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Liao CH, Chang CS, Chang SN, Muo CH, Lane HY, Sung FC, Kao CH. The association of peptic ulcer and schizophrenia: a population-based study. J Psychosom Res 2014; 77:541-6. [PMID: 25199406 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2014.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The association of schizophrenia with peptic ulcer is not conclusive. In the last 30years, there has been little evaluation of peptic ulcer among schizophrenia patients. METHODS To explore the relation of peptic ulcer and schizophrenia during this new phase, we used the data from Taiwan insurance claims, identified 1496 schizophrenia patients (ICD-9-CM: 295) and selected 5984 non-schizophrenia controls that were frequency-matched by sex, age, and index year with schizophrenia patients during the years 1998-2001. All subjects were free of peptic ulcer at baseline. We measured incidences of peptic ulcer (ICD-9-CM: 531-534) until the end of 2009. RESULTS The incidence of peptic ulcer was 1.27 times higher in schizophrenia patients than in the control group (12.1vs. 9.52 per 1000 person-years). Patients are at higher risk taking anti-depression, anxiolytic and hypnotics or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. After controlling the confounding factors, schizophrenia patients had no significant increase incidence of peptic ulcer. CONCLUSION Schizophrenia patients have a slightly higher risk of peptic ulcer compared to the general population. This might be due to a higher rate of taking anti-depression, anxiolytic and hypnotics or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and alcoholism among this group.
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- Atsuko Sugisawa
- Department of Mental Health Administration StudiesNational Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
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- Department of Nutrition and Health PromotionInstitute of Public Health
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The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of an integrated stress management program on symptoms of stress and ulcer healing in a sample of Koreans at a major medical center in Seoul, Korea. The study employed an experimental design with two treatment groups. One treatment group (n=23) participated in an integrated stress management program that consisted of seven 1h sessions over a 4-week period. A second treatment group (n=24) was only given a tape on progressive muscle relaxation. Data were collected over a 4-month period on 47 subjects. Participants were randomly assigned to the two treatment groups. Symptoms of stress were measured by the symptoms of stress scale (Kogan, Self-regulation on Stress Reaction by Biofeedback, Korean Psychiatric Academic Society, Korea) translated into Korean. Stage of ulcer healing was evaluated by a physician using an endoscope. Physiologic stress reactions were measured by biofeedback equipment. The integrated stress management program treatment group reported significantly lower stress symptom scores than the progressive muscle relaxation-only group (t=3.66, P<0.001). The integrated stress management group also demonstrated a greater improvement in ulcer healing than the progressive muscle relaxation group (t=1.95, P<0.05). The integrated stress management program was more effective in decreasing self-reported stress symptoms and resulted in a more significant ulcer healing than the progressive muscle relaxation treatment.
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- Kuem Sun Han
- College of Nursing, Korea University, 126-1, Anam Dong 5 Ga, SungBuk Gu, Seoul, South Korea.
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- N Hashimoto
- Kinki University, School of Medicine, Department of Second Surgery, Osaka, Japan
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The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of an integrated stress management program on symptoms of stress and ulcer healing in a sample of Koreans at a major medical center in Seoul. The study employed an experimental design with two treatment groups. One treatment group (n = 23) participated in an integrated stress management program (ISMP) that consisted of seven 1-hour sessions over a 4-week period. A second treatment group (n = 24) was only given a tape on progressive muscle relaxation (PMR). The ISMP treatment group reported significantly lower stress symptom scores than the PMR only group (t = 3.66, p < .001). The ISMP group also demonstrated greater improvement in ulcer healing than the PMR group (t = 1.95, p < .05). The integrated stress management program was more effective in decreasing self-reported stress symptoms and resulted in more significant ulcer healing than the progressive muscle relaxation treatment.
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Soriano Gil-Albarellos P, Reina Duarte A, Torres Melero J, Vidaña Márquez E, Orte Martínez A, Herrera Alonso E, Belda Poujoulet R. Riesgo de perforación duodenal de la población inmigrante norteafricana: diferencias con la población española. Cir Esp 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-739x(01)71711-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mertz HR, Peterson WL, Walsh JH. "Familial hyperpepsinogenemia" and Helicobacter pylori infection. Am J Gastroenterol 2000; 95:943-6. [PMID: 10763942 DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2000.01934.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Pepsinogen 1 (PG1) is a proenzyme precursor to pepsin, a protease secreted by the gastric chief cell. PG1 levels correlate with maximal gastric acid output. In 1979, Rotter et al. reported two pedigrees in which elevated PG1 levels and duodenal ulcers were prevalent. They proposed autosomal dominant inheritance of elevated PG1 and suggested that it was a risk factor for duodenal ulcer disease. In 1982, Helicobacter pylori (Hp) was discovered and was shown to be an important factor in peptic ulcer disease. Hp infection is also associated with increased PGI levels. We tested serum from one of the original pedigrees for Hp antibodies to determine whether Hp infection could explain the ulcers and elevated PG1 levels. METHODS ELISA tests were performed using the urease fraction of a crushed Hp extract. Banked serum from one of the original families was thawed and tested. RESULTS Of the subjects, 90% (nine of 10) with elevated PG1 were seropositive for Hp, compared to only 31% (17 of 55) of those with normal PG1 levels (p < 0.001). The mean PG1 level was higher in the seropositive (94.1+/-13.3 ng/ml) than the seronegative subjects (54.8+/-3.6, p < 0.05). Three of the four subjects with ulcers were Hp-seropositive. The prevalence of Hp-seropositivity and elevated PG1 declined in parallel in each successive generation. When neither parent was seropositive, children were seronegative. CONCLUSIONS The etiology of elevated PG1 levels in this pedigree is more likely due to Helicobacter pylori infection than to a genetic predisposition.
