Risk Factors for Developing Peptic Ulcer Disease

Clinical Significance of Risk Factors for Asymptomatic Peptic Ulcer Disease

Risk factors for peptic ulcer in Shanghai.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the combined effects of Helicobacter pylori infection and traditional risk factors for peptic ulcer. METHODS A case-control study was conducted in chemical factories in Shanghai, China. The cases were 500 people with peptic ulcer randomly selected from all staff who met the selection criteria. The controls were 500 employees randomly selected from the same factories ...

Risk Factors,Diagnosis, and Management of Peptic ulcer Disease

For nearly 100 years, scientists and doctors thought that ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Treatment was bed rest and antacids, but in 1982 discovery of Helicobacter pylori confirmed its role in in gastric, duodenal ulcers and gastric cancer. Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is the most common human ailment affecting nearly 50% of world population, with high mortality in gastric...

Evaluation of risk factors for perforated peptic ulcer

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the prediction factors for perforated peptic ulcer (PPU). METHODS At St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, a case control study was performed between August 2004 and March 2016. All patients diagnosed with PPU were included. As control subjects, patients with age, sex and date of CT scan corresponding to those of the PPU subjects w...

Peptic Ulcer Disease: Introduction

Peptic ulcer disease represents a serious medical problem. Approximately 500,000 new cases are reported each year, with 5 million people affected in the United States alone. Interestingly, those at the highest risk of contracting peptic ulcer disease are those generations born around the middle of the 20th century. Ulcer disease has become a disease predominantly affecting the older population,...