Peptic Ulcer in Spanish

What it means

A peptic ulcer is a sore in the lining of the stomach or the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. A burning stomach pain is the most common symptom; the pain starts between meals or during the night. Peptic ulcers happen when the acids that help digest food damage the walls of the stomach or duodenum. The most common cause is infection with a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori; another cause is the long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIDs). To see if a person has an H. pylori infection, a doctor tests the blood, breath, or stool, and may look inside the stomach and duodenum by doing an endoscopy or x-ray. Peptic ulcers are sometimes called stomach ulcers, duodenal ulcers, or peptic ulcer disease.

Spanish term: Úlcera péptica
Gender and article: feminine: la úlcera péptica
Pronunciation: OOL-seh-rah PEP-tee-kah

Úlcera péptica is the title of both MedlinePlus en español pages cited here. The phrase is feminine: una úlcera péptica, plural las úlceras pépticas. The Real Academia Española dictionary marks úlcera as a feminine noun, defines it as a lesion of organic tissue that heals with difficulty, and gives llaga among its synonyms; MedlinePlus en español uses that same word to define úlcera péptica: una llaga en la mucosa que recubre el estómago o el duodeno.

The MedlinePlus en español encyclopedia names two types of úlceras pépticas by location: úlcera gástrica, in the stomach, and úlcera duodenal, in the first part of the small intestine; the health topic page lists both under other names. Words that appear with the term are ardor en el estómago (burning in the stomach), duodeno (duodenum) and endoscopía (endoscopy). The encyclopedia tells readers with an úlcera to seek medical help right away, busque ayuda médica de inmediato, for signs that include vomiting blood or blood in the stool.

Phrases for an appointment

What a patient or a clinician might say, in English and Spanish:

Who	English	Spanish
Patient	I get a burning pain in my stomach between meals and at night.	Me da un ardor en el estómago entre comidas y por la noche.
Clinician	Does the pain go away for a while after you eat?	¿El dolor desaparece por un rato después de comer?
Patient	Yes, but it comes back a few hours later.	Sí, pero vuelve unas horas después.
Clinician	Do you often take anti-inflammatory medicines for pain?	¿Toma con frecuencia medicamentos antiinflamatorios para el dolor?
Clinician	Have you vomited blood or noticed black stools?	¿Ha vomitado sangre o ha notado heces negras?
Patient	No. Could this be a peptic ulcer?	No. ¿Podría ser una úlcera péptica?
Clinician	It could be. I want to test your breath or stool for a bacterium called H. pylori.	Podría serlo. Quiero hacerle una prueba de aliento o de heces para buscar una bacteria llamada H. pylori.
Clinician	An endoscopy lets us look inside your stomach and duodenum.	Una endoscopía nos permite ver el interior del estómago y del duodeno.

In 9 languages

Language	Term
English	Peptic Ulcer
Spanish (Español)	Úlcera péptica
Chinese (中文)	消化性潰瘍
Korean (한국어)	소화성 궤양
Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)	Loét dạ dày tá tràng
Filipino (Tagalog)	Peptic Ulcer
Portuguese (Português)	Úlcera péptica
Thai (ภาษาไทย)	แผลในกระเพาะอาหาร
Japanese (日本語)	消化性潰瘍

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Related ICD-10-CM category

ICD-10-CM code: K27 → Peptic ulcer, site unspecified

Related terms

Your right to an interpreter in the United States

If English is not your primary language and you have difficulty communicating in English, you may need an interpreter or a translated document when you visit a doctor or dentist, go to the emergency room or pick up a prescription. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights states that two federal laws, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, require programs that receive its funding to provide language access services free of charge.

You can ask when you make the appointment or at the front desk: "I need an interpreter, please." «Necesito un intérprete, por favor.»

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Sources

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