• A stress ulcer is a single or multiple mucosal defect usually caused by physiological (not psychological) stress which can become complicated by upper...
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    (stomach ulcer) Venous ulcer, a wound thought to occur due to improper functioning of valves in the veins Stress ulcer, an ulcer located within the stomach...
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    Peptic ulcer disease is a break in the inner lining of the stomach, the first part of the small intestine, or sometimes the lower esophagus. An ulcer in the...
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    treat stomach ulcers, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), radiation proctitis, and stomach inflammation and to prevent stress ulcers. Its usefulness...
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    the tissues. This stress in the blood circulation is transformed to a skin ulcer, commonly known as bedsores or decubitus ulcers. Ulcers often become infected...
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  • Thomas Blizard Curling, who observed ten such patients in 1842. These stress ulcers (actually shallow multiple erosions) were once a common complication...
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    the environment. Excessive amounts of stress, however, can increase the risk of strokes, heart attacks, ulcers, and mental illnesses such as depression...
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    characterized by the repeated formation of benign and non-contagious mouth ulcers (aphthae) in otherwise healthy individuals. The cause is not completely...
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  • A Cushing ulcer, named after Harvey Cushing, is a gastric ulcer associated with elevated intracranial pressure. It is also called von Rokitansky–Cushing...
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  • chronic stress-related disorders such as ulcers, hypertension, decreased neurogenesis and increased hippocampal neuronal atrophy. However, chronic stress occurs...
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    A mouth ulcer (aphtha) is an ulcer that occurs on the mucous membrane of the oral cavity. Mouth ulcers are very common, occurring in association with many...
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  • downside that causes stress and the stomach ulcers that the index's name suggests. (The name predates the discovery that most gastric ulcers are caused by a...
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  • Joel; Campbell, Emily Hagel (2013). "Traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, and pain diagnoses in OIF/OEF/OND Veterans". Journal of Rehabilitation...
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  • whereas stress ulcers are found commonly in "fundic mucosa and can be located anywhere within the stomach and proximal duodenum". Critical incident stress management...
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    sepsis need preventive measures for deep vein thrombosis, stress ulcers, and pressure ulcers unless other conditions prevent such interventions. Some people...
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    and chronic cough Barrett's esophagus Eosinophilic esophagitis Stress gastritis and ulcer prevention in critical care Gastrinomas Zollinger–Ellison syndrome...
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    conditions, including: Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD/GORD) Dyspepsia Prevention of stress ulcer (a specific indication of...
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    An NICU can be stressful for the staff as well. A special aspect of NICU stress for both parents and staff is that infants may survive, but with damage...
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    pathological stress response that leads to cell death by apoptosis. This results in tissue death at the site of infection, causing the open ulcer characteristic...
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    tori may reform in cases where nearby teeth continue to receive local stresses. Ulcers may form in the area of tori because of trauma during mastication or...
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    physiologic stress from sepsis, hypoxia, trauma, or surgery is also a common etiology for acute erosive gastritis, resulting in "stress ulcers". This form...
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  • bridge Curling iron, a type of hair iron used to curl hair Curling's ulcer, a stress ulcer associated with severe burns Curling (film), a Canadian film directed...
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  • Ulcers in Executive Monkeys was a study into the effects of stress, published in 1958 in Scientific American by Joseph V. Brady. In an early version of...
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    Diabetic foot ulcer is a breakdown of the skin and sometimes deeper tissues of the foot that leads to sore formation. It may occur due to a variety of...
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  • of the type of stress, the mice exhibited similar physical effects, including thymus gland deterioration and the development of ulcers. Selye then developed...
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    with addressing the cause). Six out of ten venous leg ulcer patients experience pain with their ulcer, and similar trends are observed for other chronic...
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  • family cannot afford one, he becomes frustrated, which causes him a stress ulcer. Sheldon takes the opportunity to use his doctor's computer and internet...
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  • basement membrane, and lamina propria). An erosion is different from an ulcer. An "ulcer" is an area of damage to the gastrointestinal wall (in this case the...
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    role in causing many peptic ulcers, challenging decades of medical doctrine holding that ulcers were caused primarily by stress, spicy foods, and too much...
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    used to treat duodenal ulcers, gastric ulcers, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD/GORD), and to prevent stress ulcers. Side effects are uncommon...
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