The most typical symptom of a peptic ulcer is stomach pain, which is an open sore that forms on the inner lining of the stomach, lower oesophagus, and upper part of the small intestine.
Peptic ulcers include:
·Gastric ulcerswho manifest on the stomach’s interior
·Duodenal ulcersthat develop on the duodenum, the upper part of your small intestine, inside your body.
Stress and spicy foods do not cause peptic ulcers, but they can exacerbate your symptoms. The most frequent causes of peptic ulcers are infection with the bacteria Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and prolonged use of aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (Advil, Aleve, etc.).
Causes
When the inner surface of the stomach or small intestine is attacked by digestive tract acid, a painful open sore that may bleed develops. This condition is known as a peptic ulcer.
Normally, the mucous lining of the digestive tract shields it from acid; however, if the amount of acid increases or the amount of mucus decreases, an ulcer may form.
·A bacterium.The mucous layer that covers and shields the tissues that line the stomach and small intestine is where the Helicobacter pylori bacteria frequently reside. Usually, the H. pylori bacterium causes no problems, but it can cause inflammation of the stomach’s inner layer, producing an ulcer.
It’s unclear how the H. pylori infection spreads, but it may happen through kissing or other close physical contact, as well as through water and food.
·Regular use of certain pain relievers.Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which include ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, other), naproxen sodium (Aleve, Anaprox, other), ketoprofen, and others, can irritate or inflame the lining of your stomach and small intestine when taken with aspirin. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is not included in this group.
Older adults who frequently use these painkillers or those who use them for osteoarthritis have a higher risk of developing peptic ulcers.
·Other medications.Alendronate (Fosamax) and risedronate (Actonel), as well as other drugs like steroids, anticoagulants, low-dose aspirin, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and antidepressants, can significantly increase the risk of developing ulcers when taken with NSAIDs.
Symptoms
· Burning stomach pain
Bellowing, feeling bloated, or fullness
· Fatty food intolerance
· Heartburn
· Nausea
Burning stomach pain is the most typical symptom of peptic ulcers; it is often relieved by eating certain foods that buffer stomach acid or by taking an acid-reducing medication, but it may return; it may be worse between meals and at night; it is exacerbated by stomach acid; it is also made worse by having an empty stomach.
Peptic ulcers are asymptomatic in nearly seventy percent of cases.
Less frequently, severe symptoms or signs of an ulcer could include:
Vomitting or passing blood, which can be red or black.
Stools with dark blood or tarry, black stools
· Trouble breathing
· Feeling faint
- Nausea or vomiting
- Unexplained weight loss
- Appetite changes
Risk factors
You may be more vulnerable to developing peptic ulcers in addition to using NSAIDs if you:
·Smoke.People with H. pylori infections who smoke may develop peptic ulcers more frequently.
·Drink alcohol.The mucous lining of your stomach can become irritated and eroded by alcohol, and it also causes your stomach to produce more acid.
·Have untreated stress.
·Eat spicy foods.
These elements work together to prevent ulcers, but they can also exacerbate existing ones and make them more challenging to treat.
Complications
Peptic ulcers can cause the following if untreated:
·Internal bleeding.Blood loss can be slow, which can cause anemia, or it can be severe, which may call for medical attention or a blood transfusion and result in black or bloody vomit or bloody stools.
·Infection.You run the risk of developing a serious infection of your abdominal cavity (peritonitis) if your stomach or small intestine wall is eaten through (perforated) by peptic ulcers.
·Obstruction.Peptic ulcers can prevent food from passing through the digestive tract, making you feel sated more quickly, causing you to throw up and lose weight either through swelling from inflammation or scarring.
Prevention
If you employ the same methods suggested for treating ulcers at home, you may lower your risk of developing peptic ulcers. It may also be beneficial to:
·Protect yourself from infections.Although the exact mode of H. pylori transmission is unknown, there is some evidence that it may occur in food and water as well as through direct contact between individuals.
By regularly washing your hands with soap and water and consuming fully cooked foods, you can take precautions against infections like H. pylori.
·Use caution with pain relievers.Take precautions to lessen your risk of stomach issues if you frequently take painkillers that raise your risk of peptic ulcer, such as taking your medication with meals.
Avoid drinking alcohol while taking your medication as the two together can increase your risk of stomach upset; instead, work with your doctor to find the lowest dose that still provides you with pain relief.
