Pediatric Peptic Ulcer

Peptic ulcer is not common in early childhood, and it is more common in young people. In recent years, due to the widespread use of endoscopes in clinical practice, the incidence has increased. Children of all age groups can develop disease, more common in newborns and older children. Gastric ulcers often occur in young babies, mostly stress ulcers, and duodenal ulcers occur in older children. The average incidence of pediatric duodenal ulcer is about 3 to 5 times more than that of gastric ulcer. More boys than girls, according to general statistics is about 2: 1.

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