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- H R Mertz
- Vanderbilt University, Department of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-5280, USA
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OBJECTIVE Research on ulcer psychosomatics has plummeted since the early 1970s, to the applause of many who argue that ulcer is simply an infectious disease. The purpose of this article is to discuss the relevance of ulcer psychogenesis in the age of Helicobacter pylori. METHODS A critical literature review was conducted. RESULTS There is a substantial and methodologically sound body of prospective studies linking stress with the onset and course of peptic ulcer. Psychosocial factors can be estimated to contribute to 30% to 65% of ulcers, whether related to nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, H. pylori, or neither. The observed association between stress and ulcer is accounted for, in part, by recall bias, misreported diagnoses, and confounding by low socioeconomic status (a source of stress and of ulcer risk factors, such as H. pylori and on-the-job exertion) and by distressing medical conditions (which lead to use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs). Of the residual, true association, a substantial proportion is accounted for by mediation by health risk behaviors, such as smoking, sleeplessness, irregular meals, heavy drinking, and, again, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. The remainder results from psychophysiologic mechanisms that probably include increased duodenal acid load, the effects of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation on healing, altered blood flow, and impairment of gastroduodenal mucosal defenses. CONCLUSIONS Peptic ulcer is a valuable model for understanding the interactions among psychosocial, socioeconomic, behavioral, and infectious factors in causing disease. The discovery of H. pylori may serve, paradoxically, as a stimulus to researchers for whom the concepts of psychology and infection are not necessarily a contradiction in terms.
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- S Levenstein
- Gastroenterology Department, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy.
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OBJECTIVE Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) growth is inhibited by bile yet it can grow in the duodenal bulb and cause ulcer disease. The aim of this study was to test the effect of bile on H. pylori viability and growth and to determine whether acidification of bile reduces its inhibitory activity. METHODS Fresh human bile was collected at laparotomy and tested for inhibitory activity of H. pylori using broth dilution assays. Six clinical isolates of H. pylori obtained from patients with duodenal ulcer were used for each experiment. The bile was diluted from 1:3 to 1:192; its inhibitory effect on H. pylori was tested before and after acidification, treatment with cholestyramine, or chloroform. Bile was acidified to a pH of 2-6, centrifuged at 8000 rpm for 20 min to remove precipitated bile acids, and the supernatant pH readjusted. Controls included BHI broth without bile (positive control) and bile that was acidified to pH 2 and neutralized without centrifugation. RESULTS Human bile inhibited H. pylori growth in a dose dependent manner. Growth of all strains was supported for all strains only at a dilution of 1:192. In contrast, after acidification to pH < or =5 and centrifugation to remove precipitated bile acids, all strains grew at a bile dilution of 1:12. Neither chloroform extraction of lipids, nor acidification without centrifugation removed the inhibitory action of bile. In contrast, cholestyramine sequestration of bile acids completely removed all inhibitory activity. CONCLUSIONS The duodenal acid load may be the critical factor to explain the ability of H. pylori to colonize the duodenal bulb by precipitating glycine-conjugated bile salts. The combination of a high duodenal acid load and H. pylori infection is likely the critical event in the pathogenesis of H. pylori-related duodenal ulcer disease.
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- D Y Graham
- Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Helicobacter pylori is the cause of chronic type B gastritis and occurs in almost all patients with duodenal ulcers. Infection with H. pylori is characterized by an increased production of several inflammatory cytokines. Increasing evidence suggests a central role of these cytokines in the pathogenesis of H. pylori-associated gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. Cytokines may be crucial in the recruitment and activation of inflammatory cells and in stimulation of gastrin release. In addition to their proinflammatory properties, cytokines may also inhibit the ulcer occurrence by stimulation of prostaglandins and somatostatin release and by direct impairment of acid secretion. The balance of these factors may determine the clinical outcome of H. pylori infection.
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Hori T, Wanibuchi H, Yano Y, Otani S, Nishikawa A, Osugi H, Kinoshita H, Fukushima S. Epithelial cell proliferation in the digestive tract induced by space restriction and water-immersion stress. Cancer Lett 1998; 125:141-8. [PMID: 9566708 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(97)00504-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The effects of space restriction and water-immersion stress on epithelial cell proliferation in the digestive tract, with special attention to the esophagus, stomach and duodenum, in 8-week-old SD male rats were examined. Histological assessment revealed spotted hemorrhagic lesions in the fundus of the glandular stomach, accompanied by statistically increased 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling index in the fundic and pyloric regions. Furthermore, biochemical analysis demonstrated an increased activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) and spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase (SAT), known as key late-limiting enzymes of the polyamine pathway, in the gastric fundus. The stress may induce a remarkable increase in expression of c-fos, c-jun and c-myc mRNAs in both fundic and pyloric regions of the glandular stomach. There were no remarkable changes in the esophagus. These results indicate that space restriction and water-immersion stress induced cell proliferation in the glandular stomach through overexpression of proto-oncogenes and increased ODC and SAT activities that might be related to the promotion of gastric carcinogenesis.