A class of NSAIDs known as COX-2 inhibitors may be less likely to cause peptic ulcers but may increase the risk of heart attack, so if you need an NSAID, you may also need to take additional medications like an antacid, a PPI, an acid blocker, or a cytoprotective agent.
HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES
Since it promotes inner balance at the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical levels, homoeopathy is a rapidly expanding system that is used throughout the world. When it comes to peptic ulcers, there are many effective medicines available in homoeopathy, but the selection depends on the patient’s individuality, taking into account the mental and emotional well-being as well as the physical condition.
ARGENTUM NITRICUM:Argentum Nitricum is one of the best treatments for peptic ulcers, which are characterized by sharp, gnawing ulcerative or burning pain that radiates to other areas of the abdomen, ulcerative pain in the left side under the ribs, belching that is accompanied by nausea, retching, and vomiting of glairy mucus, and abdominal distension as well as pain.
ABIES CANADENSIS:Abies can. is an excellent treatment for gastric ulcer. There is a gnawing, faintly hungry feeling at the epigastrium. There is burning and distension of the stomach. There is a tendency to eat more than one can digest. There is a great appetite, craving for meat, pickles, radish, turnips, coarse food. Flatulence disturbs the action of the heart. There is a desire to lie down all the time.
ABIES NIGRA:Abies nigra is recommended for dyspepsia of the elderly, dyspepsia after tea or tobacco, and sour eructations. It is prescribed when stomach pain occurs after eating, sensation as though a hard boiled egg had lodged in the cardiac end of the stomach, and intense hunger at noon and at night.
ANACARDIUM:An excellent treatment for duodenal ulcer is anacardium. All gone sensation when stomach is empty, better by eating, during the digestion process. Choke while eating and drinking. Swallows food and drink hastily. Ineffective desire for stool, rectum seems to be plugged up. Sensation of a band or hoop around a part. Sudden memory loss. Hypochondriac.
ARSENICUM ALBUM:Gastralgia is characterized by abdominal burning pains that are relieved by heat and hot beverages, as well as vomiting of bile, blood, and brown, black mucus mixed with blood. Gastralgia is also characterized by an excessive thirst for warm beverages at frequent intervals, nausea from the sight or smell of food, constipation that is dark, scanty, and unpleasant, and diarrhea that is worsened by eating and drinking.
ATROPIUM:Gastric pains that come and go in fits, total food vomiting, hyperchlorhydria, pyrosis, and a very dry throat that makes swallowing difficult.
BISMUTH:Gastralgia is a condition that causes pain that radiates from the stomach to the spine, causes one to vomit water as soon as it enters the stomach, retain food for longer periods of time after it has filled the stomach, and produce offensive stools. It can also cause pressure in the stomach that feels like there is a load on one side of the stomach, burning pain that alternates with pain from a load in another spot, crampy, spasmodic pain, and anguish that makes one long
CARBO VEGETABILIS:Carbo Veg is a great treatment for peptic ulcers, which are marked by burning pain in the stomach that is accompanied by sour belching or heartburn, contractive pain that extends to the chest and abdominal distension, discomfort that begins 30 minutes after eating, sensitivity in the epigastric region, slow digestion, and distress from even the simplest foods.
CALCAREA CARB:Acidity of the gastrointestinal tract, sour eructations, sour vomiting, sour stool, and sour body odor. Ravenous hunger. Pit of the stomach swollen like an inverted saucer and painful to pressure. Aversion to milk and meat, craving for eggs. Habitual constipation, requiring mechanical stoma removal. Leucophlegmatic, fair, and obese people.
CADMIUM SULPH:Carcinoma, stomach pains that are burning and cutting, retching that is violent and black with coffee grounds, bloody vomiting, severe prostration, black, offensive blood clots coming from the bowels, chilliness, and coldness are all symptoms of the disease.
CHINA OFFICINALIS:Colic at a specific time each day, periodical. Worse at night, eating fruits, touch. Better by hard pressure, bending double. Hyperacidity, vomiting of undigested food, hyndry without appetite, excessive flatulence of stomach and bowels, fermentation, belching gives no relief. Diarrhea painless at night, undigested food particles. Haematemesis and malena. Hemorrhage long continued. Ulcers with persistent
CUPRESSUS LAWSONIANA:Sharp, piercing, and prickling stomach pains, an increase in appetite followed by a dislike of food, and a warm, cozy sensation in the stomach
GERANIUM MACULATUM:The vomiting associated with gastric ulcers is lessened, there is blood vomiting, there are atonic, foul ulcers, there is a constant urge to go to the bathroom, but you are unable to pass anything for a while.
