Duodenal Ulcer and Recurrent Dyspepsia
- 15 August 1970
- Vol. 3 (5719), 368-371
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.3.5719.368
Abstract
A survey of recurrent indigestion in four general practices (19,619 patients) showed a wide range of dyspeptic complaints. Of these 82 (4·2 per 1,000) already had a proved ulcer and 144 (7·3 per 1,000) had symptoms suggesting a duodenal ulcer and had either not been investigated or had previously had a normal barium meal. A duodenal ulcer was found radiologically in half the men (46 out of 95) but in only 16% of the women (8 out of 49). In 11 (25%) of the 46 men shown to have an ulcer a barium meal had been previously reported as normal. Evidence is put forward that ulcer symptoms in the large residue of patients with a normal barium meal (38 men, 29 women) were produced by a primary duodenal condition (duodenitis) of which ulcer was one complication.Keywords
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