Stomach Ulcers, which are also known as Gastric Ulcers, are painful sores in the stomach lining. Stomach Ulcers are a type of peptic ulcer disease. Peptic ulcers are any ulcers that affect both the stomach and small intestines. Stomach Ulcers occur when the thick layer of mucus that protects your stomach from digestive juices is reduced. This allows the digestive acids to eat away at the tissues that line the stomach, causing an ulcer. Stomach Ulcers may be easily cured, but they can become severe without proper treatment.
The Gallbladder stores bile, a fluid made by your liver. Bile helps Once a peptic ulcer is diagnosed majority of the patients respond very well to medications. In patients who have been diagnosed to have H.Pylori infection, a course of antibiotics is useful to prevent recurrence of ulcers.
Nowadays surgical intervention is a rarity, due to availability of effective drugs. In a small group of patients who have complicated ulcers there may be a need for surgery to decrease the acid secretion or surgery is required for ulcer complications like perforations or stricture, or bleeding.