Sunday, March 16, 2008

Prevention of duodenal ulcer recurrence

Duodenal ulcer is a chronic, easy recurrence of the disease.
Most of the ball after Hz ulcer patients with anti-receptor agent orange tagamet (cimetidine), ranitidine, famotidine treatment after six weeks, can heal, but after the withdrawal, about 80% patients will relapse within a year also.
- How to prevent the recurrence of ulcer disease?
This was from the start with the occurrence of ulcer disease. Modern that canker is acid, pepsin hit the ball mucosa, the former more than the latter of attacks by the defense force. Modern ulcer disease treatment strategy has been aimed at reducing gastric acid secretion and mucosal resist the invasion of raising two aspects.
Medical experts believe that the HP (Helicobacter pylori) was the ball can be used in patients with ulcer-orange H2 receptor merger of antibacterial drugs (such as oral tablets gentamicin, marzulene - S particles, colloidal bismuth agent); the HP-negative patients with ulcer available Hz receptor blockers combined mucosal protective agent (such as sucralfate) treatment. Duodenal ulcer can be refractory to proton pump inhibitor treatment Losec 4-6 weeks. Above combined on the lower-ulcer recurrence rate barnyard great benefits.
Ulcer healing, and to use the long-term prevention of recurrence of H2-receptor antagonist taken every night, to six months or even a year longer time. The maintenance of this therapy is applicable to chronic ulcer bleeding history, the regular recurrence (2 attack more than a year) in elderly patients.
For nearly three years, diagnosed by endoscopy ulcer disease, every year at least one acute attack of 18-60 years old-ulcer patients can be carried out after short-term treatment of symptoms of self-therapy (SSC).

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