If you start the treatment is simple and harmless in its manifestations of superficial gastritis, which many do, it will quickly transfer the disease into a chronic form.
It is more difficult to treat and can cause quite serious complications in the form of such terrible diseases as a stomach ulcer or oncology of digestive organs.
In the person whose initial stage of the disease has taken this most severe form, the deep layers of the stomach are not yet affected by inflammation. All pathologies, both dystrophic and dysregenerative, occur only in the mucosa itself.
In the chronic form of superficial gastritis, there are violations in the motor and secretory functions of the stomach, the composition and number of epithelial cells change, infiltration sites appear that are caused by the inflammatory process.
With this type of disease, frequent relapses are possible, especially in the spring or autumn seasons, which are called - seasonal exacerbations. According to the degree of distribution of hr.superficial gastritis can be of 2 types: diffuse and focal.
In the first, called pangastritis, the inflammatory process affects the entire mucosa of the digestive organ, and the second - certain areas, most often located in the antral part of the stomach.
Development of chronic superficial gastritis
The fastest development of this form of the disease is most often affected by the following factors:
- Dysfunction caused by lifestyle or labor;
- Hurry while eating food, insufficient chewing due to poor teeth, constant snacks on the go;
- Abuse of alcoholic beverages, as well as spices, pickles, fried and spicy food.
In order for complex treatment of chronic surface gastritis to be successful, it is first of all necessary to get rid of the causes that led to the development of the disease.
Symptoms manifested in chronic superficial gastritis
This form of the disease is of type B and is expressed in the defeat of the superficial epithelium in the body of the stomach. The destruction of the mucous membrane does not occur with it. But the feelings of the injured person are quite unpleasant. Among them, in the case of the transition of surface gastritis to a chronic form, the following can most often occur:
- Aching pain, which is localized in the epigastric region. It can both appear immediately after eating, and be constant;
- Frequent bloating, flatulence and constant stool disorder;
- After eating a feeling of feeling fullness of the stomach, a heaviness that persists for up to an hour and a half;
- Nausea, often resulting in severe vomiting. And not only the contents of the stomach, but also the mucus with bile, having a bitter taste;
- When palpation, pain in the epigastric region is felt;
- The tongue is covered with a white coating, tachycardia, a fever, a fairly low pressure and a general weakness are possible.
The manifestation of such symptoms, which usually intensifies at night, in patients with a superficial form of gastritis, indicates a transition to a chronic stage.
Very often this disease began to occur at a fairly young age due to non-compliance with diet, constant rush and multiple stressful situations. When they occur, you should immediately consult a specialist so that the results of the study can be used to establish the correct diagnosis and extent of mucosal damage, and also to prescribe the correct treatment of chronic surface gastritis. It is complex, and consists not only of medicamentous prescriptions, but also the selection of an appropriate diet.