The stomach is the hollow muscle, which is one of the most important organs of the digestive tract. It is located between the duodenum and the esophagus, performing the functions of mixing food and its partial splitting. Diseases of the stomach are associated with a disorder of its basic functions, leading to a number of painful symptoms - heartburn, changes in taste, increased thirst, constipation, loose stools, nausea, belching, vomiting, and pain. Each of these signs is a signal of a disease of this organ.
The most common diseases of the stomach include acute and chronic gastritis, duodenitis, erosion, ulcers and cancer. Each ailment always has its own reason. In the case of an upset stomach function, this may be preceded by an improper diet, eating poor quality food, overeating, abuse of spicy foods, poor chewing and malnutrition.
Gastric diseases in an advanced state often lead to the need for surgical intervention, after which complications arising in the early and long-term postoperative period are quite possible. These diseases include pathological changes such as peptic ulcer of the small intestine, gastritis of the stump, adductor bowel syndrome, chronic pancreatitis, dumping syndrome, ulcers of the stump and anastomosis, anemia.
Diseases of the operated stomach, its organic and functional disorders occur after almost every operation of this digestive organ. One of the common postoperative diseases is gastritis stump. Patients experience a decrease in appetite, frequent burping of food, periodic diarrhea, a feeling of heaviness after eating, aching pain and a significant decrease in working capacity.
Long-term postoperative periods do not guarantee a further absence of gastric disease. In the area located after the stump, a peptic ulcer of the small intestine may open. Its symptoms are severe pain in the pit of the stomach, which become most intense after eating. The presence of an ulcer is detected after x-ray and gastroscopy. Repeated surgical intervention is recognized as the most effective way of its treatment.
Disorders associated with rapid evacuation of food from the stomach are called dumping syndrome. Its main symptoms include attacks of early (10-15 minutes) and late (2-3 hours) afternoon weakness, as well as diarrhea, dizziness, fever, palpitations, changes in blood pressure and pain in the epigastric region. A serious form of such a disease of the stomach can lead to afternoon fainting, exhaustion, impaired fat, protein and carbohydrate metabolism, degeneration of internal organs, fatigue and nervous breakdowns.
Pancreatic inflammation that develops at different stages of the postoperative period is called chronic pancreatitis. Its main symptom is girdle pain in the upper abdomen. Possible increase in general body temperature and diarrhea. This disease should be treated in a hospital setting. Adjacent bowel syndrome develops exclusively after resection. With this pathology, the contents of the intestine and bile go back to the stomach, while the patient experiences bitterness in the mouth, nausea, heaviness in the stomach and vomiting mixed with bile. Such a disease of the operated stomach is treated only promptly.
After surgery on the stomach , ulcers of its stump and anastomosis may form, leading to pain and sharp weight loss. This disease should be treated by physical procedures, taking medications, such as Cerucal, Raglan, Dimetramid, in compliance with a strict diet.
Due to a deficiency of iron and vitamin B12, anemia can develop as a result of a decrease in the area of the stomach. The decrease in hemoglobin should be offset by injections of vitamin B12 and the use of preparations containing iron. Gastric diseases can lead to the most serious consequences, so you should not neglect the slightest alarming symptoms and self-medicate. Doctors should engage in gastric treatment based on rigorous research.