{"id":2899,"date":"2026-01-17T13:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:29:14","slug":"gi-infectious-ulcerative-disorders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/?p=2899","title":{"rendered":"GI Infectious &#038; Ulcerative Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Helicobacter pylori Infection<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Definition: Bacterial colonization of stomach lining linked to ulcers and cancer.<\/li>\n<li>Symptoms: Dyspepsia, nausea, bloating; often asymptomatic.<\/li>\n<li>Diagnosis: Urea breath test, stool antigen, or biopsy.<\/li>\n<li>Treatment: 10\u201314-day triple or quadruple antibiotic regimen plus PPI.<\/li>\n<li>Follow-Up: Confirm eradication \u22654 weeks post-therapy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Peptic Ulcer Disease &amp; Gastric Ulcer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Definition: Mucosal breaks in stomach (gastric) or duodenum due to acid and enzyme injury.<\/li>\n<li>Symptoms: Burning epigastric pain, nausea, weight loss; bleeding in severe cases.<\/li>\n<li>Diagnosis: Upper endoscopy; test for H. pylori.<\/li>\n<li>Treatment: PPI for 4\u20138 weeks; H. pylori eradication if positive; stop NSAIDs.<\/li>\n<li>Follow-Up: Repeat endoscopy if alarm features or bleed occurred.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Colonic Ulcers &amp; Abdominal Tuberculosis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colonic Ulcers\n<ul>\n<li>Inflammatory or ischemic mucosal breaks causing bleeding and pain.<\/li>\n<li>Diagnosed by colonoscopy with biopsy; treat underlying cause (IBD, ischemia).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Abdominal TB\n<ul>\n<li>Mycobacterial infection of GI tract, often ileocecal region.<\/li>\n<li>Symptoms: Chronic pain, fever, weight loss; diagnosed by imaging and biopsy.<\/li>\n<li>Treatment: 6-month anti-TB regimen; monitor response and nutritional status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helicobacter pylori Infection Definition: Bacterial colonization of stomach lining linked to ulcers and cancer. Symptoms: Dyspepsia, nausea, bloating; often asymptomatic. Diagnosis: Urea breath test, stool antigen, or biopsy. Treatment: 10\u201314-day triple or quadruple antibiotic regimen plus PPI. Follow-Up: Confirm eradication \u22654 weeks post-therapy. Peptic Ulcer Disease &amp; Gastric Ulcer Definition: Mucosal breaks in stomach (gastric) [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2903,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2899\/revisions\/2903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}