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& History
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and X-Ray
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Diagnosis
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Disease
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As
if all the forgoing weren't enough, here are some potentially serious complications
of peptic ulcer disease.
1. Anemia
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Most frequent complication,
10-20% of patients
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May be life threatening, accounts
for 25% of deaths.
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May be first indication of the
ulcer.
2. Perforation
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Occurs in only 5% of patients,
but accounts for two thirds of deaths.
3. Obstruction from scarring
and/or edema.
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Occurs in about 2% of patients,
most often in those with pyloric channel ulcers.
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Incapacitating cramping abdominal
pain.
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Rarely total obstruction and
intractable vomiting.
Malignant
transformation? |
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