How should gastric ulcer care?

Prognosis

In case of gastric cancer, the prognosis is poor.

The severity of gastric ulcer: gastric ulcer is one of the serious consequences of a relapse into cancer. If the following conditions should be vigilant.

1. The nature of pain and patterns of change in ulcer pain more performance for the upper abdominal pain, was like burning or dull pain, and pain episodes associated with the consumption, generally in 1 to 2 hours after a meal there, then gradually reduced. If the pain out of these laws, and changes from time to time attack, or a persistent pain, or pain than ever before the nature of significant changes have taken place should be alert for the precursor of cancer.

2. Although the use of anti-ulcer drugs ineffective recurrent ulcer is easy, but usually after taking anti-ulcer drugs, can alleviate the symptoms generally. If you routinely take anti-ulcer drug treatment for some time, the effect becomes obvious, or ineffective, it should be suspected to be a precursor to cancer.

3. Progressive weight loss patients in the short term loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fever and progressive weight loss, then the likelihood of cancer significantly.

4. Occur in the near future patients with hematemesis and melena frequent vomiting or there tarry stools, fecal occult blood test results were positive for sustained and severe anemia, these phenomena show that gastric ulcer may be malignant as cancer.

5. Abdominal mass in gastric ulcer patients are generally not formed abdominal mass, but if cancerous, the ulcer will become large, hard, patients with advanced touch in the left upper abdominal mass. Mass texture, hard, nodular, not smooth, the pressure of pain.

Gastric ulcer patients and their families should pay attention to changes in condition, if it is found to be alert to the clues of a timely go to hospital for examination, identify problems for early treatment and prevention of adverse consequences.