One of the most serious diseases of the gastroduodenal area in children is ulcer disease (UD) of the stomach and duodenum. The incidence of this disease in Ukraine and worldwide continues to increase. If in 2000-2001 ulcer was 4,9%, in 2013 – 7,9% in the structure of digestive diseases in children.

So, we have conducted a clinical examination of 120 children with UD, aged 7-18 years, who live in Chernivtsi and Chernivtsi region. The study has been carried out using a simple randomization.

The average age of children with UD was 14,8±2,0 years. 53,5% of examined children suffering from UD were boys. There were almost equal numbers of children with duration of UD up to 1 and over 3 years. Verification of clinical diagnosis was carried out in accordance with the treatment of children in "Children's Gastroenterology" (Ministry of Health of Ukraine № 438 of May 26, 2010).  All children were interviewed with studying anamnesis, genetic, social, environmental, household and other characteristics of their habitat. Clinical studies were performed by the standard method of patient’s examination. Particular attention was paid to children’s complaints on pain, its location, and seasonality, the nature of the factors that enhance and ease the pain.