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- First Department of Pathology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
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It has often been suggested that mood and personality predispose to peptic ulcer, but little prospective evidence exists. We used longitudinal data from the Alameda County Study to seek associations of psychological characteristics with later ulcer development, taking into account the possible confounding or mediating, taking into account the possible confounding or mediating roles of nonpsychological factors. Among 4,595 Alameda County Study subjects ulcer-free in 1965, we studied five baseline psychological measures (depression, hostility, ego resiliency, social alienation or anomy, and personal uncertainty) with respect to reported ulcer in 1973-1974. All five measures had significant age-adjusted associations with incident ulcer [odds ratio (O.R.) 1.8-2.6]. After adjustment for smoking, drinking, skipping breakfast, lack of sleep, painful medical conditions, and liver disease, three measures remained significant: depression, anomy, and hostility. The age-adjusted O.R. of 2.8 [95% confidence interval (C.I.) 1.6, 4.8] for an upper versus a lower tertile index of independently predictive psychological factors fell to 2.1 with adjustment for health-related behaviors and medical conditions, and reached 1.7 (C.I. 1.0, 3.1) after addition of education to the model. We conclude that depression, maladjustment, and hostility are prospectively associated with peptic ulcer. These associations are partially accounted for by confounding or mediation by standard risk factors, and are to some extent related to socioeconomic status.
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- S Levenstein
- Human Population Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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Seventy-five patients with recent-onset dyspepsia and endoscopically visible duodenal ulcer underwent psychological evaluation. Following ranitidine treatment, they were reinterviewed periodically for 12 to 76 months (mean 38.6). Ulcer symptoms were present during a mean of 14.9% of follow-up months. Patients did significantly worse if they had a low-status occupation, low education, depression, stressful life events, or abnormal Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory at baseline. Of patients recalling premorbid life stress, those with a normal MMPI had a particularly benign course, whereas those with an abnormal MMPI did particularly poorly (6% versus 29% of months symptomatic: p < 0.04). Age, gender, smoking, drinking, antiinflammatory drugs, pepsinogen, Helicobacter pylori titers, and initial healing had no prognostic effect. Low socioeconomic status, life stress, depression, and psychopathology each predict a relatively poor symptom outcome for duodenal ulcer treated with antisecretory therapy, but psychologically stable individuals who develop an ulcer under stress have an excellent long-term prognosis.
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- S Levenstein
- Gastroenterology Division, Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Schlemper RJ, van der Werf SD, Vandenbroucke JP, Biemond I, Lamers CB. Risk factors of peptic ulcer disease: different impact of Helicobacter pylori in Dutch and Japanese populations? J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1996; 11:825-31. [PMID: 8889960 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb00087.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, family history, blood group O, hyperpepsinogenaemia A, alcohol and smoking have been reported to be risk factors for peptic ulcer disease. The strength of causal risk factors may differ in different populations. In 215 Japanese and 493 Dutch employees of similar age, gender and type of occupation, a structured history was obtained using a questionnaire and fasting serum samples were analysed for IgG antibodies to H. pylori and pepsinogen A all in the same laboratory. A past ulcer history was verified through case notes. We found that H. pylori seropositivity, a high serum pepsinogen A and a family history of ulcer disease were significant and independent risk factors for peptic ulcer disease. For H. pylori seropositivity there was a 20-fold increased risk among the Dutch and an eight-fold increased risk among the Japanese. The seroprevalence of H. pylori was 90% in 20 Dutch subjects with a verified ulcer history and 95% in 41 Japanese ulcer subjects; it was 29% in Dutch non-ulcer subjects and 70% in Japanese non-ulcer subjects. The cumulative difference in risk to develop peptic ulcer disease at the age of 48 years between H. pylori-infected and -uninfected subjects was 24.5-3.0 = 21.5% for the Japanese and 11.8-0.5 = 11.3% for the Dutch. Duodenal ulcer disease was associated with a high coffee consumption only among the Japanese population, where this habit was much less prevalent than among the Dutch. In conclusion, the characterization of peptic ulcer risk factors as weak or strong has no universal basis: the present study shows that from a diagnostic point of view H. pylori appears to be a weaker risk factor for peptic ulcer disease in a society with a higher seroprevalence. However, from an aetiological point of view, H. pylori has an even greater impact on ulcer morbidity in the Japanese than in the Dutch population.
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- R J Schlemper
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands
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We investigated psychologic influences on duodenal ulcer by examining the effect of personality, stress, and mood, measured at diagnosis, on subsequent ulcer healing. Stressful life events, psychopathology (assessed using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory), anxiety, depression, smoking, alcohol consumption, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use, and serum pepsinogen I levels were determined immediately after endoscopy showed duodenal ulcer craters in 70 patients with recent onset of symptoms. Endoscopy was repeated following 6 weeks of ranitidine therapy. Six ulcers (8.6%) persisted, and the duodenum remained inflamed in an additional five cases, for a total of 16% with incomplete healing. The only baseline characteristic significantly associated with poor healing was anxiety (p = 0.03 for ulcer persistence, p = 0.02 for incomplete healing). Being in the highest anxiety tertile was associated with a more than fourfold elevation in the risk of incomplete healing (p = 0.02). The association between anxiety and poor healing was not changed by modification of the anxiety score to eliminate gastrointestinal symptom items or by adjustment for serum pepsinogen, sex, or cigarette smoking. Anxiety inhibits the healing of duodenal ulcers treated with adequate antisecretory therapy.
