Stomach Ulcer Symptoms.

Occasionally, a patient of peptic ulcer may not present any ulcer symptom in the initial stages or even in the later stages. These Symptoms and Signs of Stomach Ulcer, when present are classic and invariable. They are being explained below:

Symptoms of Stomach Ulcer|Symptoms of Peptic Ulcer.

1.     Abdominal Pain: Ulcer patients feel pain in the abdominal area between the umbilicus and the breast bone.  It is a burning or gnawing type of pain and the timing of the pain varies in a gastric and a duodenal ulcer.

In a gastric ulcer symptoms, the pain is felt immediately after meals because of the secretion of the gastric acid to aid digestion. In a duodenal ulcer symptoms, the pain is felt 2 to 4 hours after the meals.

In a Gastric ulcer, the pain is aggravated by food, while in a duodenal ulcer,  the pain is relieved by food.

In both the cases the pain may last for a few minutes to a few hours.

2.     Regurgitation: In GERD, (gastro esophageal reflux disease) there is regurgitation of pungent tasting gastric contents into the mouth. The body mechanism   reacts by  secretion of saliva to dilute these regurgitated contents.

3.     Loss of appetite resulting in weight loss.

4.     Nausea and vomiting.

5.     Abdominal fullness and distension.

6.     Haemetemesis: (blood in vomits) Blood  vomits  which may look like coffee grounds occur due to a bleeding gastric ulcer.

7. Melena: (blood in stools). Black tarry stools are due to a bleeding ulcer. The black colour is due to the oxidation of the iron  (haemoglobin) in the blood.

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