Focal gastritis with atrophy of the gastric mucosa is a manifestation of an acute form that is accompanied by the appearance of inflamed areas on the gastric mucosa. And the inflamed patches can have different shape, size and are located at all stages of the course of the disease. The disease is characterized by death of the cells of the mucous membrane of the stomach, as well as glands that have the ability to produce special enzymes and gastric juice for processing food in the stomach.
Focal atrophic gastritis can be of two variations - chronic and acute. Chronic focal atrophic gastritis manifests itself in case of incorrect or incomplete treatment, as well as with poor heredity of the patient. Today, the causes due to which focal atrophic gastritis develops are completely unknown, but some of them are all cleared up:
- Unhealthy habits;
- Unsustainable nutrition;
- Frequent overeating;
- Quite often occurrence of stressful situations;
- Drugs that can cause irritation of the gastric mucosa.
Symptoms of focal atrophic gastritis?
The disease has the following symptoms:
- A marked decrease in the overall weight of the patient;
- Frequent occurrence of dizziness;
- Regular heartburn;
- Frequent occurrence of vomiting;A noticeable deterioration in appetite;
- Bloating of the stomach;
- A bitter taste in the oral cavity of the patient;
- There is a certain heaviness in the stomach after eating food.
Also gastritis with foci of atrophy can have such symptoms as rejection of dairy products by the body, and because of a violation of food processing and food intake, the body receives the minimum amount of carbohydrates, proteins and vitamins that are necessary for the stable vital activity of the patient. In addition, patients very often complain about numb fingers and toes, thinning and strong hair loss, pale skin, as well as brittle nails on the hands and feet. In most cases focal subatrophic gastritis is accompanied by other diseases of the digestive system, for example, pancreatitis, enterocolitis, cholecystitis, and much more.
Nutrition and diet for focal atrophic gastritis
Diet for focal gastritis with atrophy of the mucosa is considered to be the most important factor in the treatment of the presented disease. The most important role is played by proper nutrition in the case when the disease passes into a chronic form.
Diet for focal subatrophic gastritis should be not only this, it is also necessary to use as much as possible dairy products. In addition, the patient needs a complete exclusion from the diet of alcoholic beverages.
In some cases, doctors not only give advice on the nutrition of the patient, but specifically for each of the diseased a diet is selected. If you do not follow the diet prescribed by your doctor, then the treatment will not work. If gastritis is chronic, then non-compliance with the diet in general, and there can be no question.
Treatment of
If focal subatrophic gastritis has been diagnosed at the initial stages, then its treatment will be more effective. The disease has many manifestations, but weak clinical symptoms, which is why the doctor in each case chooses different drugs. Moreover, the selection of drugs is affected not only by the signs of the disease, but also by the individual tolerability of certain medications by the patient.
Gastroenterologists claim that focal atrophic gastritis is not subject to correction. That is, the modified cells can not be reincarnated back into glandular cells. But now it is already possible to cure focal atrophic gastritis at various stages. The disease is treated, thanks to the use of drugs that provide the recovery of cells in the stomach, contributing to the scooping, as well as improving the gastric motility. When remission, the disease must be treated with drugs that help normalize the digestion of the patient. If you want to prevent subatrophic gastritis, then you need to properly treat the causes. In order to ensure that the patient must necessarily undergo a certain course of treatment for two weeks. Also to prevent the presented disease doctors, quite often write out special antibiotics.