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- S Levenstein
- Gastroenterology Division, Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Duodenal ulcer (DU) is a common medical disorder which frequently becomes chronic. The factors involved in the aetiology of DU are poorly understood. Evidence for the contribution of psychosocial factors to the onset of DU is reviewed in the context of evidence of organic factors, genetic and environmental, with special reference to new evidence of infectious agents in the aetiology of DU. Recent progress in understanding of biological forces of duodenal ulcer disease has lead to a substantially revised view of psychosomatic factors. Although these may be of significance, their relative contribution to aetiology is likely to be modest.
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- J Lewin
- University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, U.K
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Lonardo A, Grisendi A, Frazzoni M, Pulvirenti M, Della Casa G. High prevalence of duodenal ulcer in Indochinese immigrants attending an Australian university hospital. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1994; 9:663. [PMID: 7865731 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1994.tb01583.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Dotevall G. Involvement of cardiac, respiratory and gastrointestinal functions in neural responses to stressful events. Integr Physiol Behav Sci 1994; 29:374-82. [PMID: 7696134 DOI: 10.1007/bf02691357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In the stress concept, fight and flight situations as well as other CNS-controlled reaction patterns for alertness to danger have to be followed by or integrated with a restorative "build-up" process in order to maintain homeostasis. The "build-up" process can be studied physiologically for example after regular exercise or training. Under these conditions there is a decrease in resting sympathetic adrenergic activity and an increase in the parasympathetic vagal activity. A theoretical model for the "build-up" process in psychosomatic gastroenterology has previously been presented. The present paper deals with the "build-up" process in cardiovascular and respiratory tract diseases seen in athletes. Anorexia nervosa related to excess physical training is also discussed as well as the "build-up" process in severe obesity and psychosomatic gastroenterological disorders.
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the direction of a possible relationship between peptic ulcer disease and personality disorders. DESIGN A cohort study of 50-year old patients, observed for 2 decades. SETTING Glostrup County, Denmark (population 100000). SUBJECTS A representative sample of 50-year old people born in 1914 (n = 673) were followed for 20 years. All 673 filled in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) in 1964 and 513 were retested with MMPI in 1974. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Prevalence of peptic ulcer disease 1964, incidence of peptic ulcer disease 1964-84, MMPI scores. RESULTS The prevalence of peptic ulcer disease in 1964 was 7% and the average annual incidence in the period 1964-84 was 2.1 per 1000 persons. Those with incidental peptic ulcer in 1964-84 had normal MMPI scores in 1964, whilst those with peptic ulcer in 1964 had a slight but statistically significant increase in one neuroticism scale (HS) only. The group with prevalent ulcer disease in 1974 exhibited statistically significant increases in the three neuroticism scales (HS, D, HY) and in scale Pd and scale Pt at MMPI retesting. In addition they had statistically significantly higher scores in the three neuroticism scales compared with the other persons who still had normal scores in all scales. CONCLUSIONS Personality disorders in patients with peptic ulcer are consequences of the disease and not causal factors.
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- Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Vianello F, Di Mario F, Plebani M, Germana B, Dal Santo P, Leandro G, Dotto P, Grassi SA, Battaglia G, Naccarato R. Pepsin concentration in gastroduodenal biopsy homogenates in chronic ulcer disease. Dig Dis Sci 1994; 39:301-8. [PMID: 8313812 DOI: 10.1007/bf02090201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A modification of Berstad's spectrophotometric method was tested and proved capable of detecting pepsin concentrations in mucosal perendoscopic biopsy homogenates. The relationship between this parameter and pepsin in gastric juice and pepsinogen group I in serum and in biopsy homogenates was analyzed. From the biochemical point of view, the assay was found sufficiently accurate. Mucosal pepsinogen group I, but not mucosal pepsin, concentration was found higher in gastric and duodenal ulcer patients than in controls. Patients with corpus-fundic gastric ulcer showed significantly lower mucosal pepsin and mucosal pepsinogen group (PG) I. Aging and smoking did not influence either parameter but male duodenal ulcer subjects presented higher mucosal pepsinogen group I concentration. The lack of any relationship between serum and mucosal PG I and between pepsin in gastric juice and in mucosa raises a question, at least in methodological terms, about the validity of using serum pepsinogen group I and pepsin as indicators of peptic output.
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- F Vianello
- Istituto di Medicina Interna, Università Degli Studi di Padova, Italy
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Evidence indicates that a link between peptic ulcer disease (PUD) and selected psychosomatic factors may exist. A series of 70 consecutive male and female adult patients were categorized by peptic symptoms and divided into four groups: a) controls; b) gastric ulcer (GU); c) duodenal ulcer (DU); and d) chronic non-ulcer dyspepsia (CNUD). All patients were interviewed and asked to answer a questionnaire that included demographics, medical history and the incidence of negative life events. A decreased level of activity was a predominant finding in GU, DU and CNUD patients. Family history of PUD may be correlated with CNUD. Of interest was the finding that DU and CNUD patients presented a higher incidence of negative life events when compared to the other study groups. Negative life events that produce considerable stress may predispose to peptic symptoms in certain patients.
