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Gastric ulcer disease

it’s a painful sores or ulcers in the lining of the stomach.
Most of gastric ulcer caused by bacterial infection (h.pylori) infection than can be transmitted  by blood ,food , or stool of infected patient

Thera are many risk factors for gastric ulcer :

1.    Excessive usage of analgesia like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like trofen or diclofen
2.    h.pylpri infection
3.    Smoking
4.    Excessive alcohol drinking

Signs and symptoms of gastric ulcer :

1.heart burn
2. vomiting
3. bloating
4. vomiting of blood in severe untreated cases
5.severe abdominal pain due to perforation of stomach or small intestine in sever cases
5. dark or brown stool (melena) due to bleeding

Diagnosis :

1.CBC test to determine the amount of hemoglobin
2. doing H.pylori stool antigen test
3. do endoscopy .

Management of gastric ulcer :

1.     Pantovir 40mg twice daily for 14 day then once daily
2.    Metronidazole 500mg three times daily 14 days
3.    Clarithromycin 500mg three times daily
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