Duodenal Ulcer and Recurrent Dyspepsia

Duodenal ulcer and recurrent dyspepsia.

A survey of recurrent indigestion in four general practices (19,619 patients) showed a wide range of dyspeptic complaints. Of these 82 (4.2 per 1,000) already had a proved ulcer and 144 (7.3 per 1,000) had symptoms suggesting a duodenal ulcer and had either not been investigated or had previously had a normal barium meal. A duodenal ulcer was found radiologically in half the men (46 out of 95) ...

Psychological factors in patients with peptic ulcer and functional dyspepsia

Abstract Background: The role of psychological factors in peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and functional dyspepsia (FD) has not been clearly determined. In this study the role of conflict management styles, psychiatric symptoms, and alexithymia were assessed in patients with PUD and FD and in the healthy individuals. Methods: Ninety subjects [30PUD (15 women, 15 men), 30 FD (15 women, 15 men), and...

CagA and VacAgenotypes in peptic ulcer disease and non-ulcer dyspepsia: acase-control study

  Background :The cag pathogenicity island includes a number of genes, including cytotoxin-associated protein A (cagA) and vacuolatingcytotoxin (vacA) genotypes, which are associated with bacterial virulence. Although the role of cagA and vacA in the virulence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is well-established in epidemiological studies, the relationship between the cagA and vacA genotypes ...

Non-ulcer dyspepsia.

Duodenal Ulcer

hardly possible, but all this has been changed by the aggression of surgery in the field of the physician; happily changed, for though postmortem records of duodenal ulcers were common enough it was not until 1883 that Chvostec for the first time made a diagnosis verified at autopsy. Cordivilla of Bologna inaugurated the surgery of chronic duodenal ulcer in 1893 when he successfully operated on...