Abstract

CASANOVA ARAQUE, Gerardo et al. Duodenal Ulcer Typical and Atypical Pain, Natural History, Review: 1987 - 2014. Gen [online]. 2017, vol.71, n.1, pp.02-10. ISSN 2477-975X.

Introduction: The typical pain of duodenal ulcer is epigastric burning, which relieved with meals, to 60 or 90 minutes exacerbated after. In patients with consultation atypical pain there was slow clinical diagnosis. Materials and methods: Realized a observational de scriptive study that resgistred the characterize of the duodenal ulcer in patients 18 years old, with typical and atypical pain, who attended the consultation Gastroenterology of Marcial Ríos Center between 1987 - 2014 years. Results: 331 patients 74,9% was include how typical pain and 25,1% how atypical pain. The variables age, sex, origin and occupation showed no significant differences. Patients with atypical pain location in DSC and deaf was the most striking, with p <0.05. Ubication in anterior face, si ngle ulcer; had association with the type of pain. Conclusions: The atypical abdominal pain was present in 25,1% of patients Its location in the DSC and deaf character was most important. In patients with duodenal ulcer the age, sex, origin, occupation, did not influence the type of pain. Since 1996 there was progressive down in diagnostic and relapse of duodenal ulcer.

Keywords : duodenal ulcer; typical pain; atypical pain; natural history.

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