What is gastritis?

The stomach is the basis of human digestion of food. It can be said that the stomach will complete 80% digestion most of the time, so let's talk about gastritis.

1. First: Gastritis is an acute and chronic inflammation of gastric mucosa caused by many different reasons, often accompanied by epithelial injury, mucosal inflammatory reaction and epithelial regeneration. Gastritis is one of the most common digestive diseases. Gastritis is generally divided into acute gastritis and chronic gastritis according to the urgency of clinical onset and the length of course.

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Second: in terms of performance, the clinical manifestations of different gastritis will be different. The common one is epigastric pain, and most gastritis patients have epigastric pain. Upper abdominal pain is mostly irregular and has nothing to do with diet. Pain is generally diffuse upper abdominal burning pain, dull pain, swelling pain and so on. Some patients will feel bloating. It is often caused by food retention in the stomach, delayed emptying and indigestion.

3. Third: in terms of treatment, quit smoking and drinking, eat regularly, avoid overheated, salty and spicy food, and actively treat chronic oral, nasal and pharyngeal infections. Commonly used drugs to protect gastric mucosa, drugs and antibiotics to regulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, and painkillers.

Matters needing attention

Gastritis often changes from small to large and from light to heavy, which can never be ignored and despised. If it develops further, it may increase the difficulty of treatment and bring hidden dangers to health. It is better to pay more attention to maintenance at ordinary times.