PREVALENCE, SYMPTOMS AND LIFESTYLE ASPECT OF PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE (PUD) AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF AL- HIKMAH UNIVERSITY, ILORIN, KWARA STATE
Abstract
Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) is one of the most common, chronic gastrointestinal disorder in modern
era. Now it has become a common global health problem affecting a large number of people
worldwide and also still a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Peptic ulcer disease can be
characterized by inflamed lesions or excavations of the mucosa and tissue that protect the
gastrointestinal tract. Damage of mucus membrane which normally protects the oesophagus, stomach
and duodenum from gastric acid and pepsin causes peptic ulcer. The pathophysiology of this gastro
intestinal disorder is viewed as an imbalance between mucosal defensive factors such as bicarbonate,
prostaglandin, nitric oxide, peptides, growth factors and injurious factors like acid, pepsin (Tulsi and
Akshita, 2023)
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