Peptic+Ulcer

=**__Peptic Ulcer__**=

__**1) Peptic Ulcer is also called PUD or peptic ulcer disease.**__ __**2) It can be caused by H. pylori (germs, could spread through clean food, water or by mouth to mouth contact), stomach acids, taking NSAID and it also can be infected by a bacterium named Helicobacter pylori.**__ __**3) There are some symptoms of peptic ulcers, such as: Poor appetite, swelling, burping, puking, sick stomach and weight loss. gnawing,**__ __**4) Many people thought that drinking milk would heal Peptic Ulcers.This could make you feel a bit better but it also makes more stomach acid, too much stomach acid makes peptic ulcers worse.**__ __**In many instance peptic ulcers can heal by medicine. Here are some steps of what the patients do:**__ __**1.Finish all antibiotics and take other drugs that your doctor authorize. (Peptic Ulcers will only cure if the patient takes all the medicine that the doctor authorize)**__ __**2.After finishing all the medicines your doctor will arrange a breath or stool test to make sure that the H. pylori infection has completely disappear.**__

__**Usually patients will be cured after the medicine and drugs. But if not surgery is needed if your ulcers....**__ __**-Don’t restore.**__ __**-Keeps returning.**__ __**-Bleed.**__ __**-Penetrate the stomach.**__ __**-Block food from moving flowing out the stomach.**__

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__**How do we prevent Peptic Ulcers?**__ __**-Keep yourself clean and hygienic.**__ __**-Wash your hands with soap and take shower everyday.**__ __**-Always eat cooked food and to make sure you wash them cleanly.**__ __**-Drink water from a clean and protected source.**__

__**Can Peptic Ulcers come back?**__ __**Yes, Peptic Ulcers can come back if you smoke, or take NSAIDs. (Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory drug).**__

media type="youtube" key="4bXZRgJ-1fk?fs=1" height="385" width="640" __**This is a animation of how Peptic Ulcers develop.**__

__**References:**__ __**Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. (2010, August 24). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-steroidal_anti-inflammatory_drug**__

__**Peura, David. (2009, September ). What I need to know about peptic ulcers. Retrieved from http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/pepticulcers_ez/**__