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Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)-Causes-Diagnosis and Treatment

peptic ulcerPeptic Ulcer Disease (PUD): definition

A circumscribed ulceration of the gastrointestinal mucosa occurring in areas exposed to acid and pepsin and most often caused by Helicobacter pylori infection.
MORE THAN 5 mm in diameter.

• MAYBE ACUTE OR CHRONIC.

EROSION and Ulcer

• A BREAK IN THE GI MUCOSA LESS THAN 5 mm IN DIAMETER - NOT PENETRATING MUSCULARIS MUCOSA IS CALLED EROSION. Deeper erosions are called ulcers.
•EROSION MAY OCCUR IN ACID SECRETING AND NON- ACID SECRETING MUCOSA
• PERISTALSIS NOT AFFECTED IN EROSION
• EROSION HEALS RAPIDLY.

Sites of Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)

• PUD may occur in any area where acid and pepsin are present

• Commonest sites:

– Duodenum especially first part “duodenal bulb”
– Stomach especially over the lesser curve

• Other sites:

– The lower end of the oesophagus
– site of gastrojejunal anastomosis
– Opposite to Meckel’s diverticulum



AETIOLOGY OF Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)

• HELICOBACTER PYLORI- ASSOCIATED ULCERS

• NSAID-RELATED ULCERS.
• HYPER ACID SECRETORY STATES, For example, Z-E SYNDROME, IDIOPATHIC.

Pathogenesis of Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)

• IMBALANCE BETWEEN AGGRESSIVE AND DEFENSIVE FACTORS

Protective factors
- saliva, food, duodenal fluid, mucus - mucine, fast regeneration capability of gastric epithelial cells, well perfused gastric mucosa

AGGRESSIVE FACTORS
• ACID AND PEPSIN
- bile acids (reflux), Helicobacter pylori, drugs (analgesics, aspirin, ), nicotine, alcohol

MECHANISMS OF ACID SECRETION

• NERVOUS
• ENDOCRINOLOGICAL
– Gastrin
• PARACRINOLOGICAL
– GRP: increase secretion of acid
– Somatostatin: decreases secretion of acid
Histamine: stimulates secretion of acid

Diagnosis of PUD

• The clinical picture is suggestive but not diagnostic
• Diagnosis best by endoscopy
• Barium meal less helpful
• no role for serum gastrin or gastric acid studies in usual ulcers, it is indicated if ZE syndrome  is suspected
• Evaluation for H pylori infection
• The gastric ulcer should be biopsied to exclude malignancy



 Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection

• Invasive( through endoscopy)

– Gastric biopsy and staining
– culture of Bx specimen
– Tests using urease enzyme in Bx specimens

• Non-invasive:

– Urea breath test
– H.pylori antibodies
– Stool antigen
Salivary antigen

Complications of PUD

Ø Bleeding – Chronic bleeding causes anemia and it is minor and usually remain unnoticed. Acute bleeding may lead to hematemesis.
Ø Perforation – usually occurs in anterior gastric wall causes
- acute violent pain
- bleeding can be present
Ø Penetration - of the ulcer deeply through the whole wall into
neighbour organ (pancreas, liver)
Ø Stenosis - narrow of the lumen caused by scar, oedema or
inflammatory infiltration after healing of the ulcer
- rise only at pyloric localization
- vomiting of a huge volume of gastric content


TREATMENT OF PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE


• AIM OF TREATMENT:

– RELIEVE SYMPTOMS
– HEAL THE ULCER
– PREVENT COMPLICATIONS
– PREVENT RECURRENCES

Lifestyle modification in PUD

– REST
– RELAXATION
– GOOD SLEEP
– DIET:
• Take a bland diet
• Take frequent small meals
• Avoid caffeine-containing beverages
• Avoid too many spices
• Take fibre
• vitamin E and dietary fatty acids

HISTAMINE- RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS (H2-Blockers )
• CIMETIDINE 400mg b.d or 800mg at bed time
• RANITIDINE 150mg b.d. or 300mg at bed time
• FAMOTIDINE 20mg b.d. or 40mg at bed time
• NIZATIDINE 150mg b.d. or 300mg at bed time

HISTAMINE- RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS (H2-Blockers )
• Act through blocking H2 receptors in the parietal cells
• Suppress nocturnal acid secretion by more than 90%
• Suppress 24-hour acid secretion by 50-70%

• Side effects :

– CNS effects: headache, mental confusion
– Reversible gynecomastia and impotence.
– Interaction with drugs metabolized through hepatic cytochrome P-450 microsomal enzymes

ANTACIDS

• Rapid symptomatic relief
• Cheap
• Large amounts are required to heal ulcers leading to undesirable side effects.
• If taken on an empty stomach; they are effective only for 10-20 minutes
• If taken one hour after meals they are effective for 2-3 hours.
• Tablet preparations are less effective than suspensions


PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS(PPIs)

• Suppress acid secretion by non-competitively and irreversibly inhibiting the H+ , K+- ATPase of the gastric parietal cells
• Inhibit over 90%of 24-hour acid secretion
• Heal 50% of DUs by 2 weeks, 90% in 4 weeks and almost all by 6-8 weeks
PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS(PPIs)
• Omeprazole: 20,40 mg
• lansoprazole: 15, 30 mg
• pantoprazole: 20, 40 mg
• rabeprazole: 10, 20 mg
• esomeprazole:20, 40 mg
• Tenatoprazole: 40 mg: longer duration of action

New Therapies
Potassium-competitive acid blockers: P-CAB: Block secretion of acid by blocking the exchange of K+ by H+: still investigational AZD0865


Eradication therapy for H.Pylori

• In vitro Helicobacter pylori highly sensitive to many antibiotics
• In vivo, Helicobacter pylori sensitive to the following agents:
amoxicillin
tetracycline
clarithromycin
Metronidazole, tinidazole
bismuth
PPIs
– Second line drugs: Levofloxacin, gatifloxacin, rifabutin

Eradication therapy for H.Pylori
• Use a triple or quadruple regimen for 7-14 days.
• Efficacy of the regimen depends upon drugs used, compliance of the patient, resistance pattern of HP in the area
• Relapse rate drops to less than 10% per year after successful eradication


SUCRALFATE

• 1gm 4 times daily on an empty stomach
• Healing rate: 70-80% within 8 weeks
• binds with the proteinaceous base of the ulcer
• increasing local mucosal production of PGs

• Side effects:

– constipation
– nausea
– reduces the absorption of some drugs
binds phosphate in the gut

PROSTAGLANDINS

• Inhibit gastric acid secretion and has cytoprotective effects
• They are less effective than H2- blockers

• side effects:

– abdominal cramps
– diarrhea
– not cost-effective
• Indicated for prophylactic use rather than for treatment

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