When you have ulcerative colitis, the lining of your large intestine becomes inflamed and gets sores called ulcers. The symptoms that follow depend on how bad the inflammation is and how much of your ...

Although heartburn and ulcers are both digestive conditions, they have different causes and don’t share all the same symptoms. Deciding which is causing your symptoms may be confusing. Heartburn ...

Stomach ulcers, also known as gastric ulcers, are painful sores that develop in the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine. These ulcers can be caused by factors such as ...

Stomach ulcers, or peptic ulcers, are sores in the lining of the stomach or the top part of the small intestine. Stomach ulcer pain often occurs in the upper part of the abdomen. Doctors classify the ...

An ulcer — also referred to as a stomach ulcer or peptic ulcer — is a sore that forms in the stomach or in the upper portion of your small intestine. Ulcers occur when the acid your stomach uses for ...

A duodenal ulcer is a type of peptic ulcer that can appear in the duodenum. The duodenum is the upper part of the small intestine that’s connected directly to the stomach where it empties into the ...

When it comes to intestines, it sure seems like two are better than one. I asked my friend Franck Carbonero why that is. He’s a microbiologist at Washington State University. He studies the bacteria ...

A stomach ulcer is a “crater” on the lining of the stomach that develops when the stomach is inflamed, Dr. Plaut says. “In most cases, stomach acid is a key driver of ulcer formation.” While the term ...

When we talk about ulcer in Nigeria, many people think only about peptic ulcer or stomach ulcer. Not many people know about duodenal ulcer, ulcer in the eye, throat, intestine or in the organs. How ...