting up to 10% of the world’s population. The formation peptic ulcers depends on presence gastric juice pH and decrease in mucosal defenses. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection are two major factors disrupting resistance injury. Conventional treatments ulcers, such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) histam...

The goal of research. To analyze some features peptic ulcer the stomach and duodenum in children, depending on type constitution. Material methods We examined 58 children aged 12-18 years with a diagnosis and/or duodenum, who underwent endoscopic examination, Hp was detected biopsy aero test. Results. Peptic disease more often asthenic (67.2%), less hypersthenic (17.3%) normosthenics (15.5%). V...

background: regulatory t cells (tregs) and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (mdscs) are two main regulatory cells modulating the immune responses in inflammation and cancer. objective: to investigate and compare tregs and mdscs in peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. methods: patients with dyspepsia were selected and divided into three groups of non-ulcer dyspepsia (nud, n=22), peptic ulcer disease...

INTRODUCTION Peptic ulcer disease is still the major cause of gastrointestinal perforation despite major improvements in both diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. While the diagnosis of a perforated ulcer is straightforward in typical cases, its clinical onset may be subtle because of comorbidities and/or concurrent therapies. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 53-year-old Caucasian ...

AIM To investigate the structure of dyspeptic symptoms and determine the association between dyspeptic symptoms and endoscopic findings in patients referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy by family physicians in a country with a high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection. METHODS Consecutive outpatients (n=172; median 36 years, range 18-75; 85 male; 87 female) were referred to upp...

Pain site and radiation and the effect of various foods were studied prospectively in a consecutive series of patients with chronic upper abdominal pain. Patients followed for less than one year were excluded unless peptic ulcer or abdominal malignancy had been diagnosed or laparotomy had been carried out. A total of 632 patients were eligible for the first study and 431 for the second. Gastric...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The optimal timing for interventional endoscopy in bleeding peptic ulcer disease is controversial. This study compared the outcomes between early endoscopy and delayed endoscopy in patients with bleeding peptic ulcer disease. METHODS We conducted a prospective analysis of data from 90 patients with bleeding peptic ulcer disease who visited the emergency room between May 2006 a...

Ulcer is a common gastrointestinal disorder which is seen among many people. It is basically an inflamed break in the skin or the mucus membrane lining the alimentary tract. Ulceration occurs when there is a disturbance of the normal equilibrium caused by either enhanced aggression or diminished mucosal resistance. It may be due to the regular usage of drugs, irregular food habits, stress, and ...

SUMMARY Castleman's disease is a rare condition. In its classic form Castlema's is a solitary lesion, two third of patients have tumour like mass in the mediastinum. Extrathoracic sites also could be affected including those where lymph nodes normaly occur ancl rarely tissues where lymph nodes are not found. More recently there have been several reports of patients with multi centeric involvem...