GRAPHITES:Graphites is prescribed when there is food vomiting that occurs right after eating it, as well as when there is excessive belching and an unpleasant taste in the mouth.
GRINDELIA SQUARROSA:Gastric ulcer, splenic congestion-related stomach pains, nausea and vomiting, hyperchlorhydria, hyperaemia of the gastric mucus membrane, dullness and pain in the left hypochondrium, paresis of the pneumogastric, gastroenteritis with asthmatic symptoms, and smothering during sleep are some of the symptoms that people may experience.
HYDRSTIS CANADENSIS:One of the best treatments for the stomach is hydrastis can. It helps with emaciation, weakness, and a loathing of food in the epigastrium, as well as a constant sore feeling and cutting pain.
IRIS VERSICOLOR:Vomiting that is biliary and sour, excessive salivation, lack of appetite, and watery diarrhea with anus burning are all symptoms of hyperacidity.
KALI BICHROMICUM:Another effective treatment for peptic ulcers is Kali Bichromicum, which is recommended for those who have round ulcers, a feeling of heaviness after eating, a lack of appetite, and excessive vomiting of bright yellow water.
LYCOPODIUM CLAVATUM:Lycopodium is used to treat peptic ulcers, which have gnawing, burning pain that is relieved by drinking hot water. It also has great digestive weakness and causes a lot of bloating, hunger, but quick satiety, the ability to feel full on very little food, a preference for hot water, and a sweet tooth.
NATRUM PHOS:Gastritis, flatulence, excessive acidity, sour eructations, sour vomiting, mouthfuls of food spit out, and a yellow, creamy coating on the roof of the mouth and the back of the tongue.
NUX MOSCHATA:Gastric ulcer, stomach pain during or right after eating, headache after a meal, enormous abdominal distension, flatulent dyspepsia, diarrhea, white, fetid stools, extreme dry mouth without thirst, and in women, hysterical temperament, drowsiness, and a tendency to faint.
NUX VOMICAWhen the stomach hurts even after eating a small amount of food, the area is sensitive to pressure, the epigastrium feels bloated and heavy hours after eating, alcohol, coffee, spicy foods, tobacco, and other substances aggravate the condition, and the patient experiences nausea, vomiting, and frequent retching in addition to flatulence and heartburn.
PETROLEUM:Symptoms of a duodenal ulcer include ravenous hunger, the need to get up at night to eat, abdominal pain that is relieved by eating frequently but made worse by going without food or eating cabbage, heartburn, nausea, and only daytime diarrhea.
PHOSPHORUS 30-When a stomach ulcer causes burning after eating, sour belching, a sour taste after every meal, vomiting food by the mouthful, and a stomach that feels as though it has frozen, phosphorus is another popular treatment.
ROBINIA:Hyperchlorhydria, nausea, sour eructations, profuse vomiting of an extremely sour fluid, severe abdominal and bowel distension, flatulent colic, sour stools, nightly stomach burning pains, and acidity coupled with a frontal headache.
SULPHUR:Acidity, sour eructations, a sweet tooth, diarrhea that causes you to get out of bed early in the morning, constipation that causes your stools to be hard, dry, and painful, redness around your external orifices, chronic alcoholism, a nervous disposition, and scrofulous diathesis are all symptoms of this condition.
SULPHURIC ACID:Hyperacidity, heartburn, sour eructations that make teeth tingle, sour vomiting, hemorrhage of black blood from the bowels, ulcers that bleed easily, water that makes the stomach feel cold and requires alcohol to be mixed with it, pains that come on gradually and stop suddenly, trembling, and weakness are all symptoms of hyperacidity.
SYMPHYTUM:Gastralgia, ulcers of the stomach and duodenum, and stimulation of epithelium growth on ulcerated surfaces
URANIUM NITRICUM:A bloated stomach, a ravenous appetite, and boring pain in the pyloric region are all symptoms of gastric and duodenal ulcers, and uranium nitrate is the best homeopathic treatment for them**.
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