Peptic ulcer of the gastrointestinal tract can occur at any age. It is sometimes difficult to predict troubles of a gastroenterological nature, because there are many reasons for the occurrence of such ailments.

Negative factors that provoke stomach ulcers include heredity, improper lifestyle, acute poisoning with poisons or chemicals, stress, and infection ( Helicobacter pylori ). It is worth noting that a stomach ulcer can appear against the background of other diseases (inflammatory processes in the human body).   

Signs of a peptic ulcer

All symptoms of a stomach ulcer do not have clear boundaries, each person feels discomfort and soreness in their own way. Modern medicine notes the most common symptoms of the disease:    

• pain in the morning, on an empty stomach or between meals, an unpleasant sensation in the upper abdomen;
• nausea, possibly vomiting;
• heartburn;
• there is a feeling of fullness in the stomach, heaviness;
• decreased appetite, weight loss.

Doctors try to diagnose problems in the gastrointestinal tract especially carefully. Comprehensive laboratory studies can help to timely identify diseases, the cause of the formation of an ulcer, the pronounced symptoms of which often prevent the patient from living normally. 

Chronic stomach ulcer: symptoms

Symptoms of gastrointestinal problems are most often associated directly with the digestion process. That is, an ulcer, the symptoms of which are characterized by pain, will always be physically localized in the abdomen. If you feel discomfort before meals or heaviness in the stomach after eating, it’s time to seek for medical advice. 

If you feel pain in the stomach, and after eating or drinking the pain subsides, then there is an ulcer, and gastric juice has a negative effect on the mucous membrane of the digestive organ.

Ulcer in a child

Symptoms in children can differ significantly from signs of pathology that appear in adults. Nausea, gag reflex and belching occur infrequently, but pain and heartburn are constant companions of the child’s body, which suffers from gastric ulcer. The appetite in young patients is preserved, often even increased. 

It is not difficult to diagnose an ulcer by symptoms. With the help of ultrasound scans, endoscopy and laboratory tests, the doctor will diagnose quickly and accurately. It is important to treat diseases in a timely manner, but without unnecessary experimentation. Alternative medicine prescriptions are largely effective, but only on the advice of a doctor.