The cardia of the stomach is called the inlet valve, which separates the esophagus from the body of the main digestive organ. Its purpose for the body is that with the help of this sphincter, the back throw of the food lump formed in the stomach into the esophagus is blocked.
But often with the development of inflammatory gastric pathologies called gastritis, the timely closure of this valve is incomplete, that is, its insufficiency occurs. This deviation from the norm in the structure of the stomach, as a lack of cardia always occurs in the chronic form of gastritis and can be of several types: cardiac, antral and atrophic. This difference in species is due to the fact in which part of the stomach the disease is localized.
Chronic gastritis with cardia deficiency
In this situation, gastric juice containing hydrochloric acid enters the mucosa of the esophagus. As a result, it suffers severe burns, which are accompanied by the formation of ulceration and erosion.
This diagnosis, like chronic gastritis, is a cardiac insufficiency, in the clinical sense it represents a strong relaxation of the muscles of the entrance sphincter of the stomach under any circumstances, because of what they can not perform their function, that is, to keep its internal contents. In a scientific way, this state is called chalasia.
Chronic form, which is inherent in this disease, is expressed in the regular change in the periods of remission for periods of exacerbations. It is dangerous because it almost always leads to a disease such as reflux esophagitis, which affects the mucosa of the esophagus.
In the most severe cases, with a chronic course of gastritis, an ulcer of the entrance opening develops due to peptic destruction of the mucous membrane. And this is already a predisposition to the development of oncology in the organs of the digestive tract.
Cardiac gastritis cardiodeusitis
This type of disease is characterized by the presence of an inflammatory process in the place where the esophagus is directly connected to the body of the stomach. The main signs of gastritis, which is localized in the cardiac part of the stomach, are, apart from pain sensations in the epigastric region, spontaneous vomiting, frequent sound phenomena in the form of bubbling or gurgling in the stomach, not passing through the state of nausea.
Cardiac variety of gastritis also manifests in the patient following physiological signs:
- There is a constant general weakness;
- The person very quickly gets tired;
- State of apathy and depression.
Having found out similar symptoms, it is necessary to address to a specialist as soon as possible, otherwise the inflammation located in the cardiac department and accompanied by the cardia deficiency will very quickly create a problem for the esophagus and lead to serious consequences in the form of intractable diseases.
Atrophic gastritis deficiency of the cardia
It is the most dangerous and is expressed in the atrophy( that is, death) of glandular cells that are located on the entire area of the mucous membrane of the body of the stomach. In the treatment of this type of disease, in addition to the usual therapy used in inflammatory diseases of the mucosa with cardia deficiency, the patient is prescribed replacement therapy.
For the treatment of atrophic gastritis with cardia deficiency, such drugs are used that stimulate the production of digestive secretion, thereby promoting the replacement of destroyed cells. For the most part this type of therapy is life-long, since this process of atrophy of the digestive glands is an irreversible phenomenon.
Antral gastritis cardiodeusitis
Inflammation of this type is located in the place where the stomach connects with the duodenum. In patients who are diagnosed with this condition, reverse peristalsis is very often observed.
Also in the case when the inflammatory process occurs in the antrum, the disease is difficult enough to be correctly diagnosed. This is due to the remoteness of the antral part.
Since the X-ray study of antral gastritis is not particularly reliable, in order to not make mistakes with the selection of the right methods of treatment, all types of diagnosis are used.
Treatment and prevention of chronic gastritis with cardia deficiency
Treatment of all types of gastric pathology, which are associated with cardia deficiency, must necessarily only be complex. It consists in the following activities:
- Therapy of the disease that caused the failure of the cardia;
- In the case of obesity, an immediate reduction in patient weight;
- In the case of ascites, a decrease in pressure that is present inside the abdominal cavity;
- The organization of proper nutrition, as well as the constant use of a special therapeutic diet.
Drug medications are those that are regulators of motor activity in the esophageal sphincter.