PEPTIC ULCER, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY

Peptic Ulcer

Peptic Ulcer

The conventional biomedical model used for medical research and disease management is a linear model in which the cause-effect relationship is important. In contrast, the model used in psychosomatic medicine is a bio-psychosocial model in which much importance is attached to interactions and relationships among various factors, as well as to the individuality of the patients. When peptic ulcer ...

Vagotomy and peptic ulcer.

SIR,-A man aged 40 was admitted in July 1967 with a reducible right inguinal hernia and an undescended left testis. The right testis, normal in size and consistency, was present in the scrotum. Exploration of the right inguinal canal revealed a completely patent processus vaginalis with the testis inside the sac. On applying traction to the testis, an oval mass, apparently intra-abdominal, was ...

Peptic Ulcer

NSAIDs and Peptic Ulcer Disease

In 1897 Felix Hoffman, a 29-year-old scientist working for the Bayer Company patented a chemical procedure that enabled the acetylation of salicylic acid with the enough purity to be used commercially (Wallace, 1997). The new product was evaluated by Dreser Heinrich, head of marketing at Bayer, who despite some initial misgivings gave his approval for marketing acetylsalicylic acid under the na...