Antacid tablets heal duodenal ulcers

Duodenal ulcers that will not heal.

Factors affecting the healing rate of duodenal and pyloric ulcers with low-dose antacid treatment.

In 80 patients with duodenal ulcer, the effects of various factors--symptoms, endoscopic findings, and peak acid output (PAO)--on the healing rate were studied during eight weeks of outpatient therapy with low-dose antacid (neutralising capacity less than 50 mmol HCl/d). Fifty-six per cent of the ulcers healed. The following unfavourable factors were found to cause a significant delay in ulcer ...

Treatment of Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers

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Activated protein C to heal pressure ulcers.

Pressure ulcers present a major clinical challenge, are physically debilitating and place the patient at risk of serious comorbidities such as septic shock. Recombinant human activated protein C (APC) is an anticoagulant with anti-inflammatory, cytoprotective and angiogenic effects that promote rapid wound healing. Topical negative pressure wound therapy (TNP) has become widely used as a treatm...

Using honey to heal diabetic foot ulcers.