Synonyms in a broader sense Medical: Gastroduodenal ulcer, ventriculitis, duodenal ulcer, peptic ulcer, duodenal ulcer, ulcer disease, gastritis Definition Stomach Ulcer Frequency (Epidemiology) Occurrence in the populationApproximately 10% of the population have had a stomach or duodenal ulcer at least once in their lives. The duodenal ulcer is about five times more common than the … Stomach Ulcer
Complications If a gastric or duodenal ulcer breaks through the stomach or intestinal wall and the gastric juice is connected to the free abdominal cavity (peritoneal cavity), this is called an ulcer perforation (gastric perforation). In 10% of patients with a duodenal ulcer and in 2-5% with a ventriculous ulcer, such an ulcer perforation occurs … Complications | Stomach Ulcer
Stress as the cause of a stomach ulcer? In general, a peptic ulcer is caused by an imbalance between the stomach‘s protective factors and the attacking substances. Stress alone, however, cannot lead to the development of a peptic ulcer. Nevertheless, it is possible that a lot of and continuous stress in combination with an unhealthy … Stress as the cause of a stomach ulcer? | Stomach Ulcer
Complaints A gastric ulcer (ulcus ventriculi) can be symptomatic, but also clinically completely unremarkable and only then become conspicuous through complications. If pain occurs in the context of a peptic ulcer, it is usually localized in the upper abdomen and usually begins immediately after eating. However, pain independent of food is also known. The pain … Symptoms of stomach ulcer
