16/09/2022
Peptic ulcer disease is a disease that causes inflammation and ulcers on the lining of the stomach or duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). These injuries occur when the lining (innermost lining) of the stomach or duodenum is worn away and the layers below the stomach or intestinal wall are exposed. Duodenal ulcers accounted for 95%, gastric ulcers accounted for 60%, of which ulcers in the small curvature of the stomach accounted for 25% of cases.
At different ulcer sites, the disease will be diagnosed and identified with many other names such as gastritis, antral ulcer, prepyloric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, atrophic gastritis,... is determined by many specific causes such as infection with Hp bacteria, excessive use of alcohol, side effects of western medicines, fatigue, stress, abnormal diet and activities, .. .
