What is an ulcer?
Curling's ulcer is a type of ulcer that affects part of the small intestine called duodenum. This type of ulcer usually develops when the patient suffered serious burns on the skin or suffered serious injuries to his body. Curling's ulcer is described as a stress ulcer because it is the result of physical stress caused by a trauma on the patient's body. It evolves when stomach acids cause to create a hole in lining and cause pain, loss of appetite and bleeding. Treatment of this type of ulcers usually involves suppressing acid.
The tension ulcer is usually formed in relation to a critical injury or illness. Curling's ulcers are rare, but may pose a serious health threat to the patient. In most cases, this type of ulcer develops after the patient has been seriously injured by the skin burns or suffered other severe body damage. Although it is called stress ulcer, it is not related to mental or emotional stress. This type of ulchers only in relation to extreme physical stress.
When a person originally develops an ulcer, there may be no noticeable symptoms. Over time, however, it can develop burning pain in its abdominal area. A patient with this type of ulcers can also experience loss of appetite. Eating usually does not help to relieve curling pain, as it could if a person has a different type of ulcer.
An individual with a curling ulcer may also have bleeding, which eventually manifests on the outside of his body. For example, it can vomit blood. In some cases, a person with this condition may pass through blood when it also has intestine movement.
The severity of the patient's overall condition affects how likely to develop curling ulcer. The most serious injuries patients are usually most at risk. The development of curling ulcers is related to stress -related ulcers. This means that a person who had a peptic ulcer in the past is usually not exposed to further risk of an ulcerU curling.
In most cases, doctors use acid suppression to treat patients who have been diagnosed with this type of ulcer. Prescription drugs that suppress acid usually work to reduce bleeding in patients who have this type of ulcer and can also help reduce some of their other symptoms. In addition to using acid suppression drugs to treat curling ulcers, doctors can use them to prevent its development in patients who have injuries or conditions that threaten them.