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- D E Hernandez
- Department of Medicine, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California School of Medicine 90033
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Pepsinogens, precursors of pepsins (potent and abundant digestive enzymes that are the primary products of the gastric chief cells), are members of the family of aspartic proteases. Because of the heterogeneity of pepsinogens, several classifications have appeared in the literature. I describe the recommended classification and nomenclature of the aspartic proteases and discuss their genetics, biochemistry (structure, activation of zymogens, mechanism of proteolytic activity and inhibitors), and physiology. The focus will be on the zymogens of pepsin, the so-called pepsinogens. The measurement of these enzymes in serum is a reliable noninvasive biochemical method for evaluating peptic secretion and obtaining information on the gastric mucosal status. A detailed review of the methods for the measurement of pepsinogens in serum, urine, and gastric mucosa is also provided. Data on pepsinogen levels in healthy subjects are discussed with respect to sex, age, smoking habit, and the presence of a circadian rhythm. The value of pepsinogen measurements in peptic ulcer to determine ulcer outcome and recurrence, in gastric cancer, and in Helicobacter pylori infection is reviewed. Finally, the effects of drugs on peptic secretion are discussed. In light of these data, the measurement of aspartic proteases, and in particular that of pepsinogen A and C, may be regarded as an effective biochemical approach to the evaluation and monitoring of patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases.
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- M Plebani
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital, Padova, Italy
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Holtmann G, Armstrong D, Pöppel E, Bauerfeind A, Goebell H, Arnold R, Classen M, Witzel L, Fischer M, Heinisch M. Influence of stress on the healing and relapse of duodenal ulcers. A prospective, multicenter trial of 2109 patients with recurrent duodenal ulceration treated with ranitidine. RUDER Study Group. Scand J Gastroenterol 1992; 27:917-23. [PMID: 1455188 DOI: 10.3109/00365529209000163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The influence of psychologic factors on the healing and relapse of duodenal ulcers under treatment with ranitidine was studied in a prospective, multicenter trial in 2109 patients with an endoscopically proven duodenal ulcer (DU) and a history of recurrent duodenal ulceration. All patient received ranitidine (300 mg daily), and, after healing, 1899 patients continued maintenance treatment (ranitidine, 150 mg daily) for 2 years. A physician's assessment of stress (stress or no stress) was made at every consultation. In the healing phase an overall classification of stress as absent, intermittent, or continuous was made, and in the maintenance phase patients were classified dichotomously as having stress (stress on at least half of the follow-up consultations) or no stress. In addition, at the start of the healing phase stress was measured by means of a standardized questionnaire. Continuous stress, as assessed by the physicians, was associated with a lower 14-day healing rate (35.7%) than intermittent or absent stress (42.4%; relative risk (RR) for delayed healing in patients with continuous stress, 1.19; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.06-1.33; P < 0.02). Differences in the 14-day healing rate for patients with low and moderate stress scores (43.1%) compared with those with high and very high stress scores (37.9%) just failed to reach statistical significance (RR for patients with stress, 1.14; 95% CI, 0.998-1.29; P = 0.051). During the 1st year of maintenance treatment 18.3% of patients with stress, but 10.9% of patients without stress, had a DU relapse (RR of stress for DU relapse during the first year, 1.73; 95 CI, 1.44-2.09; P < 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- G Holtmann
- Division of Gastroenterology, University of Essen, Germany
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The authors reviewed the literature to assess the relationship between psychological factors and gastrointestinal conditions. The conditions that were found to be more relevant and worthy of future investigation were nonulcerative dyspepsia, inflammatory bowel disease (regional enteritis), and irritable bowel syndrome. The pertinent findings suggest that an important link exists between psychological factors and gastroenterological disorders, which supports the need for modification of the DSM-III-R's diagnostic category, "Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Condition." In concert with a subcommittee addressing other organ systems and psychological factors, the authors conclude that a diagnostic approach with greater utility would be useful for both researchers and clinicians. A conceptual framework as proposed in DSM-IV could also advance knowledge of psychological factors and their contribution or role in the etiology, perpetuation, and exacerbation of certain gastrointestinal conditions.
