Gastroduodenitis is an inflammatory process of the duodenum and stomach. Symptoms of this disease often resemble gastritis, pancreatitis and cholecystitis. It is treated with antibiotics, antispasmodics and drugs that correct the acidity of gastric juice.
Reasons for the appearance
Gastroduodenitis is a disease that is often inherited. It is also characteristic of people who do not monitor their diet, smoke a lot, subject to frequent stresses, intestinal infections, often taking aspirin and antibiotics.
Forms and varieties of gastroduodenitis
The disease is acute and chronic. The acute form develops against a background of general health and lasts within three weeks. The chronic form alternates with acute periods and periods of apparent well-being, and the disease itself can last up to six months.
Gastroduodenitis is a disease that has two varieties. Atrophic appearance often appears in people after 40 years of age with a hereditary predisposition. Typically, such patients complain of low acidity. The second variety is Helicobacter pylori gastroduodenitis. It can appear in people of different age categories when infected with Helicobacter pylori infection. Most often, the acidity of the gastric juice in such patients is increased.
Such forms of the disease as erosive and superficial are quite common. Superficial gastroduodenitis is an inflammation that affects only the internal mucous membrane of the intestine and stomach. The erosive form on the mucosa of the duodenum and stomach is characterized by multiple small ulcers.
Symptomatology
Due to the similarity of the symptoms of gastroduodenitis to other diseases, it is divided into: gastritis-like, ulcer-like, cholecystic, pancreatic. Almost every patient feels pain in the upper abdomen, nausea, which appears before and after eating, vomiting. Patients are characterized by unusual pallor, their tongue has a white coating and visible tooth prints.
Children's gastroduodenitis, the aggravation of which is almost always accompanied by an increase in body temperature, is characterized by weakness, sleep disturbance, temporary headaches.
Diagnostics
An examination using FGDS helps to identify the disease. Thus, the doctor determines the degree of inflammatory processes, the size of the spread of the disease. A biopsy of the duodenal mucosa and stomach is done. The pH level is also determined by acidity. To complete the picture, radiography and fibrogastroscopy are performed.
Disease treatment
For treatment, a course of antibiotics is prescribed to eliminate the infection. In order to normalize the acidity of the gastric juice, the patient is prescribed taking such drugs as “Contraloc”, “Plantoglucid”, “De-nol”. For pain relief, medications “Tserukal”, “No-shpa” are taken. If the acidity is low, then the drug “Pepsidin” is used.
Gastroduodenitis - alternative treatment
There are a large number of herbs that can be taken with this disease. For example, to treat gastroduodenitis, it is good to drink half a glass of blackcurrant juice three times a day. However, the acidity of the gastric juice should be reduced.
Up to two months, it is recommended to take aloe juice two teaspoons three times a day before meals.
In addition, it is very important for a full recovery to eat properly. You need to eat up to six times a day in small portions. Fried foods should be excluded - you can only cook steamed, bake and wipe. As you heal, the diet can be expanded.