Causes and Effects of Gastritis

The gastritis is a medical condition also known as dyspepsia, which consists of inflammation of the stomach lining or gastric mucosa, there are different types of gastritis which are classified into:

• Acute gastritis: is one that appears suddenly.
• Chronic gastritis: It is one that occurs gradually.

The swelling of the inner lining of the stomach can be caused by different things such as:

• Infections or viruses
• Bacterium helicobacter pylori
• Stress
• Bile reflux
• Excessive consumption of irritating and greasy foods
• Irritation due to consumption of alcoholic beverages
• Irritation from tobacco use
• Pernicious anemia
• Continuous vomiting
• Abuse in the consumption of some medicines
• Eating disorders

When you suffer from some form of gastritis many symptoms may occur which vary depending on the patient and the type of gastritis that present, the most common are:

• Burning and stomach pain
• Threw up
• Sickness
• Indigestion
• Abdominal swelling
• Lack of appetite

Endoscopy and a blood test are the most common ways to diagnose the gastritis

and the type of it that is suffered, in general, in addition to the prescribed medications as the case may be, the patient is asked to comply with a soft diet that excludes the irritating, fatty and dairy foods, likewise, it is recommended to consume white or low sodium and fat meats, in addition to boiling the fruit and vegetables that will be eaten during the treatment.
If you present any of the symptoms described above, we recommend you go to the doctor, this is a merely informative article that aims to help you understand what happens in your body, but it does not replace the review and diagnosis of a specialist in the field, which in this case would be a gastroenterologist.