Best Doctors for Duodenal Ulcer Treatment in N R Peta, Kurnool

Duodenal ulcers are peptic ulcers causing open sores in the lining of the duodenum, the top part of the small intestine. The common symptom of duodenal ulcers is burning or dull pain in the stomach, which usually occurs between meals and may also awake the person at night. The other signs are feeling full after eating small amounts of food, burping, nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite, losing weight without trying, bloody or black stool, and blood in vomit. Duodenal ulcers are diagnosed using imaging tests such as upper GI series or barium swallow and upper endoscopy or esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and lab tests such as blood tests, stool antigen tests and urea breath tests. To manage duodenal ulcers, along with taking medications, it is important to make lifestyle modifications such as not eating certain foods, quitting smoking, limiting alcohol and caffeine, not using medications like aspirin and ibuprofen.