1.What is a gastric ulcer? An ulcer is formed when a defect occurs on the mucosal surface of the stomach for a variety of reasons and reaches a certain depth. 2.What are the manifestations of a gastric ulcer? The main symptom is stomach pain, usually in the upper abdomen, and the most typical time of pain is 1-2 hours after meals. There are also some people whose pain time is not regular, or is not dominated by pain, but is manifested by upper abdominal distension, belching, indigestion, and discomfort in the upper abdomen after meals. There are also a few people, who can have no symptoms, directly to the ulcer bleeding as the first manifestation, clinical manifestations of the sudden appearance of vomiting blood or the solution of black stool 3, if suspected of gastric ulcer, how to check? The best examination method is gastroscopy. Nowadays, barium meal is almost no longer used to examine the stomach. Capsule endoscopy is mainly used to examine the small intestine and is not suitable for stomach examination. I had a stomach ulcer in the past, but recently I have the same symptoms as before, is it possible to stop having a gastroscopy? Unless the interval is very short, gastroscopy is generally recommended to avoid delaying the disease.4. Why do I get gastric ulcer? There are many reasons, the first one is H. pylori infection. Some drugs can also cause gastric ulcers, most commonly aspirin as well as painkillers (Fentanyl, Intact, etc.), anticoagulants (Poliovel, Tagalog, Warfarin, etc.), and long-term use of hormones can also cause ulcers. Diseases are often caused by a combination of factors, and ulcers are no different. alcohol, irritating foods, irregular lifestyle, exposure to cold, and mental stress are often triggering factors. 5. how to treat stomach ulcers? If there is H. pylori infection, the first thing is to eradicate H. pylori and reduce the production of gastric acid. The most common and effective drug nowadays is proton pump inhibitor, or PPI for short, which is also known as ××lazole class of drugs. Protect the gastric mucosa, life, quit smoking and drinking, eat easily digestible food, maintain a regular life and relax. 6.If my stomach stops hurting soon after taking the medicine, can I stop taking it? It takes time for ulcers to heal, and to ensure the quality of ulcer healing to reduce future recurrence, so there is a course of treatment required for ulcers, generally requiring 6-8 weeks of medication, so even if there are no symptoms, you should adhere to the medication, and review the gastroscopy before stopping the medication to confirm the healing of ulcers before stopping the medication. 7.Can stomach ulcers become cancerous? If the ulcer is persistent or keeps recurring in the same area, it may become cancerous as a result of long-term chronic inflammatory stimulation, but nowadays there are good treatment drugs for ulcers, and fewer and fewer patients have this condition. However, on the contrary, it should be noted that some gastric cancers are manifested as ulcers, and they will “pseudo-heal” after treatment, which requires endoscopists to identify whether the ulcer is benign or malignant, so in our hospital, biopsy is routinely done for gastric ulcers to avoid missing the diagnosis of gastric cancer. 9. Recurrence? The recurrence of ulcers generally depends on two factors, one is the eradication of H. pylori and the other is the quality of healing of the ulcer base, so in order to reduce the recurrence in the future, you should adopt a regular program to eradicate H. pylori, and at the same time, you should follow the doctor’s advice and take your medication to ensure the ulcer healing.