This is hardly used for detection of H. pylori alone but for ruling out the existence of other stomach maladies. It is quite expensive and requires a highly skilled physician. Stool Antigen Test; this is when the stool is analyzed for detection of Continue Reading...
Peptic ulcer, often known as a peptic ulcer disease, is a painful condition of the abdomen resulting in mucosal erosion of the gastrointestinal tract usually by excessive acid (consult, 2007) these erosions can only be categorized as peptic ulcers if Continue Reading...
Peptic Ulcer Disease: Pathophysiology A peptic ulcer can be defined as "a focal mucosal defect with inflammatory cell infiltration and coagulation necrosis extending through the muscularis mucosae" (Halter, 1995, p. 2). Contrary to erosion, a peptic Continue Reading...
The use of aspirin and other NSAIDs has not been eliminated by studies as possible causes of PUD. H. pylori infection generally occurred less among patients with complicated ulcer disease than in those with uncomplicated ulcer disease. Many studies Continue Reading...
Treatment for a Patient With a Duodenal Ulcer Until relatively recently, stress and spicy foods were deemed to be the likely causes of ulcers. That has changed, however, with the discovery of the causal link between H. pylori and duodenal ulcers. "I Continue Reading...
Marshall and Warren discovered that the organism was there in almost every patient with gastric ulcer and inflammation. Based on the results of their findings, they suggested that Helicobacter pylori are involved in the aetiology of these diseases. Continue Reading...
Pathophysiology of Gastric Acid Stimulation and Production The human body produces gastric acid in the stomach, primarily to digest proteins (Anand, 2015; Huether & McCance, 2012). It is composed o hydrochloric acid and sodium chloride. It diges Continue Reading...
Ulcer Many people say that an ulcer is caused by stress whereas scientific journals states that it is caused by bacteria. Actually, ulcer has traditionally been thought as a condition brought by stress as well as the consumption of coffee and spicy Continue Reading...
There can also be changes to the ways in which the body defends itself against these acidic secretions; increased acid exposure can seriously damage or even destroy portions which are given undo exposure. For example, in some patients, the stomach i Continue Reading...
The digestive fluids that are secreted by the stomach glands aimed at breaking down solid food and to kill bacteria in the stomach are referred to as gastric juices. Gastric acid is produced by the gastric parietal cell located on the walls of the st Continue Reading...
Commensal Bacterial and Obesity Link Between Commensal Bacteria And Obesity Biological Paper Link between Commensal Bacteria and Obesity Link between Commensal Bacteria and Obesity A global obesity epidemic is having a major impact on the healt Continue Reading...
Advanced Practice Nursing: Case Study Analysis and Care Plan Creation Client Complaints: This case study involves a patient with symptoms for the past 24 hours and the patient expresses pain as ten on a scale of one to ten in the past 24-hour howev Continue Reading...
2003, p. 247). The use of NSAID has been associated with increased risks of gastrointestinal bleeding in unselected patients, approximately five-fold for musculoskeletal pain and two fold for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease with low- Continue Reading...
Introduction Motility represents the stomach muscle’s contractions that allow the mix and push of contents within the gastrointestinal tract (GI). Motility is a term generally used for reference to any of the various gastro disorders where ther Continue Reading...
The Normal Pathophysiology of Gastric Acid Stimulation and Production In the words of Phan, Benhammou, and Pisegna (2015), “gastric acid secretion by parietal cells occurs in the fundus of the stomach, and is intricately regulated by various ne Continue Reading...
Gastric Acid Stimulation and Production Pathophysiology of gastric acid stimulation and production The parietal cells in the stomach are responsible for the production of gastric acid. Parietal cells contain secretory canaliculus, which produce gas Continue Reading...
