In a disease such as chronic gastritis, your treating gastrointestinal physician should initially conduct a thorough examination and questioning. The tactics of treatment that an expert will choose for you will depend solely on the variant of the disease. Note that chronic gastritis can be of different types: A, B and C. In addition, the direction of treatment will be influenced by the etiological factors that could cause the disease, as well as the secretory function of the diseased organ.
Complex treatment of chronic gastritis includes:
- diet and proper diet;
- physiotherapy;
- medications;
- sanatorium treatment.
In some cases, a patient may need the help of a psychotherapist or psychologist, because such a disease is often associated with strong emotional experiences and stresses.
Drug therapy for gastritis
The choice of certain drugs is great and varies depending on the individuality of the patient's illness and the severity of his condition.
Here are the main principles of treatment for chronic gastritis:
- Adjusting the acidity of gastric juice. With a decrease in the secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach are prescribed drugs such as, Abomin, Pantoglucide, wormwood tincture and others, which also help to strengthen this secretion. In the opposite case, with increased secretion, drugs are prescribed that lower this figure, for example, Ranitidine, antacids( Fosfalugel, Almagel), Famotidine, Atropine, Platifillin, Metacin, etc.
- Antibacterial therapy. It is used only in the confirmation of Helicobacter pylori infection, for which several schemes have been developed, which include, 1, 2 or 3 drugs, for example, Clarithromycin, Amoxicillin and others, also use bismuth preparations and antisecretory drugs.
- Treatment of gastric mucosa with gastritis. Used white clay, decoction of flax seeds, Neosmectin, etc.
Physiotherapy with gastritis
As is known, with chronic gastritis the patient experiences wild pain in the stomach area. In order to stop the pain syndrome, doctors advise to attend physiotherapy. In addition, this procedure affects the motor and secretory functions of such an organ as the stomach, and it also allows to stimulate the regeneration of the mucous surface of the stomach.
In the complex treatment that is conducted in the hospital, the following factors of this procedure are used:
- ultrasound therapy;
- galvanization and drug electrophoresis;
- dynamic currents;
- inductothermia( with reduced secretion);
- sinusoidal-modulated currents( with increased secretion);
- balneotherapy( ingestion of mineral waters and various water).
We will clarify that all procedures of physiotherapy with gastritis are performed exclusively during the remission of the chronic form or the abatement of the acute process of the disease.
In order to stabilize the nervous system, balneotherapy is used, during which the doctor appoints conifers, herbs, radon, mineral and coniferous-radon.
Therapy of gastritis with folk methods
In folk medicine, there are many recipes that give a good effect in the treatment of neglected form of gastritis. We will name just a few of them:
- half an hour before a meal you need to drink half a glass of freshly squeezed potato juice;
- one teaspoon of sea buckthorn oil to take inside 30 minutes before eating;
- juice from the leaves of plantain should be taken half an hour before the main meals( one tablespoon of juice should be diluted with ΒΌ cup of water).