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What is PUD caused by? - ✔✔Break in mucous lining og GI tract and any area that
is exposed to acid-pepsin secretions
What is the most common ulcer? - ✔✔duodenal ulcer (near pylorus) < 1 cm diameter
What is the most common ulcer in older adults? - ✔✔Gastric ulcers
What is mucosal barrier? - ✔✔thin coat of mucous gel and bicarbonate
What does the mucosal barrier protect? - ✔✔gastric mucosa
what is helibacter pylori? - ✔✔infection spread by oral-oral and fecal-oral. found
70% individuals with PUD.
What does PUD affect? - ✔✔esophagus, stomach or duodenum (superficial lor deep)
Where are gastric ulcers found? - ✔✔lesser curvature of stomach, proximal to
pylorus.
Having a gastric ulcer increases your risk of what? - ✔✔Stomach cancer
What exacerbates PUD? - ✔✔Trauma, infection and other stressors
When does H. pylori occur? - ✔✔often in childhood
How is H. pylori spread? - ✔✔Through unclean water and saliva
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