Having heard from the doctor the diagnosis, focal superficial gastritis, many patients are in perplexity. Not everyone understands what kind of illness and what problems it brings.
This disease is one of the forms of stomach pathologies that occurs in the greater half of humanity of different age categories. It is expressed in the inflammatory lesion of the mucous membrane of the main organ of the digestive system.
The term "focal surface gastritis" refers to the initial stage of inflammation in the stomach cavity. It is called because of its spread, since it does not occur on the entire area of the gastric epithelium, but locally, in certain areas( foci), most often in the antrum, the lowest part, which passes into the duodenum.
Therefore, this disease has another name - antral gastritis. Despite the fact that the superficial form is considered to be the most secure, it brings a sick person a lot of problems and unpleasant sensations.
If in time to diagnose focal superficial gastritis and conduct appropriate treatment, this disease poses no danger. With the correct approach to its treatment, it is possible to forget about the disease forever.
But it should be remembered that this disease is insidious, and can proceed without pronounced symptoms for many years, and then, if a person has led an unhealthy lifestyle all these years, go into a more dangerous form - atrophic, which entails serious consequences.
Causes and symptoms of focal superficial gastritis
There are several reasons for the occurrence of this disease. Here there can be a physiological, bacterial, and psychological factors.
In the first place in all diseases of the gastrointestinal tract is unbalanced nutrition, as well as a violation in the regime of food intake. Equally adversely affect the work of the digestive organs as excessive gluttony, and constant malnutrition, as the concentration of acid digestive enzymes decreases with the presence of food in the stomach and does not burn epithelium.
The second most common cause is caused by the appearance of focal superficial gastritis, like the defeat of the stomach by the Helicobacter pylori bacterium, which is immune to acidic conditions.
Fixed on the walls of the digestive organ, it begins to synthesize substances that cleave the stomach protecting mucus. As a result, "stripping" the walls of the stomach and damage to their aggressive environment of gastric juice occurs. To infect this bacterium it is possible only through slime, that is at kisses with the sick person or non-observance of hygiene and using one dish.
A focal surface gastritis can occur in cases of chemical damage to the stomach, from deliberate or accidental poisoning, as well as alcohol abuse and non-compliance with the use of certain medicines, such as aspirin, which is sold without prescriptions and is not controlled by doctors.
Symptoms that should make a person alert are the following: heaviness in the abdomen after taking even a minimal amount of food, pain in the epigastric region, frequent eructations with an acidic aftertaste, and nausea, resulting in vomiting.
Treatment of focal superficial gastritis
If any signs of superficial focal gastritis appear even slightly, you should immediately consult a doctor for a diagnostic test that will help identify the disease at the earliest stages.
And this makes it possible to start the correctly chosen method of treatment, which should include, in addition to the medicines, the appropriate diet and exercise without power loads.
Focal superficial gastritis can be cured completely if a person falls ill adheres to all the prescriptions of a specialist and follows a diet specially designed for each particular case.