is there a relationship between Ulcer and pregnancy?
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is there a relationship between Ulcer and pregnancy?
pregnancy may complicate most gastrointestinal diseases, particularly gastroesophageal reflux and inflammatory bowel disease. In addition, gastrointestinal symptoms are extremely common in the pregnant patient. Symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and dyspepsia occur in 50–90% of all patients.1 Most of these symptoms are a manifestation of normal altered physiology in which changes occur both functionally and anatomically. These changes may cause new symptoms, worsen preexisting disease, or mask potentially deadly disease. A lack of experience in dealing with these symptoms can have devastating effects.
Peptic ulcer disease is no more common in pregnancy than in other normal populations and older epidemiologic studies suggest a decreased incidence in pregnancy. In fact, there is evidence to suggest that pregnancy ameliorates the symptoms of peptic ulcer.