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1. Health Tip: Warning Signs of Peptic Ulcer - US News and World Report
Some common symptoms

2. Peptic ulcer (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
A peptic ulcer is erosion in the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine, an area called the duodenum. If the peptic ulcer is located in the stomach it is called a gastric ulcer.• Reviewer: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

3. Pyloroplasty (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Pyloroplasty is a surgical procedure in which the pylorus valve at the lower portion of the stomach is cut and resutured, relaxing and widening its muscular opening (pyloric sphincter) into the duodenum (first part of the small intestine). Pylorop...• Author: Kathleen D. Wright RN, L. Lee Culvert

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4. Combination drug therapy for peptic ulcer disease - How It Works -- Information from Healthwise
Combination drug therapy that includes at least 2 antibiotics, an acid reducer (which may include a proton pump inhibitor), and sometimes a bismuth compound is recommended for people who have peptic ulcer disease and are known to be infected with.
http://www.everettclinic.com/kbase/topic/detail/drug/hw217455/detail.htm#hw2174...

5. Peptic Ulcer: Acid-reducing Drugs -- Information from the Merck Manual
Surgery is used primarily to deal with complications of a peptic ulcer, such as a perforation, an obstruction that fails to respond to drug therapy or that recurs, two or more major episodes of bleeding ulcers, a gastric ulcer suspected of being...
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec09/ch121/ch121c.html

6. eMedicine - Peptic Ulcer Disease : Article by Tri H Le
Dyspeptic symptoms that might suggest PUD are not specific because only 20-25% of patients with symptoms suggestive of peptic ulceration are found on investigation to have a peptic ulcer. Might decrease the incidence of NSAID-induced peptic...
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1776.htm

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