If the lining of your stomach becomes inflamed, a condition known as gastritis, this can lead to ulcer disease over time, according to the Mayo Clinic. Although foods can't cause — or cure — gastritis ...

Medicine borrows much of its vocabulary from Latin and ancient Greek. For example, the word "gastric" refers to the stomach. The word "peptic" refers to the digestive system. As such, these two terms ...

Last year’s Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded in December to two Australian scientists who revealed the bacterial basis for the world’s second most prevalent disease—gastritis and peptic ulcers.

The term peptic ulcer is referred to both, gastric and duodenal ulcers. It is believed to have occurred due to an infection by a bacterium known as Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). This ...

THERE is general agreement that the management of a gastric ulcer is a more exacting task than that of a duodenal ulcer because of the implications of carcinoma masquerading as an innocent gastric ...

Pharmacology Consult Pathophysiology of GERD and Ulcer Disease Gastrointestinal Pharmacological Therapies Summary References Pathophysiology of GERD and Ulcer Disease Acid production is a continuous ...

A new study has identified a potential vaccine capable of reducing colonization of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) -- a known cause of gastritis, ulcer disease and cancer. Because the colonization of ...

Peptic ulcers are sores within the inner lining of the stomach, duodenum section of the small intestine, and sometimes the esophagus. Although peptic ulcers are now known to be caused by either ...

IN 1928 Sir Berkeley Moynihan 1 wrote, "Not a little of the incredulity of patients and the apathy of medical men is based upon the undisputed conviction that cancer of the stomach is incurable." When ...

At least one third to one half of ulcer perforations are associated with NSAIDs. [7] Patients are most commonly treated by patch closure of the perforation and postoperative adjustment of medications.