Duodenal ulcer

Introduction: Duodenal ulcer

A duodenal ulcer is a particular type of peptic ulcer (stomach ulcer) that afflicts the lining of the duodenum. These two types of gastrointestinal ulcers are common causes of abdominal pain or abdominal discomfort. Other possibilities that may need consideration for these symptoms include ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, GERD, gastric reflux, heartburn, or other causes of abdominal pain or abdominal symptoms.

Symptoms of Duodenal ulcer

• Mostly similar to symptoms of peptic ulcers
• Abdominal pain
• Abdominal pain after meals
• Pain below the ribs
• Gastrointestinal bleeding

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Medical Textbooks Online about Duodenal ulcer

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Duodenal ulcer?

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Misdiagnosis and Duodenal ulcer

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Causes of Duodenal ulcer

• Excess stomach acid
• Helicobacter pylori bacteria
• See underlying conditions of peptic ulcers

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Treatments for Duodenal ulcer

• See treatment of peptic ulcers

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Clinical Trials for Duodenal ulcer

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Duodenal ulcer include:

• Helicobacter Pylori Eradication With a New Sequential Treatment - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Sequential therapy
• Tailored Treatment of H. Pylori Infection Based Polymorphisms of CYP2C19 and 23S rRNA of H. Pylori - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Lansoprazole,clarithromycin,amoxicillin
• Lymphocytic Subsets and Cytokine Production With H. Pylori Infection - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Second Line Therapy for the Cure of Helicobacter Pylori (H. Pylori) Infection - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - rabeprazole,amoxicillin,clarithromycin,metronidazole
• Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms in Gastric Diseases - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

See full list of 7 Clinical Trials for Duodenal ulcer

Statistics for Duodenal ulcer

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Definitions of Duodenal ulcer:

A PEPTIC ULCER located in the DUODENUM. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A peptic ulcer of the duodenum - (Source - WordNet 2.1)