The effect of the type of constitution on the course of gastric ulcer in children

The purpose of the study. The study of the constitutional features of the course of gastric ulcer in children. Materials and methods. 102 children aged 12-17 years with a diagnosis of “gastric ulcer” were examined. A clinical and instrumental verification of the diagnosis, its complications, and an assessment of the type of constitution using the Pinier index was carried out using endoscopic examination. Results and conclusion. The dominance of children with gastric ulcer, having an asthenic type of constitution in comparison with normal and hypersthenics, has been established. Complications of gastric ulcer in the form of perforation of the stomach wall with the development of peritonitis, gastric bleeding were significantly more common in normosthenic patients, one and a half to two times less common in asthenics, never noted in hypersthenics, in whom concomitant reflux esophagitis was often detected.