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in your stomach not every spot has the chemical ulcer. Because this gastic juice and other chemicals make a hole type thing in the walls of the stomach that hurts yuo a lot
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How can the stomach wall be damaged?
The stomach wall can be damaged by factors such as excessive alcohol consumption, prolonged use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), infections (such as H. pylori), ulcers, or excessive stomach acid production. This damage can lead to conditions like gastritis, peptic ulcers, or even perforation of the stomach wall in severe cases.
What is it called when you have a hole in the stomach wall?
A hole in the stomach wall is known commonly as an ulcer. Ulcers are caused by an overabundance of hydrochloric acid within the stomach. The acid weakens the stomach lining and penetrates the stomach wall, causing ulcers.
What is the change to the stomach after you get stomach ulcers?
your stomach has a coating of mucus on the inside to protect it from the acid. ulcers occur when the mucus is not produced fast enough and the acid begins burning the stomach wall
If you drinking alcohol over a long period of time where will it cause ulcers?
Alcohol, by itself, rarely causes ulcers. However, if you take it with aspirin or ibuprofin (Advil), both of which reduce the mucous that protects the stomach wall from stomach acid, the combination can lead to stomach ulcers.
How are gastric ulcers produced and where are they usually found?
Overproduction of gastric acid can occasionally eat a hole through the stomach wall. These gastric ulcers are rare. Gastric ulcers, which are less common, usually occur along the upper curve of the stomach.
What medical problem results when the mucous lining and part of the stomach wall are destroyed or eaten away from stomach acids?
A stomach ulcer results when the mucous lining and part of the stomach wall are destroyed or eaten away. The name of the ulcer depends on the location in the stomach. A generic term is a gastric ulcer.
What does Too much stomach acid cause?
If there is too much stomach acid and not enough stomach mucus, ulcers may form on the stomach wall. Also, excess stomach acid may enter the esophagus through the cardiac sphincter and cause what is commonly known as heartburn.
How does bacteria destroy the mucus protecting the gut wall and how it let acid reach the gut wall and cause ulcers?
how does bacteria destroy the mucus protecting the gut wall and how did it let acid reach the gut wall and cause ulcers
Can ulcers burst if there's a lot of pressure on the stomach?
An ulcer is a thinned area of the stomach wall, so it doesn't burst per se, but it can erode all the way through causing a perforation, but it isn't related to increased pressure on the stomach.
Cells in the wall of stomach produce pepsinogen. which plays a role in protein digestion. Why don't these cells digest themselves?
Because they are coated, along with the stomach, in a thick mucus made by glans in the stomach, when the mucus is penetrated by the acid, that is when ulcers are caused
What does hemigastrectomy mean?
Surgical removal of all or part of the stomach. It's most often used for cancer of the stomach, but also sometimes for ulcers, holes in the stomach wall or polyps.
Pathophysiology of peptic ulcer disease?
Cause of peptic ulcer is the increased acidity in the stomach. Hydrochloric acid destroys a stomach wall and forms an ulcer. If the blood vessels are destroying in the stomach wall the bleeding are forming.
