Problems with the gastrointestinal tract( GIT) are the most common phenomenon in our time. Wrong way of life, snacks on the run, fast food - all this has a negative impact on the human body. One of the most common diseases a person can face is reflux atrophic gastritis, better known in people as heartburn, but with more serious consequences. It is about him that will be discussed in our article.
With this type of gastritis, stomach glands are exposed to a negative effect, the main task of which is the production of gastric juice, with the help of which the process of digestion of food takes place. It is worth acknowledging that this is a fairly serious disease, characterized by the degeneration of these glands and the replacement of their connective tissue, that is, gradually the stomach ceases to cope with its main task.
This disease is chronic, most often it affects elderly people, however, this does not mean that it does not occur among the younger population, sometimes even children suffer from it. The main cause of its occurrence is the effect on the human digestive system of a certain type of bacteria - Helicobacter pylori. Initially there is a chronic reflux-gastritis in a mild form, which eventually goes into an atrophic form, and this process can affect both certain parts in particular, and the whole stomach as a whole.
Atrophic reflux gastritis also affects the state of the immune system, primarily due to the fact that immunoglobulin A is no longer produced normally, and vice versa, antibodies that destroy cells of the stomach, including the mucosa, are destroyed, due to such negative effectsThe mucosa begins to thin out, resulting in an atrophic process.
Causes of Atrophic Reflux Gastritis
It is worth noting that any type of gastritis, even reflux atrophic practicality, has the same causes:
- Adverse adverse effects on the body caused by medications.
- Use of spicy, spicy, too cold or hot food.
- Harmful habits: the use of coffee, nicotine, carbonated drinks.
- Food poisoning by various chemicals;
- Reflux is the process of throwing the contents of the stomach into the esophagus, in some cases the usual reflux-gastritis can go into the atrophic form of the gastritis.
Treatment of atrophic reflux gastritis
In order to determine the need for treatment of atrophic gastritis, it is necessary to diagnose it correctly. For this, the patient refers to a specialist who will assign the necessary studies. Their list includes:
- determination of the level of acidity of gastric juice;
- X-ray;
- blood test;
- fibrogastroduanoscopic examination.
Only the availability of the results of these studies and analyzes will allow the appointment of the right treatment. Each case is different, because all people have acidity of gastric juice, with atrophic reflux gastritis treatment is appointed, including in accordance with this indicator. In addition, depending on him, a certain diet is prescribed, which includes products that reduce or increase the acidity of gastric juice.
Regarding the treatment of drugs, the doctor with reflux gastritis appoints special medications that affect a certain group of muscles responsible for containing food in one of the stomach sections so that it does not enter the esophagus.