helicobacter pylori (h.pylori) is the most common human infection in the world. this agent has a strong role in pathogenesis of chronic gastritis and peptic ulcers. therefore introducing of simple and cost effective and non invasive tests are important for diagnosis of h.pylori infections. in this study 215 patient suffering from different gastrointestinal disorders referred to gi endoscopy dep...

introduction: cholestasis is impairment of normal bile excretion into the duodenum and classified as mechanical and non mechanical cholestasis. mechanical cholestasis presents with increase in bile duct diameter or obstruction in bile duct in an ercp. cholestasis leads to different complications. one of these complications is mucosal peptic erosion leading to gastrointestinal bleeding, perforat...

Background: CD1d presents glycolipid antigens to invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells. The role of CD1d in the development of peptic ulcer and gastric cancer has not been revealed, yet. Objective: To clarify the expression of alternatively spliced variants of CD1d in peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. Methods: Patients with dyspepsia were selected and divided into three groups of non-ulcer dys...

BACKGROUND Despite a decreasing incidence of peptic ulcer disease, most previous studies report a stabile incidence of ulcer complications. We wanted to investigate the incidence of peptic ulcer complications in Sweden before and after the introduction of the proton pump inhibitors (PPI) in 1988 and compare these data to the sales of non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and acetylsalicyl...

The purpose of this study was to investipte the effects of metoclopramide on some gastrointestinal disorders. The author reports the results of a longitudinal study (since 1979 for 10 yrs) on 3700 patients with gastroesophageal reflux, heartburn, gastric peptic ulcer, gastritis, duodenitis, duodenal peptic ulcer and constipation due to decreas.ing intestinal peristaltism. The patients were 14-7...

BACKGROUND Peptic ulcer disease is the cause for dyspepsia in about 10% of patients. 95% of duodenal and 70% of gastric ulcers are associated with Helicobacter pylori. Eradication of H pylori reduces the relapse rate of ulcers but the magnitude of this effect is uncertain. OBJECTIVES The primary outcomes were the proportion of peptic ulcers healed initially and proportion of patients free fro...

BACKGROUND Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a class of the most commonly used medicines and proven to be effective for certain disorders. Some people use NSAIDs on daily basis for preventive purpose. But a variety of severe side effects can be induced by NSAIDs. Studies have shown that edible natural ingredients exhibit preventive benefit of gastric ulcer. This paper reviews th...