Most ulcers occur in the stomach and proximal duodenum while less commonly in the lower esophagus, the distal duodenum or the jejunum. In broad terms, the development of potent, and safe drugs ...

67 Moreover, eosinophilic oesophagitis and persistent gastric or duodenal ulcer can be identified ... Patients may prove to have minimal changes in the distal oesophagus related to GORD by using ...

Several mortality studies from various occupational cohorts of people exposed to 2,4-D have been inconsistent but they generally found no significant increase in deaths from ulcers or ... and distal ...

NSAIDs, including aspirin, significantly increase the risk of adverse gastrointestinal events, particularly those related to gastric and/or duodenal mucosal injury: erosions, ulcers and ulcer ...

The organism Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is known to be the causative factor in many ulcers occurring in, or just out-side, the stomach. It has also been associated with an increased risk of ...

What is a pressure ulcer or bedsore? A pressure ulcer, or bedsore, is an area of skin - and sometimes also the tissue underneath - that has become damaged because of pressure. An ulcer may develop ...

HIV-1 penetration into the genital mucosa occurs rapidly after exposure and is possibly enhanced by micro-abrasions or genital ulcer disease ... epithelium in the stomach and the small intestine ...

Whenever I have a mouth ulcer, I find myself reminiscing back to the days that my mouth didn’t hurt. Those halcyon times when a cup of tea was comforting, not biting. When a packet of salt and ...

Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers have now discovered that what we call the 'dessert stomach' is rooted in the brain. The same ...

Nurses hoping to reduce the rate of pressure ulcers in their hospitals are using a mannequin and self-made fake wounds to help teach colleagues about spotting and treating tissue damage in their ...

The effect of EVT for occlusion of medium or distal vessels is unclear. We randomly assigned participants with an isolated occlusion of medium or distal vessels (occlusion of the nondominant or ...

Peptic ulcer disease is a common digestive disorder in which acid and digestive enzymes cause the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine (duodenum) to erode. A peptic ulcer ...