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Stomach ulcers are the most visible sign of peptic ulcer disease. They occur when the thick layer of mucus that protects your stomach from digestive juices is reduced, thus enabling the digestive acids to eat away at the lining tissues of the stomach.
UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN 8 An ulcer may penetrate into a blood vessel to cause bleeding, anaemia and weakness before any pain is felt. Most ulcers cause pain high up in the abdomen, which is often worst just before a meal and relieved by eating. Other symptoms include a feeling of fullness, excess burping and indigestion. The diagnosis can be proved by a barium meal x-ray or gastroscopy.