- Vomiting blood.
- Vomiting food eaten hours or days before.
- Difficultly swallowing
- Nausea
- Black or tar-like stools (indication that there is blood in the stools)
- Sudden, severe pain in the abdominal area
- Pain that radiates to the back
- Pain that doesn't go away when you take medication
- Unintended weight loss
- Unusual weakness, usually because of anemia
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"What I need to know about Peptic Ulcers." NIH Publication No. 05–5042 October 2004. National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC). 22 Aug 2007
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