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- D G Folks
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham 35294
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Cheli R, Testino G. Gastric secretion in normal subjects. Gastroenterology 1992; 102:2181-2. [PMID: 1587448 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(92)90364-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The gastric duodenal mucosa normally is protected from the damaging effects of gastric acid and pepsin by ill-defined mechanisms. Ulcers may arise when there is an imbalance between the aggressive and defensive factors that renders the mucosa susceptible to damage. A variety of factors have been identified that may favor the development of peptic ulcers, but no single pathophysiologic defect applies in all ulcer patients. In duodenal ulcers, gastric acid hypersecretion is observed in as many as one third of patients; however, most patients with duodenal ulcers secrete normal amounts of gastric acid. Decreased mucosal bicarbonate secretion may be important in at least some duodenal ulcer patients. Use of NSAIDs may cause either gastric or duodenal ulcers, probably through the inhibition of mucosal prostaglandin synthesis and disruption of mucosal defenses. Finally, a recently identified bacterium, H. pylori, causes a chronic gastritis that is found in the overwhelming majority of patients with duodenal ulcers and non-NSAID-associated gastric ulcers. This bacterium may play a pivotal role in ulcer pathogenesis and, especially, in ulcer recurrences. A number of drugs of proved efficacy are available for the treatment of acute duodenal and gastric ulcers. The H2 receptor antagonists administered once daily remain the mainstay of ulcer therapy because of their efficacy, ease of use, and excellent safety profile. More thorough and long-lasting acid inhibition is afforded by the H+/K(+)-ATPase inhibitor omeprazole. This agent also promotes more rapid ulcer healing, but in most patients, this minor advantage may not justify the higher cost. It is not known whether more rapid healing will translate into lower ulcer complication rates. Until further data are available, this drug may be preferable in patients with large or complicated ulcers. In patients with refractory ulcers, omeprazole is clearly superior to other available agents. Agents that promote mucosal defense mechanisms are becoming increasingly popular in the treatment of duodenal ulcers but have undergone less testing than in gastric ulcers. Sucralfate 1 g four times daily is equivalent to H2 antagonists in the treatment of duodenal ulcers and, probably, gastric ulcers. Its requirement for multiple daily doses makes it somewhat less attractive at present to most patients. Low- to medium-dose Al-containing antacids are inexpensive and efficacious in duodenal ulcer therapy. They should remain as therapeutic options for the compliant patient in whom cost considerations are important. Colloidal bismuth subcitrate 120 mg four times a day is comparable to other agents in the acute treatment of duodenal ulcers and likely gastric ulcers.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- K R McQuaid
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
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Feldman M, Walker P, Goldschmiedt M, Cannon D. Role of affect and personality in gastric acid secretion and serum gastrin concentration. Comparative studies in normal men and in male duodenal ulcer patients. Gastroenterology 1992; 102:175-80. [PMID: 1727751 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(92)91798-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The role of mood state (affect) and personality on basal acid secretion and basal serum gastrin concentrations were examined in seven healthy men and eight patients with duodenal ulcer. In each subject, gastric secretion and affect were assessed simultaneously on 5 separate days. None of 10 self-reported affect variables correlated with daily fluctuations in basal acid secretion in either group. Three variables (tension, conflict, and anxiety) correlated significantly with serum gastrin fluctuations in normal subjects, but these relationships were not present in patients with ulcer, who were hypergastrinemic regardless of their affective state. The degree to which serum gastrin fluctuated was unrelated to personality, as assessed by Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. On the other hand, several Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales correlated with the degree of variability in basal acid secretion, including scales that measured impulsivity and social isolation/alienation. These studies indicate that serum gastrin concentrations are related to affective state in normal men, that this relationship is altered in men with duodenal ulcer, and that certain personality traits, such as impulsivity and social isolation, are associated with more labile basal acid secretion rates.
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- M Feldman
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Goldschmiedt M, Barnett CC, Schwarz BE, Karnes WE, Redfern JS, Feldman M. Effect of age on gastric acid secretion and serum gastrin concentrations in healthy men and women. Gastroenterology 1991; 101:977-90. [PMID: 1889722 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(91)90724-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The effects of age on basal, meal-stimulated, and human gastrin-17-stimulated gastric acid secretion rates and serum pepsinogen concentrations were evaluated in 41 healthy men and women. Older subjects (ages 44-71 years; mean, 57 years) had higher mean basal, meal-stimulated, and gastrin-17-stimulated acid secretory rates and basal serum pepsinogen I and II concentrations than younger subjects (ages 23-42 years; mean, 33 years). Age-related differences in acid secretion were especially prominent in men, and age-related differences in serum pepsinogen I and II concentrations were more prominent in women. Higher gastric acid secretion rates in older subjects could not be explained by body size (height, weight, body surface area, or fat-free body mass) or by the higher incidence of infection with Helicobacter pylori. Using a multivariate linear regression model, age had an independent positive effect on acid secretion, and H. pylori infection had an independent negative effect. It was concluded that aging is associated with an increase in gastric acid secretion in humans, especially in men, while infection with H. pylori is associated with lower acid secretion rates.
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- M Goldschmiedt
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Peptic ulcer disease provides an excellent model for the study of mind-body interactions in the pathogenesis and course of an illness. Early psychodynamic explanations of the role of personality factors in the evolution of peptic ulcer disease have been supplemented in recent years by more scientifically based studies on the role of stress and coping ability. Multiple psychosocial variables have confounded the outcome of many of these studies. Yet, a clear need and guidelines exist for the comprehensive medical and psychosocial evaluation and treatment of patients with peptic ulcer disease. Concomitant psychiatric assessment and management, including psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic approaches, for those patients with refractory symptoms or ongoing psychiatric symptoms carried out in close collaboration with primary caregivers will significantly decrease overall morbidity and mortality.
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- B A Schindler
- Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Dinan TG, O'Keane V, O'Boyle C, Chua A, Keeling PW. A comparison of the mental status, personality profiles and life events of patients with irritable bowel syndrome and peptic ulcer disease. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1991; 84:26-8. [PMID: 1927562 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb01416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Forty patients with a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and 32 patients with peptic ulcer disease underwent a full psychiatric assessment. All were rated using the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS), the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale, the Life Experiences Survey and the Eysenck Personality Inventory. The 2 groups were not distinguishable on total GSRS scores or rates of DSM-III diagnosed mental disorder. However, greater trait scores for neuroticism and introversion were found in the IBS group, together with a greater reporting of life events perceived as negative.
