[Current possibilities for the staged rehabilitative treatment of peptic ulcer in adolescents and young adults].

The authors presented the results of a follow-up of 2 groups of patients with gastroduodenal pathology diagnosed in childhood: the patients (96 persons) in the 1st group had received staged rehabilitation treatment, no staged rehabilitation measures had been used in the 2nd group (86 patients). A differentiated step-by-step complex of therapeutic and preventive measures at the onset of disease brought about positive results in 94.1% of the patients in the 1st group, whereas routine therapy without therapeutic and preventive measures at the time of remission resulted in recurrence in 72.1% (62 patients) in the 2nd group. The authors arrived at a conclusion that early detection and therapy of exacerbations of peptic ulcer and chronic ulcer-like gastroduodenitis in childhood prevented the progression of disease in young patients that was of great social importance.