How long does it take for a stomach ulcer to heal on its own?

Since patients eat food every day, the stomach cannot get rest and continues to produce stomach acid and pepsin, and cannot environmentally achieve self-healing conditions, stomach ulcers are generally difficult to heal on their own without outside intervention. If treated, most patients with mild symptoms can be cured after 6-8 weeks. If the discomfort such as stomach pain, acid reflux and gastric distension continues to be unrelieved, you should promptly visit the hospital to review the gastroscopy and clarify whether there are other causes of stomach pain. Usually patients with gastric ulcer can be treated by the following methods, and any treatment method takes a certain amount of time to take effect. I. Drug treatment: 1. Acid suppressing drugs: including H2 receptor blockers, such as ranitidine, famotidine; PPI inhibitors, such as omeprazole, rabeprazole, estramiprazole, etc. Can inhibit gastric acid secretion, to avoid continued damage to the stomach wall; 2, the protection of gastric mucosa drugs: including bismuth, and antacids such as magnesium aluminum carbonate tablets, aluminum thiosulfate, aluminum hydroxide gel, etc.. Can add a protective film to the stomach wall to help resist the stomach acid and bile and other digestive juices; 3, regulation of gastrointestinal function drugs: including Chinese medicine, stomach power capsules, etc., can help food peristalsis in the gastrointestinal tract, promote digestion, avoid the accumulation of surimi, promote more digestive secretion, aggravate the disease; 4, anti-H. pylori drugs: some patients have H. pylori infection, you can choose triple therapy or quadruple therapy for treatment, namely a PPI inhibitor, a bismuth agent, and one or two antibiotics in combination. Second, surgical treatment: Patients who do not have good results with medication may need to choose surgical treatment, such as major gastrectomy, vagus nerve dissection, etc. Patients may have a longer recovery period after surgery and need good postoperative care to avoid increasing recovery time.