Question

Increase of acid production or decrease of bicarbonate can give a peptic ulcer.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was addressed to me in an interview for internship.

My query is from Pharmacotherapy of Peptic Ulcer topic in chapter Histamine, Bradykinin and their Antagonists, Pharmacotherapy of Gastric Ulcer, Peptic Ulcer of Drug Biotechnology

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) True

To explain I would say: Peptic ulcer disease affects all age groups can occur in children, although rare, duodenal ulcers tend to occur first at around the age 25 and continue until the age of 75. Gastric ulcers peak in people between the ages of 55 and 65. Men have twice the risk as women do. High levels of acid production, weakness in the mucosal layer, abnormal non-productive mucus production. Increase Acid Production and/or Decrease in Bicarbonate and PG Production.