The symptoms of gastric ulcer are mostly epigastric pain, mostly located just below or to the left of the subxiphoid process, and can be dull, burning, distending, sharp, or hunger-like discomfort in nature. Typical symptoms: 1. chronic process, which can last for several years or more than 10 years; 2. recurrent or periodic attacks, which can last for weeks or months, with seasonal attacks, typically occurring during seasonal changes, such as the onset of autumn and winter and winter-spring; 3. some patients have rhythmic epigastric pain associated with meals, mostly postprandial; 4. abdominal pain can be relieved by acid suppressants or antacids. Atypical symptoms: Some cases only show indigestion symptoms such as epigastric distension, epigastric discomfort, anorexia, belching and acid reflux. There is also a group of asymptomatic ulcers. These patients have no abdominal pain or dyspeptic symptoms, but have complications such as gastrointestinal bleeding and perforation as the first symptoms, which can be seen at any age, and are more common in patients taking long-term NSAIDs and the elderly. Complications: When complications occur in gastric ulcer, corresponding symptoms will also appear. (1) Bleeding: In mild cases, the symptoms are positive occult blood in the stool and black stool, while in severe cases, there is hemorrhage, vomiting blood or dark red blood in the stool. ②Perforation: ulceration into the abdominal cavity causes diffuse peritonitis; penetration into the surrounding substantial organs, such as liver, pancreas, spleen, etc., manifests as a change in the regularity of abdominal pain, which becomes persistent or persistent; ③Pyloric obstruction: manifests as epigastric distension and pain, which is aggravated after meals; abdominal pain can be slightly relieved after vomiting; vomit can be persistent food; severe vomiting can lead to water loss, hypochlorhydria, hypokalemic alkalosis; weight loss, malnutrition. ④Cancer: Gastric ulcer with recurrent attacks and long duration of disease has high risk of cancer and corresponding symptoms. Therefore, there are more symptoms of gastric ulcer, and it is crucial to pay attention to them, and you must go to the hospital for formal examination to confirm the diagnosis when the above symptoms appear.