Focal gastritis is an acute form of the disease, which is accompanied by the formation of inflamed places on the walls of the patient's stomach. Pay attention to the fact that the inflamed places can be of various sizes and manifest at almost all stages of the disease. To date, there are several forms of focal gastritis, of which we consider the following:
- Erosive;
- Chronic.
There are also catarrhal and superficial forms. With focal gastritis, cells die on the mucous membranes of the stomach, which produce enzymes for processing food. Because of the significant reduction in the number of cells producing substances without which normal digestion is simply impossible, a form of disease with a low level of acid in the stomach of the patient occurs. To date, a great number of causes of this disease have been identified, but we will consider only the most common of them:
- Lack of healthy nutrition;
- Smoking;
- Frequent stress transfer;
- Eating food at a chaotic time;
- Alcoholism;
- Eating large meals;
- Heredity.
Symptoms of focal gastritis
The difficulty in establishing the diagnosis is that the presented disease does not have any bright signs on which you can immediately diagnose. Sometimes the symptoms of focal gastritis are similar to those of stomach cancer. Erosive focal gastritis has such basic symptoms:
- Constant headaches and dizziness;
- Emetic urges;
- Pain sensations in the epigastric part of the stomach;
- Heartburn;
- Swelling;
- Refusal of food;
- Reduced body weight.
There are cases when an erosive variant is accompanied by the emergence of all the symptoms simultaneously or only one of them.
Chronic focal gastritis
Focal chronic gastritis has such distinctive features:
- Frequent numbness of the limbs;
- Hair break;
- Hair loss;
- Increase in the number of falling hairs;
- Noticeable pallor of the skin;
- Stratification of the nail plate.
You should also pay your attention to the fact that the chronic type of the disease, very often, manifests simultaneously with other diseases.
How to treat focal gastritis?
Most gastroenterologists say that the presented disease can not be corrected, which means that the cells that have been damaged can not be restored. Although in our time medicine has taken such a step forward that focal erosive gastritis of various forms is most often curable, but the treatment of chronic form is still impossible.
How is focal gastritis treated? It consists in taking medications that provide recovery of the cells of the gastric mucosa. Also, medicines are prescribed that help improve the motility of the stomach. The combination and dosage of medications is selected for all patients individually and exclusively by the doctor.
In addition, the use of medications directly depends on the "brightness" of the symptoms and the individual tolerability of various drugs. Chronic focal gastritis is treated exclusively at the time of exacerbation, and consists of its treatment in adherence to a strict diet. Thus, the intervention is not carried out without special need.
The erosive form of the disease is treated by taking such medicines:
- Antibiotics;
- Inhibitors;
- Enveloping preparations.
In most cases, treatment of erosive focal gastritis continues for two weeks, depending on the severity of the disease. Additional medicines are also taken:
- Antacids;
- Antispasmodics;
- Enzymatic agents;
- Vitamins.
The course of a chronic disease variant should be monitored by a specialist. And before starting treatment of erosive type, one-day fasting is necessary. In this case, the patient is allowed to use only mineral water and soft tea, and the next day it is allowed often, but in small portions to eat normal food. And the food must necessarily undergo heat treatment and wipe. Erosive focal gastritis requires mandatory use of light soups.
Therapy in conjunction with a strict diet for focal gastritis will be much more effective than standard medication. In addition, not always drug treatment without dieting leads to a positive result.
In addition to this patient should be protected from harmful to health work, constant stressful situations and bad habits. Also, treatment of focal gastritis can be carried out with the help of folk remedies. Folk remedies are represented by such effective recipes:
- Broth with the composition of plantain, burdock and alcohol;
- Aloe juice;
- Potato juice.
Remember that improper treatment of focal gastritis can contribute to the transition of the disease into a chronic form.