Risk factors,diagnosis, and management of peptic ulcer disease

• Main Authors: Murtaza Mustafa, Jayaram Menon, RK.Muiandy, Fredie Robinson, MM.Sein, A.Fariz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IQSR Journals 2015
• Subjects: RC705-779 Diseases of the respiratory system; RC799-869 Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42586/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42586/; https://doi.org/10.9790/0853-14784046

For nearly 100 years, scientists and doctors thought that ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Treatment was bed rest and antacids, but in 1982 discovery of Helicobacter pylori confirmed its role in in gastric, duodenal ulcers and gastric cancer. Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is the m...