PUD Flashcards
PUD clinically
- Loss of the mucosal surface
- Seen by endoscope and radiologist
- < 5mm in diameter
PUD pathologically
Loss of surface epith.
+
Muscularis Mucosa penetration
HCl secretion stimulus
- Ach (Mainly)
- Histamine
- Gastrin
Under the normal conditions there is a balance between
- Defensive mechanisms
- Aggressive mechanisms
Defensive mechanisms
- Mucos
- Good mucosal blood flow (rich in HCO3)
- Tigh intercellular junction
- Gastric mucosal renewal
Aggressive mechanisms
- NSAIDs
- Smoking
- H.pylori
- Pepsin
- Bile salts & acids
General C/P of PUD
Epigastric pain
Dyspepsia
GERD symptoms
Gastric outlet obstruction (Finally as a complication)
GU C/P
(Rhythmic)
Absent during fasting
occurs shortly after eating –> weight loss
Relived by fasting (Stomach emptying)
Rare at night
Radiation to the back
Periodic (Recur at intervals)
DU C/P
Relived by food intake
Returns after eating
Usually awakens at night
Radiation to the back
Peridoic
PUD complications
Bleeding
penetration
Perforation
Obstruction
Gastric carcinoma
PUD COMP.
1. Bleeding
May be the first presentation
The most common presentation
Forms:
1- stool ( Melena / Occult blood )
2- Vomitus ( Coffee ground emesis / Hematemesis )
3- Sudden collapse and shock
PUD COMP.
2. Perforation
Less common
Mostly in the elderly patients and those who takes NSAIDs / corticos
C/P:
- Loss of bowel sounds
- Board like rigidity of AW
- Diffuse Abdominal pain
- Usually followed rapidly by bowel sounds cessation and development of rebound tenderness (surgical abdomen)
PUD COMP.
3.Penetration
Penetration into an adjacent structure
C/P:
- Gradual exacerbation of pain
- Increase in local tenderness
- Features of an additional diseases (Pancreatitis)
PUD COMP.
4. Obstruction
D.2 :
- Edema & inflammation surrounding the ulcer
- Permanent scarring with fibrosis
PUD INVES.
1. LAB
Uncomplicated cases= Normal
Perforation= polymorphonuclear leucocytsosis
Zollinger- Ellison $ = Serum Gastrin