Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 4

Relation of Smoking in the Development of Mucosal and Ulcerative Lesions in Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, (U.P.)

2Professor, Department of Medicine, S.I.M.S., Anwarpur, Hapur, (U.P.)

*Corresponding author: Pratibha Rani Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, LLRM Medical College, Meerut (U.P.) E-mail: rajuaadi@gmail.com

Online published on 14 October, 2016.

Abstract

Smoking promotes an increase in both the incidence and recurrence of peptic ulcers. The association of upper gastrointestinal lesions with smoking was studied in 120 patients with or without the symptoms of upper gastrointestinal lesions. Of the total, 50 nonsmoker and 70 smokers (cigarette or bidi). It was observed that, smokers are more prone to develop both mucosal and ulcerative lesions.

Keywords

Smoking, peptic ulcers, mucosal lesions, Ulcerative lesions