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Acid suppression

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These notes cover gastric acid secretion by parietal cells, the harmful effects of excess acid, and the mechanisms and examples of acid-suppressing drugs, supported by diagrams and colour-coded highlights.

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describe acid created and regulated Describe the consequences poor control gastric acid
how
gut is of of
·
·




the mechanisms that control acid production
.
Drug development of : · outline


· Histamine receptor blockers · describe how acid reducers work


· Muscarinic receptor blockers · describe how anti-acids work



·
proton pump inhibitor · describe how hellobacter pylori is a
leading culprit in



·

gastrin receptor blockers ulcer development

how does antacids (phosphate/carbonate salts) work




Why is acid
something to worry about ?




acid aids digestion by
gastric :




·


creating the optimal pH for pepsin and gastric lipase

·

stimulating pancreatic biocarbonate secretion


get GORD


&
The principal clinical indications for reducing acid secretion are peptic ulceration (both duodenal and gastric



·

gastro oesophageal reflux disease or GORD



·
oesophageal stricture due to acidic inflammation

I food doesn't come in




Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

Ca rare
hypersecretory gastrin producing tumor)

dysplasia
&
change in the epithelial to that stop the sphincter
form They become metastatic and begins grow and can
get non-cancerous tumors can
·
.




acid to enter
From closing allowing causing acid reflux

, The parietal cell-acid factories




early target for acid secretion
From blood
>
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cenzyme
ku7 1
. carbonic acid

-
dissociate


hydrogen I Y
potassium bicarbonate
in
pump (FTR exchange
For C1-
At comes out




The parietal cell DYNAMIC acid factories


Vesicle fusion ISNARE prese

- proton pump

-parietal X protonpumps are
· HKA stored in vesicles


· stimulation causesreside fusion to membrane




what makes the proton pump spread out -> stimulation of acid production




Acetylcholine from parasympathetic nerves

Y vagus
gastrin from G cells


Histamine from enterochromaffin cells (ECL)




inhibition of acid production




acid in the antrum stimulates somatostatin release from D cells

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