Peptic Ulcer in South-west Scotland.

Hospital admissions for peptic ulcer during 1958-72.

Unpublished data from the Hospital In-patient Enquiry in England, Wales, and Scotland between 1958 and 1972 show that the frequency of admissions to hospital for peptic ulcer, particularly gastric ulcer, has fallen. This seems more likely to have been due to a true fall in the incidence of ulcer than to changes in treatment. Some three times as many people are admitted to hospital with duodenal...

Helicobacter pylori, peptic ulcer and gastric cancer in China.

INTRODUCTION Recent epidemiological evidence supports a strong relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer [1-11]. The relative risk for cancer with an infection of five years and over is in the region of three to six (Table 1). The identification of almost universal coexistence of H. pylori related antral gastritis in patients with duodenal ulcer disease [12, 13] and ...

Peptic ulcer disease is strongly associated with Helicobacter pylori in east, west, central and South Africa.

Differences in peptic ulcer between East and West.

In general, peptic ulcer occurs at equal rates in the East and the West but with marked regional differences in both, even within the same country. In the West, the incidence of peptic ulcer, particularly duodenal ulcer, rose sharply at the turn of the century and has shown a rapid decline in the past three decades. In the East, the rise was equally impressive, but the decline appears to have b...

Peptic Ulcer in Assam.

Big differences in the prevalence of peptic ulcer are known to exist in different parts of India. This paper reports a high incidence in Assam and records certain differences with peptic ulcers found in south India.