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Peptic Ulcer Disease
- involves gastric ulcers ands duodenal ulcers
- mainly due to Helicobacter pylori
Sites
- most often stomach or proximal duodenum
- also
- oesophageal (due to reflux)
- jejunum (in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome)
- after gastroenterostomy
- Meckel's
Diverticulum
Symptoms
- pain
- worse between meals
- improved by eating / made worse by eating
- melaena
- collapse
Signs
Treatment
Complications
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