Symptom Finder - Peptic Ulcer
PEPTIC ULCER
A 42-year-old black male smoker for 25 pack years, who consumes one to two beers a day, comes to you for right upper quadrant pain and is found to have a duodenal ulcer on endoscopy. You treat him with diet, antacids, and H2 blockers, but he fails to improve. What do you look for?
1. Zollinger–Ellison syndrome
2. Chronic use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
3. Use of potassium preparations
4. More alcohol consumption than he admits
5. Heavy ingestion of caffeinated beverages
6. Helicobacter pylori ulcer disease
A 42-year-old black male smoker for 25 pack years, who consumes one to two beers a day, comes to you for right upper quadrant pain and is found to have a duodenal ulcer on endoscopy. You treat him with diet, antacids, and H2 blockers, but he fails to improve. What do you look for?
1. Zollinger–Ellison syndrome
2. Chronic use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
3. Use of potassium preparations
4. More alcohol consumption than he admits
5. Heavy ingestion of caffeinated beverages
6. Helicobacter pylori ulcer disease
