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Today we are going to talk about "Can upper gastrointestinal ulcer become cancerous?"
First say what is called ulcer, refers to the skin surface, mucosal epithelium defect or ulceration, the surface can have pus, necrosis, after the scar.
Upper gastrointestinal ulcer includes gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, that is, ulcer occurs on the surface of gastric mucosa and duodenal mucosa.
The symptoms of the two are different. The pain of duodenal ulcer usually occurs on an empty stomach, while gastric ulcer usually occurs after meals. This is the main difference, but not absolute, especially among the elderly.
Theoretically, duodenal ulcer is very unlikely to become cancerous. Generally, gastroscopy is used to find duodenal ulcer without taking pathology. However, gastric ulcers, especially those with large areas, may become cancerous!
For patients with gastric ulcer, if the duration of gastric pain becomes longer or the pain becomes irregular, the effect of using gastric medicine is not good, and the weight loss is obvious, they should be alert to the possibility of gastric cancer and check gastroscope immediately.
Health lies in management, and prevention is better than treatment.
