Signs of stomach and intestinal ulcers. Signs of a duodenal ulcer

Peptic ulcer is a chronic disease, as a result of which the mucous membrane of the digestive organs is destroyed and ulcers form. Depending on their location, an ulcer of the intestine, stomach and duodenum is distinguished.

Signs of a stomach ulcer

This disease is chronic. It is characterized by the formation of an ulcer in the gastric mucosa. More often observed in men under 50 years of age. What signs of a stomach ulcer need to know?

1. Pain for a long time. They may not stop for weeks, months, and sometimes last for six months. If you are not examined, then you yourself can notice that the pains appear in spring and autumn. In summer and winter they are absent.
2. Periodic cramps of the pylorus.
3. Permanent irritation of acid-coated organ walls
4. Colic of moderate intensity, accompanied by aching pain . It is felt after eating. If there is nothing, it subsides.
5. An ulcer of the stomach and intestines makes itself felt in rainy and windy weather.
6. Pain intensifies due to quarrels, scandals and stress.
7. They can provoke excessive positive emotions.
8. Diseases of the joints, respiratory system, colds after treatment with appropriate drugs cause pain.
9. Signs of the opening of a stomach ulcer are always palpable. The patient experiences constant excruciating pain, which is accompanied by frequent vomiting. After it comes temporary relief.
10. Internal tension and irritability appear.

In some people, a stomach ulcer runs without pain. And if it is, it is attributed to another disease.

Gastric ulcer: treatment

1. Strict dieting is the key to a successful recovery. In this regard, food intake should be frequent and fractional.
2. To neutralize and reduce the secretion of gastric juice, special drugs are prescribed.
3. Use antibiotics to eradicate the infection.
   

4. Forbidden tobacco, alcohol, caffeine and food that irritates the esophagus.
5. Stress is contraindicated for the patient. They delay wound healing.
6. With an exacerbation of peptic ulcer, treatment is carried out in a hospital.
7. The patient is contraindicated in nervous and physical exertion, bed rest is recommended .
8. If the disease is not treatable, the affected area is removed operatively.

Treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers with alternative methods

1. To heal ulcers, you should take sea buckthorn oil on a teaspoon three times a day. You can eat a mixture made from cocoa powder in an amount of 50 grams, 2 raw eggs, 100 grams of butter and 50 grams of honey. One teaspoon is enough. At this time, the patient should be provided with five meals a day.
2. With exacerbation of the disease, it helps to collect from yarrow, calendula, chamomile, mountaineer snake, celandine, St. John's wort, flax seeds and dill, roots of marshmallow and elecampane. Herbs are chopped and mixed in equal proportions. A tablespoon of the prepared mixture is poured with half a liter of cold water, insist night. In the morning, as soon as it boils, the broth is removed from the fire and steamed for another 40 minutes in a water bath. Then for two hours it is infused and filtered. Tincture is drunk in a quarter glass before eating.
3. During treatment with herbal decoction after eating, you need to drink activated charcoal. And after two hours - sodium bicarbonate, but not more than ten days and two grams at a time.

Duodenal ulcer: signs

If you know the signs of stomach and intestinal ulcers, you can consult a doctor in time for examination and diagnosis. At an early stage, any disease is successfully treated.

Signs are:

1. Pain on an empty stomach. They are felt in the upper abdomen and can be given to the chest area. They are aching in nature and pass immediately after eating food or water in small quantities. A person feels signs of a duodenal ulcer even at night when pain suddenly occurs. To ease it, the patient is forced to wake up and eat something.
2. Bloating.
3. Indigestion: diarrhea or constipation.
4. Frequent heartburn and belching sour mass.
5. Pain on abdomen.
6. In severe cases, signs of a duodenal ulcer always cause great excitement. The vomiting with blood joins the listed symptoms. Blood can also be found in feces.
7. This disease has seasonal exacerbations.

It is very important to identify signs of stomach and intestinal ulcers in time. In some cases, the disease proceeds without any manifestations. This is typical for the elderly. If the ulcer is not treated, complications arise. Bleeding and perforated ulcers may appear. It passes to neighboring organs, and peritonitis begins to develop.

Treatment of duodenal ulcers

1. An uncomplicated form of the disease is treated at home under the supervision of a physician.
2. If complications appear, the patient is hospitalized in the surgical department of the hospital. During exacerbation, a diet is strictly observed. Sharp and irritating dishes are excluded.
   

3. It is very important during the treatment of ulcers to destroy the causative agents of the disease. For this, the patient undergoes eradication therapy. Within a week, he takes antisecretory drugs and antibiotics. Then a second examination is carried out. If the signs of an intestinal ulcer have not disappeared, treatment continues according to another scheme.
4. To heal ulcers on the mucous membrane, the patient takes rosehip oil or sea buckthorn.
5. To stop severe pain, medications that eliminate spasm are prescribed.
6. Physiotherapeutic methods are used.
7. If conservative treatment has not yielded results, use surgical intervention.

Intestinal ulcer: signs

The most common site for ulcers is the duodenum. Hydrochloric acid is produced in our stomach. It helps digest food and kills the bacteria that cause pain. Acid is a caustic substance.

