Unpublished data from the Hospital In-patient Enquiry in England, Wales, and Scotland between 1958 and 1972 show that the frequency of admissions to hospital for peptic ulcer, particularly gastric ulcer, has fallen. This seems more likely to have been due to a true fall in the incidence of ulcer than to changes in treatment. Some three times as many people are admitted to hospital with duodenal...

Fistula formation between the duodenum and the skin of the anterior abdominal wall is a rare complication of duodenal ulcer disease, most often felt to occur following ulcer surgery. The development of a spontaneous duodenocutaneous fistula in association with duodenal ulcer has not been hitherto reported. A middle aged man with a history of peptic ulcer for more than 10 years, and a vagotomy a...

The effect of Methanolic, chloroform and diethel ether extracts of Mimosa pudica was investigated in rats to evaluate the anti-ulcer activity by using three models, i.e. Aspirin, Alcohol and pyloric ligation models experimentally induced gastric ulcer. The parameters taken to assess anti-ulcer activity were volume of gastric secretion, PH, free acidity, total acidity and ulcer index. The result...

A 53-year-old man was admitted to the Tung Wah Hospital in May 1999 to receive treatment for a venous ulcer on his left leg. The ulcer measured 12 cm in diameter. Wound swab culture yielded a mixed growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and coliform bacilli. On the day after admission, maggots were found emerging from the edges of the ulcer (shown below). Hydrogen peroxide was used to irrigate the ul...

The ABO blood group and ABH secretor status have been determined for 368 patients with a duodenal ulcer, 202 patients with a gastric ulcer, 83 patients with a stomal ulcer, 105 patients with gastric cancer, 102 patients with diabetes mellitus, and a control group of 610 subjects consisting of healthy persons and of patients with other conditions attending the same hospital. The results have bee...

In a series of 400 consecutive patients with arteriosclerosis seen in two peripheral vascular clinics, we confirm the previously reported association with peptic ulcer. The incidence was almost 25% both in patients with occlusive disease (300) and with aneurysm (100). The accepted expectation of peptic ulcer in the same age-group is 6 or 7% (Jones, Kirk & Bloor, 1970; McManus, 1966). Patients w...

CLINICAL QUESTION What is the best treatment for venous ulcers? RESULTS Compression aids ulcer healing. Pentoxifylline can aid ulcer healing. Artificial skin grafts are more effective than other skin grafts in helping ulcer healing. Correction of underlying venous incompetence reduces ulcer recurrence. IMPLEMENTATION POTENTIAL PITFALLS TO AVOID ARE: Failure to exclude underlying arterial di...

Diabetic patients frequently suffer from foot ulcer. In spite of the advances in treating many complicated diseases, amputation is usually the 'cure' for diabetic foot ulcer. Diabetic foot ulcer was treated in this study using Chinese herbal medicine and simple debridement as an alternative to amputation. Limb salvage was successful in 35 of 40 legs. These results encourage continuing research ...

In the Indian traditional system of medicine Operculina turpethum is commonly used to treat various ailments including peptic ulcer, inflammation, and pain. Ulcer preventive and ulcer protective activities of HAOP and MOP stem bark extracts of Operculina turpethum (100 mg/kg, b.w., orally) were evaluated employing aspirin + pylorus ligation (APL) model in experimental rats. The results suggeste...

peptic ulcer is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal disorder, commonly occurs in developed countries. the present work was carried out to evaluate antiulcer effect of ipomoea batatas (l) dietary tuberous roots. the ethanolic extract of ipomoea batatas (eeib) was prepared by dynamic maceration for 7 days at room temperature using 70% ethanol (v/v). the antiulcer activity was evaluated by ...