Infectious gastritis, acute viral disease in children, what kind of infection causes?

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In such a disease as gastritis, there may be an infectious form, the distinguishing feature of which is both very rapid development and leakage. To manifest this form of inflammatory pathology, it usually takes a few hours after the stomach has been infected with pathogenic microorganisms.

The development of such a variety of this disease is associated with eating poor-quality foods that are infected with salmonella, klebsiella, etc., as well as infecting the body with Helicobacter bacteria when personal hygiene is not respected. The course of this type of gastritis is quite turbulent, with very rapidly increasing severe symptoms and increasing general intoxication of the body.

Infectious causes of gastritis

Among the possible causes of the development of this pathology, most often stand out such as:

  • Syphilis;
  • Tuberculosis;
  • Viral hepatitis;
  • Dysentery;
  • Bacterial infection Helicobacter pylori, which is the most frequent causative agent of this variety of gastritis.
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In addition, an impetus to its development can give such infections as:

  • Fungal( yeast) infection;
  • All kinds of parasitic worms.

In these cases, treatment of gastritis should be carried out in an infectious disease hospital, in parallel with the underlying disease, no amateur activity is allowed.

The main symptoms of acute infectious gastritis

The disease of this type is characterized by the following symptoms:

  • The state of nausea, which keeps constantly, regularly turns into almost uncontrollable vomiting;
  • Severe pain in the stomach, especially in the palpation of the epigastric region;
  • General malaise, fever, lethargy, decreased appetite.

If you have at least one of these anxiety symptoms, you should urgently pass the necessary diagnostic test in this case, which can reveal in the human body the causative agent of such a dangerous disease as an infectious gastritis.

Helicobacter pylori is the most frequent causative agent of viral gastritis

This bacterium causes a sharp inflammatory process in the mucosa of the digestive organ, thereby reducing its resistance. This microorganism is spread everywhere and no one can be immune from infection if it fails to comply with the basic rules of personal hygiene.

It can be transmitted by using one dish with a sick person or kisses. The air way of infection in the case of Helikobakter pylori is completely excluded.

Once in the acidic environment of the digestive organs, the microorganism begins to develop actively, thus releasing certain enzymes that enhance the production of glandular cells of the gastric mucosa of hydrochloric acid and lead to a decrease in its protective properties.

Helicobacter pylori infection can affect any part of the stomach, thereby causing inflammation and the development of viral gastritis.

Acute infectious gastritis in children

Gastrointestinal diseases become more and more "young" every year, their steady growth is observed starting with the younger school age. They are different variants of the inflammatory process in the mucosa of the digestive organ.

Previously it was believed that the main cause for the development of this disease are stressful situations and eating disorders, recently there have been undeniable facts of involvement in the development of inflammatory processes in the digestive organs in children Helicobacteria.

For this reason, it is absolutely necessary to check the child for the presence of Helicobacter pylori infection and the associated acute form of viral gastritis if:

  • The child suffers from pain of unclear genesis in the abdomen for more than 10 days;
  • There are in the first generation relatives who suffer from digestive organ tumors, ulcer or gastritis;
  • Earlier, the child had a digestive system disease, but there was no examination for Helicobacter infection.

In all these cases, the child must necessarily be examined by a specialist in order to detect the development of inflammatory pathology in the digestive organ in time and to prescribe the timely treatment.

Diagnosis of acute infectious gastritis in children

The presence of Helicobacter pylori infection in the body that gives rise to the development of viral gastritis can be diagnosed in several ways, among which the most common are the following:

  1. Serological test aimed at detecting antibodies in the patient's blood. Blood is taken from both the vein and the finger( express method).This method can be called the most optimal for the determination of Helicobacter microorganisms for its rapidity, informative and painless;
  2. Respiratory test. It is conducted on the basis of measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in a person's exhaled air. Its positive side is its non-invasiveness, but it has very low information content and a large number of false results;
  3. Biopsy, for which it is required to perform FGDS of the gastric mucosa. The advantage of this method, as well as its lack - is a gastroscopy, the attitude to which many children have the most negative. But according to the reliability of the data obtained, this method is at the very first place, because thanks to him, the doctor can immediately assess the extent of the lesion in the gastric mucosa.

In the event that any of the studies conducted gave a positive result for the child on the presence of Helicobacter pylori, and, accordingly, the development of an infectious gastritis, this should be taken very seriously.

First, in the case when this bacterium is detected in children, it should be checked urgently for the presence of this malignant microorganism and other family members.

And secondly, it is urgent to start appropriate treatment of infectious gastritis, which consists in the destruction of Helicobacter pylori by taking antibiotics and other medications. In the case when the drugs are selected correctly, the probability of a full recovery will be almost 100%.

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