The incidence of upper gastrointestinal (GI) complications of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs remains the most common side effect. The objective of this study was to compare the incidence of upper gastrointestinal complications of Ibuprofen as non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) to Celecoxib and Meloxicam as selective non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs. This study...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of dyspepsia and its correlation with quality of life in Fars Qashqai Turkish migrating nomads from Southern Iran. METHODS During 2010 we enrolled 397 Qashqai migrating nomads from Southern Iran who were 25 years of age or older. Participants completed a questionnaire that consisted of demographic factors, lifestyle data, gastrointestinal symptoms, and t...

Pain site and radiation and the effect of various foods were studied prospectively in a consecutive series of patients with chronic upper abdominal pain. Patients followed for less than one year were excluded unless peptic ulcer or abdominal malignancy had been diagnosed or laparotomy had been carried out. A total of 632 patients were eligible for the first study and 431 for the second. Gastric...

Dyspepsia is perhaps the most common gastrointestinal disease universally. The prevalence of dyspepsia ranges from 7-40% in population based studies worldwide. These figures vary with definition of dyspepsia used and also with the survey methodology. As with Western studies, functional dyspepsia (FD) predominates in Asia. With a decline in peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer, the proportion...

INTRODUCTION Characteristics of patients undergoing Upper GI endoscopy (UGIE) in Kumasi, Ghana are largely unknown. This paper reviews the work of three endoscopy units in Kumasi. METHODS A review of the records of patients undergoing diagnostic UGIE in the three centers from October 2006 to December 2011 was undertaken. RESULTS 3110 completed UGIE were performed over the period. In 80% of ...

Objective: This paper aims to discuss the prevention and treatment strategies of gastrointestinal diseases in
 college students. Methods: A sample 60 students suffering from diseases, August 2021 2022, was used symptoms, causes, strategies, based on questionnaire survey. Results: The high-incidence types in mainly included chronic gastritis, acute duodenal ulcer, dyspepsia, which were clos...

linical trials using omeprazole began in 1983. Research since then, involving more than 50 000 patients, has shown that this drug is safe and well tolerated. It is consistently effective in the treatment of peptic ulcer disease and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. It plays a pivotal role in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. It is also valuable in prophylaxis for patients taking ...

BACKGROUND Epidemiology of peptic ulcer disease (PUD) in India differs from that in the West. It may have undergone a change with recent improvement in hygiene and availability of potent antisecretory and ulcerogenic drugs. We therefore tried to assess time-trends in the frequency of PUD over the past two decades. METHODS Records of patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia and no alarm symptoms...

In the first part of this investigation 33 subjects were investigated. Ten (nos. I to 10) had previously undergone operations for peptic ulcer (eight Billroth II and one Billroth I partial gastrectomies and one gastroenterostomy) (Table I). Seven patients (nos. 11 to 17) suffered from idiopathic steatorrhoea (Table II). Eight patients (nos. 18 to 25) had pernicious anaemia, untreated or treated...

In the first part of this investigation 33 subjects were investigated. Ten (nos. I to 10) had previously undergone operations for peptic ulcer (eight Billroth II and one Billroth I partial gastrectomies and one gastroenterostomy) (Table I). Seven patients (nos. 11 to 17) suffered from idiopathic steatorrhoea (Table II). Eight patients (nos. 18 to 25) had pernicious anaemia, untreated or treated...