Pediatric Peptic Ulcer Disease: Is It Significant?

Abstract

Peptic ulcer disease is extremely rare in pediatric age. However, it can cause severegastrointestinal bleeding. Pediatric peptic ulcers are usually associated with nonspecificsymptoms. Therefore, the most important factor for early diagnosis is clinical suspicion aboutthe presence of this disease. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is the gold standard method fordiagnosis. Medical management almost always provides high clinical success. Pediatriciansshould have sufficient background information about this disease and endoscopic investigationshould not be ignored when clinically indicated.Key Worlds: Peptic ulcer, childhood, H. pylori

Keywords

• Peptic ulcer, childhood, H. pylori

PEDİATRİK PEPTİK ÜLSER HASTALIĞI ÖNEMLİ Mİ?

Abstract

Çocukluk çağı peptik ülserleri yetişkinlere göre oldukça nadir olmakla birlikte ciddigastrointestinal kanama sebebi olabilmektedir. Genellikle nonspesifik semptomlara yol açar.Dolayısıyla tanıda klinik şüphe en önemli husustur. Üst gastrointestinal endoskopi tanıda altınstandart özelliğini taşımaktadır. Tedavide genellikle medikal ajanlarla yüksek etkinlik elde etmekmümkündür. Çocuk doktorları bu nadir hastalık konusunda bilgi sahibi olmalı, klinik açıdangerekli görüldüğünde endoskopik incelme ihmal edilmemelidir

Keywords

• Peptit ülser,çocukluk,H. pylori

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