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- T G Dinan
- Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Medical School, St. James' Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Modlin IM, Basson MD, Adrian TE, Sussman J. Pepsinogen release and acid secretion from human and guinea pig gastric mucosa compromised by hypoxia, endotoxin, or critical illness. Scand J Gastroenterol 1990; 25:865-75. [PMID: 2218392 DOI: 10.3109/00365529008997606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Despite blockade and neutralization of gastric acid, acute gastric lesions cause substantial morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. Pepsinogen release in response to noxious stimuli such as hypoxia and endotoxin might contribute to mucosal damage. Guinea pig fundic mucosa was mounted in Ussing chambers. Acid secretion, pepsinogen release, potential difference (PD), and resistance were monitored. Gassing with room air or nitrogen diminished acid secretion and PD but increased pepsinogen release 9.7- and 15.5-fold, respectively (both p less than 0.001). Similarly, endotoxin (0.01 and 0.1 units/ml) dose-dependently inhibited acid secretion and PD but increased pepsinogen release 3.3- and 6.1-fold (both p less than 0.05). Endotoxic and air-gassed tissues were edematous with scattered cellular damage by light and transmission electron microscopy; nitrogen-exposed membranes appeared necrotic. Pepsin release may therefore have resulted from cell damage rather than exocytosis. Intragastric peptic activity in critically ill H2-receptor-blocked patients (n = 20) was 5490 +/- 1701 U/ml. The gastric juice of H2-blocked convalescing surgical patients (n = 20) contained 315 +/- 101 U/ml (p less than 0.0001). Occult blood correlated with intragastric peptic activity (r = 0.59, p less than 0.0001) but not with gastric pH (r = 0.04, p = 0.6). These data suggest that the complex of pathophysiologic abnormalities common in critical illness causes substantial pepsin release. Efflux of this potent mucolytic barrier breaker may damage gastric mucosa in severely stressed patients.
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- I M Modlin
- Dept. of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
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Misoprostol (Cytotec, G.D. Searle & Company, Chicago, IL) is the first of a new class of orally administered prostaglandin analog drugs to be marketed in the United States. Misoprostol was approved for the prevention of gastric mucosal ulcers associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) in high-risk patients. This represents a potentially important development in the pharmacotherapy of peptic ulcer disease. The purposes of this article are to review (1) the biochemistry, physiology, and pharmacology of prostaglandins, especially those synthesized by the stomach; (2) the potential role of prostaglandin deficiency in the pathophysiology of gastric ulcer disease; and (3) the role of prostaglandin analogs in the prevention and therapy of gastric ulcer disease and in other conditions. As the mechanism of action of these new drugs differs from that of the histamine H2-receptor antagonists (H2-blockers), prostaglandin analogs will, whenever possible, be compared with the H2-blockers [cimetidine (Tagamet), ranitidine (Zantac), nizatidine (Axid) and famotidine (Pepcid)], currently the cornerstone of peptic ulcer therapy in this country.
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A validated postal questionnaire has been used to establish the prevalence of dyspeptic symptoms in five geographical locations from the south coast of England to the north of Scotland. The six month period prevalence of dyspepsia in the 7428 respondents to the questionnaire is 41% and equal between the sexes, with similar prevalence rates in the centres studied. There is considerable overlap between upper abdominal symptoms and symptoms of heartburn; 56% of patients with dyspepsia experience both groups of symptoms. Symptom frequency falls progressively with age in men and women, but the proportion of people seeking medical advice for dyspepsia rises with age. One quarter of the dyspeptic patients studied have consulted a general practitioner about their symptoms. This study suggests that the prevalence of dyspepsia in the community has changed little over the last 30 years, despite evidence that the frequency of peptic ulcer disease is falling. Symptom prevalence is unrelated to social class, but this factor is associated with consultation behaviour, the consultation rate rising from 17% in social class 1 to 29% in social class 4. The use of investigations--barium meal and endoscopy--is similarly related to social class; the lowest rate for ulcer diagnosis (4.7%) is found in social class 1 and the highest (17.1%) in social class 5.
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Peptic ulcer incidence is declining. A decreased prevalence of smokers together with other factors have contributed to this change. The widespread use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) has increased the incidence of ulcer in the older population and serious complications, such as perforation and bleeding, have been observed especially in older women. Helicobacter pylori infection is virtually always present in duodenal and gastric ulcer and active chronic gastritis, but not prepyloric ulcer. The fact that this organism is not eradicated with the use of most drugs for peptic ulcer may explain the high rate of recurrence in ulcer disease since relapse rates are reported to be considerably lower when H. pylori is eradicated. In a substantial number of patients peptic ulcers are silent. These fall into two categories: the regular ulcer patient with relapses that heal spontaneously and rarely cause problems, and older patients without prior ulcer disease receiving NSAID treatment, presenting with a life-threatening complication as the first indication of ulcer disease. Despite all the new knowledge of peptic ulcer disease presented, the questions still outnumber the answers; it is therefore suggested that future research focus on the role of NSAIDs and H. pylori.
