RESUMO
Seven hundred seventy patients with symptoms of dyspepsia were examined with upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The aim of this study was to identify the various diseases prevalent in our area, which give rise to dyspepsia. In 58.96% of the patients, no abnormality could be detected on endoscopy. Among the rest, the prevalence of various lesions was: gastritis [17.4%], oesophagitis [8.31%], duodenitis [6.75%], duodenal ulcer [2.85%], gastro-duo-denitis [2.59%] gastric ulcer [1.2%], oesphago-duodenitis [1.03%], carcinoma stomach [0.51%] and carcinoma oesophagus [0.25%]. Most of our findings are in conformity with the reports from other parts of the world. However, in our study the prevalence of peptic ulcer was much lower i.e. 3% as compared to 18 to 40% reported in other studies