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symptoms
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fun facts
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painful sores that are found in the stomach lining or small intestine
What is a stomach ulcer?
100
anywhere from your navel up to your breastbone
Where does the pain range from
100
H pylori
What can a doctor test for in your breath?
100
h2 blockers
What prevents your stomach from making to much acid?
100
endoscopy
What is the most common way doctors diagnose stomach ulcers by?
200
anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin and ibuprofen)
long term uses of these NSAIDs cause stomach ulcers
200
pepto bismal
What drug stops nausea?
200
blood test, breath and stool
What is a test a doctor can give you to see if you have h pylori?
200
proton pump inhibitors
What blocks the cells that produce acid
200
Michelle, Jake
Who is more lucky to get stomach ulcers in our class?
300
smoking, frequent use of steroids, being over 50 years old.
What increases your chance of having them?
300
stomach pain
What is something that could improve with eating or drinking foods?
300
barium x-ray
What is a thick white liquid that makes the stomach and small intestine show up on X-rays?
300
removal of entire ulcer, taking tissues from another part of the intestines and seeing it over the ulcer site.
What surgery may include?
300
people of any age can get...
stomach ulcers
400
one factor
stomach ulcers are not caused by
400
weight loss
What is a huge thing that happens when stomach ulcers begin?
400
endoscopy
What is a thin tube that is inserted through the mouth and into the stomach to look for stomach ulcers
400
over the counter antacids
What helps with neutralizing stomach acid
400
90% of stomach ulcers
what % of stomach ulcers are caused by the infection of Helicobacter pylori
500
Heliocobacter pylori
What is the infection with the bacterium
500
burning pain in stomach
What is the leading symptom
500
endoscopic biopsy
a piece of stomach tissue is removed and analyzed later, typically used on older people who have experienced weight loss.
500
keep returning, don't heal, bleed, tear the stomach or small intestine, keep food from flowing out of the stomach into small intestine
What causes surgery?
500
25 million americans
over how many people will suffer from stomach ulcers
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