DUODENAL ULCER IN THE YOUNG

Abstract

We experienced 2182 cases of duodenal ulcer which were surely diagnosed with the duodenal fiberscopy from Jan. 1973 to Mar. 1977 in our clinic and two near-by hospitals. This report is focussed on the clinical fetures of duodenal ulcer in the young less than 19 years of age. 1) Seventy cases of duodenal ulcer in the young ranged 3.20 of all. 2) Sex ratio, M : F=5.4: 1. 3) Statistical data Showed that environmentally, 67, 9 per cent of patients were urban dwellers, and as to occupation, 50% of patients were students, and 28, 1 percent of patients had abdominal pain as the chief complaints. 4) Endoscopically the stage of duodenal ulcer in the yound was no difference in comparison to other generations. 5) Sixty five per cent of duodenal ulcer located on the anterior wall in the duodenal bulb. 6) Linear duodenal ulcer in the young were less than in other generations. 7) In the gastric acid secretion, BAO and MAO values in the young age group took the highest level of all ages.