What is gastritis? Speaking medical terms is a long process of inflammation of the gastric mucosa. This disease lasts for years and leads to an atrophy, a thinning of the mucosa.
Gastritis is acute, begins suddenly and abruptly and is very painful and chronic attacks are not often, but necessarily on a regular basis.
One of these types: gastritis with secretory insufficiency.
Perhaps most often the disease of this nature in people in retirement, old age, especially in men.
Gastritis with secretory deficiency is a long process of inflammation of the gastric mucosa and a lack of production of hydrochloric acid. With gastritis with secretory insufficiency, not only the stomach can be affected, but over time, and other organs - the liver, pancreas, intestine and gallbladder are most affected.
With gastritis with secretory deficiency, the body weight usually becomes smaller, the person promptly starts to lose weight, as more often after eating food, indigestion occurs and patients refrain from eating or try to use as little as possible.
Gastritis with secretory insufficiency manifests weakness, possibly below normal blood pressure, nausea, vomiting, symptoms of avitaminosis( dry skin, hair loss, redness and thickening of the tongue, nail change) and adrenal function impairment.
Very rarely patients with gastritis of secretory insufficiency feel pain in the stomach, but very often disruption of the intestine( bloating, diarrhea, or constipation).
The reason for this is the lack of hydrochloric acid, which is necessary for digestion of food and natural emptying of the stomach, since not enough chewed food is enough. From the stomach, it enters the intestine and causes irritation of the gastric mucosa. Insufficient amount of acidity very much reduces bactericidal properties of gastric juice, because of this, in the upper intestine( where a small number of microbes) microorganisms settle.
There is a stage of neglect of chronic gastritis with secretory insufficiency, it is called dumping syndrome( negative for the body condition), in which after eating, there is an outflow of blood from the brain and a very strong rush of it to the vessels of the intestine. After some time after 20-30 minutes there is a strong sweating, an increase in body temperature, the rhythm of the heart is greatly accelerated, there may be a state of anxiety and a strong sense of weakness.
Treatment of gastritis with secretory deficiency
For starters, it is necessary to consult a doctor at the reception. To begin self-treatment it is dangerous to know the degree of the disease the initial stage is with you or whether the other organs are already chronicly affected.
Very important food. Vegetables favorably affect the secretory function of the digestive glands. Freshly squeezed juices( from cabbage or beets, suitable for patients with a low content of hydrochloric acid, from potatoes or carrots - for patients with a high content of hydrochloric acid).
For patients with gastritis of secretory deficiency, in addition to fish and meat, it is possible to give other foods that contain a sufficient amount of protein( fresh eggs, tolerability of milk or cottage cheese).Patients should consume a full and varied diet, receive animal protein at least 50-60% and vegetable at least 40-50%.
Drug administration is mandatory, with chronic gastritis with secretory insufficiency. Natural gastric juice( 1 tablespoon per half a glass of water during meals).
Polyferment preparations( Festal, Enzistal, Digistal, Pancitrat, etc.) one tablet at meal time.
In case of anemia, vitamins must be prescribed:
- B
- B2
- B6
- B12( ascorbic acid)
Nicotine preparations( Nicotinamide, Nikoshpan, Complinin, one tablet 3 times a day).
Preparations of iron( Ferroplex, Ferrocal, etc.).
In addition, physiotherapy and electrophoresis with medicinal medicines are prescribed.
In conclusion, rest in sanatoria or resorts of the gastroenterological profile is very helpful. And compulsory supervision by a specialist.