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M H Alp

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PubMed1970

Personality pattern and emotional stress in the genesis of gastric ulcer.

In a group of 181 persons with a past history of chronic gastric ulcer, a greatly increased incidence of domestic and financial stress has been found, when compared with age-and sex-matched persons with no previous history of gastric ulcer. The consumption of aspirin, alcohol, and cigarettes was also significantly increased. Persons with chronic gastric ulcer were characterized by a personality pattern of independence and self sufficiency, and they are prone to anxiety and depression. This pattern was three times as common as in matched individuals without chronic gastric ulcer. It is possible that internal conflict between a genetic and an environmentally induced sex role, together with an inability to externalize aggression, may be significant factors in the causation of chronic gastric ulcer.

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Treatment of chronic duodenal ulceration. Effectiveness of colloidal bismuth subcitrate tablets compared with cimetidine.

Fifty-eight patients with chronic duodenal ulceration proven at endoscopy consented to enter a trial comparing the effect of colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS)tablets with that of cimetidine. Fifty-four patients completed the six-week trial. An endoscopic assessment of healing was made at four weeks. If healing had not occurred, the trial was continued for another two weeks and the endoscopy was repeated. At four weeks, healing at endoscopy was demonstrated in 82% of patients receiving CBS and in 58% of those receiving cimetidine. At six weeks, the healing rates were 93% and 81%, respectively. No side effects were noted in either group. Continued smoking was not found to have an adverse effect on the healing rate of ulcers in either treatment group.

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