What are the symptoms of a stomach ulcer?
Anyone can have a stomach ulcer. Symptoms of a peptic ulcer can be: Abdominal pain, classically epigastric with severity relating to mealtimes, after around 3 hours of taking a meal (duodenal ulcers are classically relieved by food, while gastric ulcers are exacerbated by it); Bloating and abdominal fullness Waterbrash (rush of saliva after an episode of regurgitation to dilute the acid in esophagus) Nausea, and lots of vomiting Loss of appetite and weight loss; Hematemesis (vomiting of blood); this can occur due to bleeding directly from a gastric ulcer, or from damage to the esophagus from severe/continuing vomiting. Melena (tarry, foul-smelling faeces due to oxidized iron from hemoglobin) Rarely, an ulcer can lead to a gastric or duodenal perforation. This is extremely painful and requires immediate surgery. A history of heartburn, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and use of certain forms of medication can raise the suspicion for peptic ulcer. Medicines associated with peptic
