[2015] Amethyst Goff: Digestive Disorders

Amy & Mikeylah

*MORE COMMON IN MEN AND ELDERLY*10-15% OF POPULATION HAVE IT AT ANY GIVEN TIME*ON AVERAGE, 4,604 DEATHS PER YEAR HAVE BEEN RECORDED

STATISTICS...

TREATMENTS:*MEDICATIONS THAT BLOCK ACID PRODUCTION AND PROMOTE HEALING AND PROTECT STOMACH LINING AND SMALL INTESTINES*ANTIBIOTICS/ANTACIDS THAT REDUCE STOMACH ACID*THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPY

STOMACH AND INTESTINE LINING BREAK DOWN BY:*SMOKING *DRINKING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOL*RADIATION THERAPY *STOMACH CANCER *HELICOBACTER PYLORI*FREQUENT USE OF ANIT-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS

CAUSES

*GNAWING OR BURNING PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OR UPPER STOMACH BETWEEN MEALS OR AT NIGHT*BLOATING*HEARTBURN*NAUSEA AND/OR VOMITING

SIGNS/SYMPTOMS:

PEPTIC ULCERS (PUD)

PREVENTION/PROGNOSIS

PREVENTION: AVOID: ALCOHOLCOMMON SOURCES OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI BACTERIA (e.g., contaminated food and water, floodwater, raw sewage)*LONG-TERM USE OF NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS *(NSAIDs)*SMOKINGPROGNOSIS:UNDERLYING CAUSE FOR PUD IS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED AND THE PROGNOSIS (expected outcome) FOR PATIENTS WITH THE CONDITION IS EXCELLENT

SOURCES

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/peptic-ulcer/basics/treatment/con-20028643http://www.healthline.com/health/peptic-ulcerhttps://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pepticulcer.html