Stomach is an important digestive organ of our human body, which has the function of temporary storage of food, initial digestion and absorption. However, the stomach is very fragile, especially excessive pressure, drugs, alcohol and so on can make our stomach experience a major injury in a short time, which is called “acute gastritis”. Acute gastritis is a common disease, which often occurs suddenly and brings great pain to patients. Therefore, it is very important to recognize “acute gastritis” for the health of our stomach.
Common causes
of acute gastritis 1. Dietary factors: such as overeating or eating too much spicy and stimulating food. Eating unclean food, especially food contaminated by Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus, such as crabs, shellfish and leftovers, can lead to acute infectious gastritis.
2. Drug factors: The most common are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin enteric-coated tablets, indomethacin, ibuprofen, diclofenac sodium sustained-release tablets, etc. Antibiotics, anti-tumor chemotherapy drugs, iron, potassium chloride oral tablets and other drugs can also lead to gastric erosion, causing acute gastritis.
3. Alcohol factor: Drinking a lot of alcohol can directly stimulate the gastric mucosa, which can lead to erosion of the gastric mucosa and even bleeding.
4. Stress factors: When the body is in a state of stress, such as severe trauma, large area burns, septicemia and excessive tension, it can cause gastric mucosal erosion, ulcer and even bleeding.
2. Common symptoms
of acute gastritis 1. Abdominal pain: It usually occurs in the upper abdomen, mostly dull pain, sometimes severe pain, with varying degrees.
2. Nausea and vomiting: It is often accompanied by nausea and vomiting, and sometimes gastric contents are vomited.
3. Loss of appetite: loss of appetite, no hunger, unwillingness to eat, reduced appetite.
4. Hematemesis and melena: In severe cases, coffee-like vomiting and melena may occur, suggesting upper gastrointestinal bleeding, which should be paid attention to.
3. Common examination methods
for acute gastritis 1. Routine blood
test An elevated white blood cell count and neutrophil ratio often indicate the presence of a bacterial infection.
2. Routine stool test + occult blood test
The fecal occult blood test is helpful to determine whether the patient has a small amount of bleeding.
3. Gastroscopy
It is the main method to diagnose acute gastritis, but we need to do it within 24 to 48 hours of morbidity, so that we can observe the lesions. Otherwise, beyond this time, the lesion is likely to improve significantly and is not easy to diagnose.
4. Diagnostic methods
of acute gastritis Diagnosis needs to be combined with the patient’s medical history, generally acute onset, epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and other symptoms, diagnosis needs to be combined with gastroscopy, but gastroscopy needs to be performed as soon as possible.
Treatment
of acute gastritis 1. Pay attention to diet, avoid overeating, eat less spicy and stimulating food, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, do not eat contaminated food, do not eat spoiled food.
2. Avoid drug stimulation, try not to stimulate the gastric mucosa, if necessary, should follow the medical supervision, try to choose drugs with less irritation to the gastric mucosa.
3. Control drinking: limit or abstain from drinking, and try not to drink liquor.
4. Avoid or reduce stress: keep a happy mood, control bad emotions, and try to avoid major trauma and surgery.
5. Active treatment of primary diseases: If you suffer from related diseases that can cause acute gastritis, treat the disease as soon as possible.
6. Medication: Drugs that inhibit gastric acid secretion such as PPI, and drugs that protect gastric mucosa such as teprenone.
Prognosis
of acute gastritis Most of them can get better by themselves, although the onset is acute, but the improvement is fast.
Sum up
In short, acute gastritis is morbidity acute, but as long as we recognize it and pay attention to prevention, the chance of morbidity will be greatly reduced. If acute gastritis has occurred, we should seek medical treatment in time and treat it early so as to take good care of our stomach.
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