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A peptic ulcer, also known as PUD or peptic ulcer disease is an ulcer of an area of the gastrointestinal tract that is usually acidic and thus extremely painful. As much as 80% of ulcers are associated with Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that lives in the acidic environment of the stomach, however only 20% of those cases go to a doctor. Ulcers can also be caused or worsened by...


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has anyone ever suffered from them what are the symptoms do you get nausea and...

Symptoms of a peptic ulcer can be: Abdominal pain, classically epigastric with severity relating to mealtimes (duodenal ulcers are classically relieved by food, while gastric ulcers are exacerbated by it); Bloating...

Asked by Ness - 24 months ago

I have been taking lansoprazole 30mg for two months for confirmed endoscopy peptic ulcers?
As the pain and sickness has not improved, I have been prescribed zantac.which after five...

They act in different ways. Zantac is an antihistamine and reduces the effect of the histamines in the stomach that cause acid to be produced. Lanzaprosole is a Proton-pump inhibitor...

Asked by mike jetta - 10 months ago

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