What is active gastroduodenitis? This is the phase of exacerbation of the chronic course of the disease. It occurs after remission immediately after a strong stimulus enters from the inside of the gastrointestinal tract from the outside. Sometimes the aggravation develops very rapidly as a result of a violation of the internal balance of protective functions. Among the factors of aggression is excessive or inadequate production of hydrochloric acid, a violation of blood supply to the mucous membrane, a violation of the processes of neutralizing hydrochloric acid in the duodenum.
Chronic active gastroduodenitis manifests itself in different ways. Much depends on the quality and amount of damage to the mucosa, the prevalence of lesions, and the degree of their severity. But there are general symptoms that should make the patient seek medical help immediately. Denote the brightest of them.
Characteristic signs of active gastroduodenitis
The disease manifests itself as follows:
- Intensive pains appear in the epigastric region. They have a cutting and prickling character, arise during hungry pauses and in the morning on an empty stomach.
- The patient begins to complain of general malaise, severe weakness and light dizziness.
- Pains are often accompanied by nausea, it constantly rises to the throat, causing a vomitive reflex. Vomiting brings relief.
- There is dryness in the mouth, the saliva is intensively secreted all the time.
- Sometimes, an active gastroduodenitis is accompanied by increased blood pressure and increased heart rate.
- If the acute phase is taking place against a background of increased secretion of gastric juice, the patient necessarily has a belch that gives off sour and heartburn.
- In the morning, the mucous membrane of the tongue is covered with a white coating.
If to the listed symptoms pallor of a skin, appetite reduction, an anemia, a discoordination of motor function of a gastrointestinal tract, on the face erosive acute gastroduodenitis is added.
Atrophic active gastroduodenitis is characterized by the appearance of burps with a characteristic rotten aftertaste, as well as symptoms of endogenous intoxication. The patient complains of rapid fatigue, severe dizziness and migraines.
As a rule, chronic gastroduodenitis is activated in autumn and spring. With proper treatment, all painful symptoms pass, remission occurs immediately after the end of the drug course and a sustained diet and lasts just as long until internal or external stimuli begin to act again.