Overview

You will feel a burning pain or discomfort between your belly button and breastbone. You could particularly see it on an empty stomach like between meals or at night. The pain might stop for a brief period while you eat or take an antacid, but yet return. The pain can last for a few minutes or a couple of hours, and may come and go for many days or weeks.

Treatment for peptic ulcers relies upon the reason. Usually, the treatment will include killing the H. pylori bacterium if present, taking out or decreasing utilization of NSAIDs if possible, and assisting your ulcer to heal with meds.

Symptoms & Diagnosis

Usually, a thick layer of mucus protects the stomach lining from the impact of its digestive related juices. In any case, many things can decrease this protective layer, permitting stomach acid to damage the tissue.