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Difference between gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer


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The difference between gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer is mainly due to different pain sites, different pain characteristics, different gastroscopy results.
1, different pain sites: gastric ulcer caused by pain mainly occurs in the upper abdomen; duodenal ulcer caused by pain mainly occurs in the right upper abdomen.
2, pain characteristics are different: gastric ulcer caused by pain mainly occurs in half an hour to an hour after meals, and then gradually reduced until disappeared; duodenal ulcer caused by pain is usually fasting or night pain.
3, gastroscopy results are different: gastric ulcer patients can be observed when gastroscopy mainly occurs in the stomach; duodenal ulcer mainly occurs in the duodenal bulb.