消化性溃疡病是一种常见的疾病,也是老年人好发的疾病,这些有胃病史的人以消化性溃疡病最为常见。消化性溃疡病中,年轻人以十二指肠溃疡多见,而老年人则以胃溃疡多见,而且老年人消化性溃疡病有其自身的特点。一是溃疡病疼痛部位不定,缺乏典型的消化性溃疡病所有的规律性上腹痛。另外,老年人以高位溃疡较多,疼痛可向背部及剑突下放射,有的患者还可向胸部放射,易与心绞痛混淆。二是并发症多,容易发生溃疡出血、胃穿孔、幽门梗阻等。 Peptic ulcer disease is a common disease, but also the elderly prone disease, these people have a history of gastric peptic ulcer disease is the most common. Peptic ulcer disease, young people with duodenal ulcer more common, while older people with gastric ulcer more common, and the elderly peptic ulcer disease has its own characteristics. First, ulcer disease painful location, the lack of a typical peptic ulcer disease of all the regular upper abdominal pain. In addition, the elderly with high ulcers more pain can radiate to the back and xiphoid, and some patients can also be emitted to the chest, easily confused with angina. Second, complications, prone to ulcer bleeding, gastric perforation, pyloric obstruction and so on.