Patients with gastric ulcer may have no obvious symptoms or hidden symptoms. The main symptoms of gastric ulcer are: epigastric pain, located under xiphoid process (heart socket) or around the midline of upper abdomen area, burning, biting or hunger, dull pain, swelling or dull pain. But sometimes it is limited to the lower part of the chest. After the pain occurs, it lasts half an hour to three hours. The bouts of pain are intermittent, and after a few weeks of intermittent pain, there will be a short painless period. This kind of pain is related to diet and is often induced by hunger, drugs, acidic food or drinks. Pain can be relieved by eating, drinking and eating alkaline food (such as steamed bread). Other possible symptoms of gastric ulcer include heartburn, acid vomiting, burping, loss of appetite, weight loss, anemia, occasional vomiting and pain relief after vomiting. Black or tarry stool. Commonly used drugs: 1. Omeprazole Enteric-coated Capsules General Name: Omeprazole Enteric-coated Capsules This product is mainly indicated for omeprazole, and is suitable for gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, stress ulcer, reflux esophagitis, and Zhuoai-Ai syndrome (gastrinoma). 2. An Wei Tablet: It consists of Rhizoma Corydalis (processed with vinegar), Alum (calcined) and cuttlebone (shelled). This product is a white to light yellow tablet; Slight gas, astringent taste, slightly bitter. Category of action This product is an over-the-counter medicine for epigastric pain. Indications: promoting qi and blood circulation, relieving acid and pain. Can be used for treating stomach pain, acid regurgitation, belching, and discomfort caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis. (Gastric and duodenal ulcer, chronic gastritis) 3. Fuweisan Capsule: Indications: This product has the functions of invigorating qi and spleen, relieving pain, stopping bleeding and promoting granulation. Can be used for treating hyperacidity, hematemesis and bloody stool, anorexia, and gastric and duodenal ulcer. Please use under the guidance of a doctor. What should ulcer patients avoid eating? Patients with ulcers should avoid drinking tea. Drinking tea is beneficial to healthy people, but harmful to patients with ulcers. Because tea acts on gastric mucosa, it can promote gastric acid secretion, especially for patients with duodenal ulcer, this effect is more obvious. Excessive gastric acid secretion counteracts the efficacy of antacids and is not conducive to the healing of ulcers. Therefore, in order to promote the healing of ulcer surface, it is suggested that patients with ulcer should not drink tea, especially strong tea. Patients with peptic ulcer should avoid drinking milk, which is delicious and nutritious. It was once considered as an ideal drink for patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers. However, recent studies have found that drinking milk will aggravate the condition of patients with ulcers. Because milk, like beer, can cause a lot of gastric acid secretion. When milk just enters the stomach, it can dilute the concentration of gastric acid, reduce the stimulation of gastric acid on gastric and duodenal ulcers, and temporarily relieve the discomfort of the upper abdomen. But after a while, milk became a stimulating factor of gastric mucosa, producing more gastric acid, which aggravated the condition. Therefore, patients with peptic ulcer should not drink milk. How do patients with gastric ulcer care for themselves? Gastric ulcer is a frequently-occurring and chronic disease, which is easy to recur and has a chronic course. Therefore, the cure of gastric ulcer needs a difficult and lasting process. In addition to cooperating with medical staff for active treatment, patients should also take care of themselves. (l) Long-term medication must be adhered to: because gastric ulcer is a chronic disease, it is easy to relapse, and it must be adhered to for a long time to make it completely heal. Don't stop taking medicine suddenly when the symptoms get slightly better, or change to another medicine just a few days after taking one medicine. Generally speaking, a course of treatment takes 4 ~ 6 weeks. After the pain is relieved, I need to consolidate the treatment 1 ~ 3 months, or even longer. (2) Avoid mental stress: Gastric ulcer is a typical psychosomatic disease, and psychological factors have a great influence on gastric ulcer. Mental stress, emotional excitement or excessive anxiety have bad stimulation to the cerebral cortex, which weakens or loses the regulatory function of the subthalamic center, causing autonomic nervous dysfunction, which is not conducive to food digestion and ulcer healing. Keeping a relaxed and happy mood is the key to cure gastric ulcer. (3) Pay attention to the law of life and climate change: Patients with gastric ulcer should have a certain law of life and should not be overworked. Overwork will not only affect the digestion of food, but also hinder the healing of ulcers. Patients with ulcers must pay attention to rest and regular life. The outbreak of ulcer disease has a certain relationship with climate change, so patients with ulcer disease must pay attention to climate change and increase or decrease clothes and quilts in time according to the changes of solar terms. (4) Pay attention to food hygiene: Ignoring food hygiene, partial eclipse, overeating, excessive consumption of cold drinks and food, or liking irritating foods such as peppers, strong tea and coffee can all lead to gastrointestinal digestive dysfunction, which is not conducive to the healing of ulcers. Pay attention to food hygiene, do three meals a day regularly and quantitatively, moderately starve, chew slowly, which is a good habit to promote ulcer healing. (5) Avoid taking drugs harmful to gastric mucosa: some drugs, such as aspirin, dexamethasone, prednisone, indomethacin, etc. It can stimulate gastric mucosa and aggravate the condition of gastric ulcer, and should be avoided as much as possible. If you have to take it because of illness, or explain to the doctor, switch to other drugs, or follow the doctor's advice, cooperate with other auxiliary drugs, or take it after meals to reduce adverse reactions to the stomach. (6) Eliminating the causes of bacterial infection: In the past, it was thought that gastric ulcer was related to the disorder of gastric juice digestion and neuroendocrine function, so the traditional treatment methods were acid preparation, analgesia and analgesia. In recent years, according to the research of relevant scholars, some gastric ulcers are caused by bacterial infection, and the most common one is Helicobacter pylori. This kind of patient must be treated with antibiotics.