Risk factors for recurrent peptic ulcer hemorrhage: An analysis of 82 cases

Objective: To analyze the risk factors for recurrent peptic ulcers bleeding.Methods: The clinical data such as sex,age,size of ulcer,volume of blooding,H.pylori infection,stomachache,presence of concomitant diseases,history of treatment(NSAID),nutritional status,eating habit,labor intensity,sleep,etc were collected in 84 peptic ulcer patients combined with hemorrhage.Results: The occurrence of hemorrhage was observed in 70.73% of the patients,gastric ulcer in 26.83%,patients with age under 50 years in 78.05%,initial treatment in 87.80%,H.pylori infection in 86.59% and wakefulness in 78.05%.The male accounted for 76.83% and the female 23.17%.The other important risk factors were eating habit,exertion and undernutrition.Conclusions: We suggest that lack of treatment,H.pylori infection,age<50,wakefulness,eating habit,labor intensity,undernutrition are the risk factors for recurrent peptic ulcer hemorrhage.