It is believed that about 5 to 10 out of every 100 people in the world will get a peptic ulcer at some point during their ...

Peptic ulcer disease treatments focus on healing ulcers and preventing recurrence. While a specific “ulcer diet” may not be ...

Background: With dwindling rates of postoperative mortality in perforated peptic ulcer that is attributable to H 2-receptor blocker usage, there is a need to shift the focus towards the prevention ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(3):345-348. Simple closure of perforation by an omental patch is the usual procedure performed for perforated duodenal ulcer. However, it has an unacceptably high ...

Understanding stomach ulcers and their dietary connection Stomach ... sudden severe abdominal pain that might indicate perforation, or symptoms of anemia like fatigue or weakness.

The following is a summary of “Perforated peptic ulcers in children: a systematic review,” published in the May 2025 issue of BMC Pediatrics by Vidović et al.

For decades, people with stomach ulcers were advised to eat frequent ... and experience more complications like bleeding and perforation. Perhaps most telling, studies demonstrate that ulcer ...

The first person to die in a city jail in 2025 was killed by an overdose of synthetic marijuana, or “K2,” once again raising ...