Erosive gastritis

Erosive gastritis, a disease that is quite common today, occurs when the gastric mucosa is damaged, when single, and sometimes multiple surface defects are formed on it. And if you say in plain language, then on the outer layer there are shallow wounds.

The main mechanism for the development of erosive gastritis is a decrease in the protective level of the mucous membrane, which is aggravated by the aggressive action of food.

Other factors that provoke the onset of the disease are smoking, regular consumption of alcoholic beverages, irregular, as well as malnutrition, prolonged stress, as well as a genetic predisposition, especially actively transmitted on the paternal line. No less dangerous are such circumstances as the prolonged or uncontrolled use of certain medications - aspirin, indomethacin, etc.

Another reason for this disease is haste in eating and its poor chewing, eating too hot or too cold food, and also acute or strongly salty foods, which irritates the mucous membrane of the stomach.

Erosive gastritis is acute, which is manifested by superficial lesions of the mucous membrane, and chronic, characterized by numerous wound at different stages of healing.

What are the symptoms of erosive gastritis?

When the disease is exacerbated or the acute attack occurs, the patient usually experiences acute and intense pain, which is clearly associated with food intake, in the region of the epigastric region. Most often, it intensifies immediately after eating, especially if it included acidic or spicy food. Sometimes there is also heartburn of varying strength.

Chronic variant of this disease - erosive gastritis - is especially intensified in spring or autumn.

At the first manifestations of such symptoms, you should immediately consult a doctor. The final diagnosis will be made by the doctor, but only after an endoscopic examination, in particular, by swallowing the probe, which will accurately determine the presence of erosive gastritis, localization and the affected surface.

Since usually erosion is considered the initial stage of a stomach ulcer, treatment with this kind of gastritis very much resembles the whole complex of measures that is prescribed by a doctor in case of peptic ulcer.

How is the treatment of erosive gastritis?

The main emphasis in the treatment of erosive gastritis is on normalizing nutrition, ordering the diet. The diet prescribed for this disease should be very gentle. With an exacerbation of gastritis, doctors recommend eating only cooked and stewed dishes with a minimum content of any irritating products. Completely excluded any drinks that contain alcohol, as well as strong tea, coffee, carbonated drinks. It is not recommended to use strong broths, herbs, certain juices, for example, squeezed out of citrus fruits, raw fruits and vegetables.

Drug treatment of erosive gastritis is prescribed depending on what level of acidity is determined at this moment in the stomach, whether there is a bacterium Helicobacter pylori, at what stage is the disease, etc.

Usually, in the treatment of a disease called erosive gastritis, an antibiotic is used that can act on the Helicobacter pylori bacterium, drugs for the regulation of acidity, as well as those that can quickly restore the mucosa.

The patient should know that all the medicines prescribed to him by the doctor must be taken for a sufficiently long time. The admission should take place according to a special individual scheme, which the doctor will make.

Despite the fact that the healing process lasts only a few days, the mucosa is restored long enough, restoring all its protective factors.

And even after all the broken functions are restored, you can not immediately switch to free food, eating absolutely anything you want. To adhere to a sparing regime a certain time is necessary, so that the erosive gastritis does not return.