1. Signs of an intestinal ulcer become noticeable when the balance of acid and mucus is disturbed, which protects the membrane of the stomach and intestines from damage.
2. When the gastrointestinal tract is affected, the human psyche changes. He constantly fears that the pain will recur, again aggravation and a long stay in the hospital are possible. The patient begins to go to the doctors, consult with everyone. In the end, he has insomnia and a violation of daytime activity.
3. Signs of an intestinal ulcer in a child are more difficult to detect than in an adult. Children often carefully hide them, because they do not like to be examined, and even more so to lie in the hospital.
4. People with bowel and stomach diseases have a constant stool disorder. Usually it is not pronounced and may be absent for several days at all. Signs of stomach and intestinal ulcers are more noticeable during the period of exacerbation. Stool disorder along with pain is the main complaint of patients.
5. Frequent constipation with pain in the colon. This intestinal wall is irritated by the contents, and therefore there is a spasm. In addition to stool retention, it decreases in quantity.
6. An unstable stool is also characterized by an ulcer of the stomach and intestines. The symptoms of gastrointestinal ulcer are specific, they cannot be confused with anything else.

Intestinal ulcer: treatment

If bowel disease is confirmed, you should immediately switch to a healthy diet. To do this, you need to reduce dairy products and fiber in the diet. Remember: low-slag diets do not treat intestinal ulcers. But they reduce the frequency of bowel movements and can affect the symptoms.

The main thing in treating an ulcer of this organ is to relieve inflammation, which will eliminate the symptoms and allow the tissues to recover. When they are taken under control, every effort must be made to suppress outbreaks of the disease. They are eliminated by drugs. First, the doctor prescribes gentle treatment. If it does not help, therapy continues with aggressive agents. When conservative treatment methods do not lead to recovery, surgical methods are used.

Esophageal ulcer: symptoms

This disease has several names:

1. Peptic ulcer develops in the digestive tract. Its occurrence is promoted by the aggressive effect of gastric juice, which includes pepsin and hydrochloric acid. Presumably, the disease develops when part of the contents of the stomach, hydrochloric acid and pepsin are thrown into the esophagus. The mucous membrane is damaged, as it does not have the proper protection. But no one knows the exact causes of the esophageal ulcer.
2. Symptomatic ulcer occurs when the esophagus is affected by: infection, drugs, injuries, burns.

There is an acute and chronic ulcer of the esophagus. Signs by which the disease can be recognized:

1. Pain behind the chest. It occurs usually with food, sometimes after eating. It is much amplified when a person lies or bends.
2. Food enters the oral cavity from the esophagus.
3. Frequent regurgitation, called esophageal vomiting, occurs. This is observed when the esophagus narrows.

Esophageal ulcer: treatment

Any treatment for this disease begins with a diet. During exacerbation, the food should be liquid, chilled and mashed. Spicy, sour, irritating products and dishes from them are strictly prohibited.

1. The treatment is carried out with astringents and mucus-forming drugs that stimulate the membrane of the esophagus.
2. An anti-diarrhea drug is prescribed.
3. Physiotherapeutic procedures are carried out.
4. If the treatment lasted a long time, but the improvement did not come, the method of surgical intervention is used. With complication, an operation is performed.

Perforated ulcer: causes

This disease is the result of severe complications, as a result of which peritonitis develops. How does this happen? A through ulcer appears in the walls of the stomach or intestines. The contents enter the peritoneal cavity. This disease is characteristic of the elderly. What contributes to its development?

1. Alcoholic drinks.
2. Great emotional and physical stress.
3. Unbalanced nutrition, the use of salted, pickled, smoked, sour, spicy foods.
4. Damage to the mucous membrane during organ sensing.

Signs of a stomach and intestinal ulcer will help establish the correct diagnosis and start treatment on time.

Perforated ulcer: signs

1. Severe acute pain.
2. Desires for vomiting.
3. The person turns pale, he has a strong weakness and dizzy. It is covered with cold sweat.
4. If you lie down with your legs pressed to your stomach, the pain subsides.

After 5-6 hours, improvement will come. Acute pain will stop. The person will feel relief. But precisely at this time, as a rule, peritonitis occurs. It is characterized by a swollen stomach, fever, tachycardia. Signs of perforation of a stomach ulcer similar to renal colic or appendicitis. Seek immediate medical attention. Lost time is a threat to human life.

Perforated ulcer: treatment

This disease is treated with a surgical method. With its help, the defect is eliminated. The key to recovery of the patient after surgery is the right treatment.

1. Compliance with bed rest.
2. Nutrition strictly according to the medical diet. It will eliminate inflammation and help the stomach recover.
3. Drinking fluids, salts and simple carbohydrates in strictly limited quantities.

Postoperative diet

1. Three days after the operation, the patient can drink mineral water without gas, weakly brewed tea or a little slightly sweetened fruit jelly.
2. In the following days, you can: drink a little decoction of rose hips. Eat a pair of soft-boiled eggs and a small portion of heavily boiled and mashed rice or buckwheat porridge, liquid mashed soup from mashed vegetables.
3. When after the operation takes 8-10 days, mashed vegetables and steamed meatballs or meatballs are added to the diet.
4. After a month, you can add a little yesterday’s bread to the diet. In no case should you eat fresh pastries!
5. In two - a little kefir and sour cream.

The patient's menu should not contain: muffins, spicy, smoked and salty dishes. The use of marinades, canned food, sausages, kidneys, liver, lung is contraindicated. Exclude cocoa, coffee, chocolate, jam, honey from the diet. You can not eat mushrooms, cabbage, onions, garlic, sorrel, spinach, radish. To finally recover, you must abandon alcohol, carbonated drinks, ice cream.

When four months have passed, you can gradually, with the permission of a doctor, add previously forbidden foods to your diet.