Symptoms of peptic ulcer

1 Symptoms:.

Symptoms of a peptic ulcer are

·         Abdominal pain, classically epigastric with severity relating to mealtimes, after around 3 hours of taking a meal.

·         Bloating.

·         Water brash (rush of saliva after an episode of regurgitation to dilute the acid in esophagus)

·         Nausea and copious vomiting.

·         Loss of appetite and weight.

·         Hematemesis (vomiting of blood); this can occur due to bleeding directly from a gastric ulcers or from damage to the esophagus from severe/continuing vomiting.

·         Melena (tarry, foul-smelling feaces due to oxidized iron from hemoglobin).

·         Rarely, an ulcer can lead to a gastric or duodenal perforation, which leads to acute peritonitis. This is extremely painful and requires immediate surgery.