When endoscopy shows damage to the gastric mucosa and duodenum, similar to small ulcerous lesions or erosive defects covered with mucopurulent-fibrinous coating, an erosive gastroduodenitis is diagnosed. His first symptoms are similar to those of other similar pathologies. The patient has an acidic eructation, mild nausea after eating fatty foods, and vomiting is also possible. The characteristic signs of the disease are manifested only in the acute phase. It is extremely difficult, so you can not postpone your visit to a doctor. It is useful to know why there is erosive gastroduodenitis, how it manifests itself, how to treat an ailment and try not to let it go into a chronic form. About all this and talk in the article.
Causes of erosive gastroduodenitis
Several factors can provoke erosive gastroduodenitis. This and the wrong diet, and bad habits, and genetic predisposition. Harmful emotional stress loads, getting inside dangerous chemical toxins. But there is a characteristic underlying cause:
- First, most often acute erosive gastroduodenitis occurs due to uncontrolled intake of strong medications. The most dangerous can be long-term use of non-steroidal and steroid medications.
- Secondly, unfavorable flora is caused by severe intestinal infections.
- Thirdly, diseases of the liver, gallbladder and pancreas are very dangerous for the gastrointestinal tract.
Most often erosive gastroduodenitis is a consequence of the development of renal failure, extensive sepsis, large blood loss. If the patient is unconscious, it is rather difficult to diagnose the presence of the described disease. But an experienced doctor will necessarily pay attention to hematemesis( vomiting of blood), to the presence of black feces. These symptoms will force him to send the patient to an endoscopy.
When chronic erosive gastroduodenitis develops, its symptoms do not appear almost during remission. The patient seeks help from a doctor only if he notices bleeding from the anus during emptying. This is a sure sign of the presence of intestinal bleeding. They can be very dangerous. Therefore, it is important to learn, to distinguish the disease at earlier stages.
Characteristics of erosive gastroduodenitis
Most often, the first signs of the disease are ignored. Neither mild nausea, nor belching of air, nor rare vomit can not make it clear to a mere mortal that he develops a dangerous disease. For help, only those who feel the appearance of severe pain are drawn. They indicate the onset of the acute phase. If the gastroduodenitis with erosions is treated incorrectly, the chronic stage develops. With her exacerbation is replaced by remissions. Therefore, in official medicine, it is common to separate the two categories of symptoms of the described pathology.
Acute erosive gastroduodenitis
This stage is characterized by the following symptoms:
- Strong paroxysmal pain occurs immediately after eating or an hour after eating fatty foods.
- Immediately after eating, there is nausea, relief only brings about vomiting.
- During vomiting, the contents of the stomach first come out, followed by the gastric juice, and then the mucus is actively released. This is the true sign of inflammation of the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract.
- In case of advanced stages, vomiting is accompanied by bloody discharge.
- The chair changes towards the constipation.
- Sometimes, acute erosive gastroduodenitis leads to the formation of internal intestinal bleeding. In this case, the stool is painted black.
Chronic erosive gastroduodenitis
The most common chronic erosive gastroduodenitis during remission is determined by the following symptoms:
- A feeling of discomfort in the stomach immediately after eating: the appearance of gravity, flatulence, rumblings, heartburn and nausea.
- Internal bleeding.
- Unstable chair( alternation of disorders and constipation).
Diet and nutrition in the treatment of erosive gastroduodenitis
Treatment is primarily aimed at eliminating the cause of the disease. If gastroduodenitis with erosion was caused by burns or any mechanical injuries, kidney and liver failure, all measures are taken to relieve the conditions that are dangerous for human life. And only then a general scheme is drawn up, which can help eliminate all existing symptoms. The therapeutic diet with erosive gastroduodenitis is usually prescribed immediately after diagnosis. It becomes fundamental in the treatment of chronic stages.
It will have to be observed constantly, because with its gross violation immediately there is a relapse and the general condition worsens.
It is important not to allow mechanical and thermal damage to the walls of the stomach, so a diet with erosive gastroduodenitis means cooking with a liquid, puree-like consistency. Fruits and vegetables with coarse fiber, foods that are capable of irritating the walls of the gastrointestinal tract are completely excluded from the diet.
A strict diet regime is established, there is a need 5-6 times a day, single portions are small, not more than 200 grams. The total amount of food is divided into three meals and two snacks between them. Food is served exclusively in a warm form. You can not overeat, you can not make long pauses between two meals. Everything that gets into the mouth, you need to thoroughly chew. Gastroenterologists pay attention to the fact that the diet consists of dishes cooked for a couple. It is recommended not to fry, but to extinguish foods, boil on water or bake in the oven.
The use of drug therapy is discussed in each case. Treatment of erosive gastroduodenitis and methods of physiotherapy, the use of traditional medicine, various options for herbal medicines, which include only raw materials that are safe for the health as a whole, are actively used.