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- H Glise
- Dept. of Surgery, NAL, Trollhättan, Sweden
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Sumii K, Inbe A, Uemura N, Kimura M, Haruma K, Yoshihara M, Teshima H, Kajiyama G, Miyoshi A. Increased serum pepsinogen I and recurrence of duodenal ulcer. Scand J Gastroenterol 1989; 24:1200-4. [PMID: 2574906 DOI: 10.3109/00365528909090787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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To determine whether the serum pepsinogen I (PG I) level would be a suitable marker for selecting patients at risk for duodenal ulcer recurrence and, thus, would benefit from maintenance therapy, we treated duodenal ulcer patients with H2-receptor antagonists. After healing 140 ulcer patients we assessed the recurrence rate at 1 year with and without maintenance therapy. The annual recurrence rates in duodenal ulcer patients with hyper-PGI (95 ng/ml or more), with 66 ng/ml less than or equal to PGI less than 95 ng/ml, and with PGI less than 66 ng/ml were 87.0%, 27.3%, and 17.9%, respectively, when they did not receive maintenance therapy. In patients with hyper-PGI the recurrence rate was significantly lower in patients receiving maintenance therapy than in patients not receiving maintenance therapy, whereas in patients with PGI less than 66 ng/ml the recurrence rate was as low as 20% regardless of maintenance therapy. These results indicate that maintenance therapy with half the dose of H2-receptor antagonist is not required by patients with PGI less than 66 ng/ml, whereas those with hyper-PGI may be good candidates for long-term maintenance therapy.
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- K Sumii
- First Dept. of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan
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Clinical and laboratory evidence indicates that the brain exerts major control on the gastrointestinal tract. Specific brain loci and circuits that send efferent viscerotropic projections to the gut have been described. A variety of aminergic and peptidergic neurotransmitters have been shown to occur along these cerebrogastrointestinal pathways and to influence motor and secretory functions of the gut. Some of the newly identified peptides have been shown to influence the development of gastroduodenal ulcers. Findings with thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) indicate that this endogenous tripeptide induces a full spectrum of gut effects, prominent among which is production of gastric ulcers. By contrast, other peptides including beta-endorphin, neurotensin, and bombesin induce gut effects opposite to those of TRH, namely, inhibition of gastric acid and motility and prevention of experimental ulcers. These laboratory findings suggest that ulcer disease may represent a brain-driven event, which may be the result of a neurochemical imbalance within the brain. Further neurobiological research will generate additional data on brain-gut interactions and will probably disclose new information to explain certain functional and organic disorders of the gut.
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- D E Hernandez
- Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033
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Jess P, von der Lieth L, Matzen P, Madsen P, Krag E, Knigge U, Højgaard L, Dejgård A, Christiansen PM, Bonnevie O. The personality pattern of duodenal ulcer patients in relation to spontaneous ulcer healing and relapse. J Intern Med 1989; 226:395-400. [PMID: 2489224 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1989.tb01414.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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One hundred consecutive out-patients with duodenal ulceration from a hospital and a gastroenterological clinic were tested with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). This was carried out in order to investigate whether neuroticism or other personality disorders were characteristics of duodenal ulcer patients, and whether the presence of such possible personality disorders might influence the prognosis of the disease. Neuroticism occurred in 53% of the patients, but only in 5% of controls (P less than 0.0001). Overall, personality disorders were present in 69% of the patients compared with 30% of the controls (P less than 0.0001). Neuroticism was connected with a high frequency of relapse (P less than 0.05) whereas failure of spontaneous ulcer healing had no certain relation to personality disorders. Patients with non-neurotic personality disorders had more frequently suffered stressful life events before entrance to the study (P less than 0.05) and, like the neurotic patients, they had lower ego-strength to cope with such events (P less than 0.05). The results indicate that personality assessments make it possible to distinguish between subgroups of duodenal ulcer patients with different course of the disease.
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- P Jess
- Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- H Benson
- New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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High-affinity and saturable membrane-bound dopamine binding sites have been characterized in rat and human gastrointestinal tissues. Although their role in experimental ulcerogenesis has been suggested, dopamine receptor activity in peptic ulcer disease has not been investigated. Radioligand binding studies were performed with mucosal tissue homogenates obtained from the antrum and duodenum of six male healthy volunteers and six male duodenal ulcer patients. The binding assay was performed in triplicate with a crude membrane fraction using [3H]dopamine as a ligand at a final concentration of 1 nM at 22 degrees C in the dark. Nonspecific binding (which usually comprised about 30% of total binding) was determined in the presence of a 100-fold excess of unlabeled dopamine. A significant (P less than 0.05) increase of [3H]dopamine binding was found in duodenal mucosa of duodenal ulcer patients. [3H]Dopamine binding in stomach (antrum) of normal and duodenal ulcer patients did not differ significantly. These findings provide preliminary evidence for a role of dopamine receptors in duodenal ulcer and suggest that biochemical abnormalities of gut dopamine function may be operative in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease.
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- D E Hernandez
- Department of Medicine University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033
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Peptic activity has long been recognized as an essential factor in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer and related diseases, but only recently has it become clear that this activity is derived from a remarkable diversity of enzymes, all of which belong to the aspartic proteinase family of enzymes. These include two types of pepsinogens and two types of cathepsins. In recent years, considerable progress has been made in characterizing these proteinases and in applying this information to the study of a number of gastrointestinal disorders. The intent of this article is to update recent basic and clinical information on these topics and to suggest several areas that merit further investigation.
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- I M Samloff
- Veterans Administration Medical Center, Sepulveda, California
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