Concepts of Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Disorders: Peptic ulcer

Scenario 1 Peptic Ulcer -Concepts of Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Disorders
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1 Explain what contributed to the development from this patient’s history of PUD?
Scenario 1 Peptic Ulcer Concepts of Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Disorders
 The patient was diagnosed with Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) and complained of abdominal pain. A peptic ulcer is a sore forming on the stomach lining, esophagus, or small intestine and mainly occurs when there is inflammation or stomach acid erosion. Ibuprofen is a pain reliever that is part of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), and this class of drugs increases the risk of PUD. The main risk factor in subjects with PUD includes smoking, age over 65 years, smoking NSAIDs, helicobacter pylori bacteria, and chronic sinusitis. Besides smoking and alcohol, other environmental risk factors are stress, spices, coffee and nutrition (Babaei et al., 2017). Helicobacter pylori can cause gastritis and peptic ulcers, and this is especially when there is a chronic infection causing inflammation (McCance & Huether, 2019).
The presence of three or more risk factors is the main cause of PUD recurring. There are different causes of chronic sinus issues, including bacterial infection that increases the risk of H pylori, and antibiotics are often used to eliminate bacterial infections, allergy symptoms, and chronic sinusitis. Clinical history on NSAID use and whether there have been previo...