Gastritis is generally an inflammation of the stomach walls that occurs when exposed to chemicals, the bacteria Helicobacter pylori, and mechanical damage. Among the causes of gastritis can be called: constant drinking, smoking or eating fast food. The thing is that our gastric juice contains hydrochloric acid. So that the gastric walls are not corroded, they have
There is an epithelial layer that helps prevent the destructive effect of acid. However, if you often
eat spicy, sour, salted or spicy, the epithelium becomes thinner and loses its ability to withstand gastric juice, and it begins to corrode the walls of the stomach. So gastritis appears.
Symptoms and treatment of gastritis, its types
The acute and chronic form of the disease is distinguished. Symptoms of gastritis in its acute form may occur some time after the wrong food was taken (too hot or spicy). Suddenly there is heaviness in the stomach, nausea, weakness, vomiting occurs; a loose stool appears and dizzy. The person becomes pale, his tongue is covered with a white coating. Salivation is enhanced or, conversely, dry mouth is noted.
From acute to chronicIt often happens that the symptoms are mild, the patient simply suffers discomfort and does not go to the doctor. Gastritis remains and goes into the chronic stage. In the stomach, the mucous membrane is constantly in an inflamed state, and sometimes inflammation can go to a deeper layer of the gastric walls. Patients with gastritis experience pain in front under the ribs, nausea, lack of appetite, frequent belching, a metallic taste appears in the mouth.
With gastritis in a chronic form, gastric juice is poorly secreted. If there is a lot of it, then the patient has severe pain in the stomach, constant nausea, belching and constipation. This disease is most common in young men. Gastritis with reduced secretory function is characterized by nausea, a taste of metal in the mouth, constipation and diarrhea. If gastritis is not treated for a long time, then the patient eats nothing, loses weight, he develops constant weakness. This type of gastritis is more common in men at a more mature age. Sometimes it can become a harbinger of tumors, as with gastritis, the gastric walls atrophy and lose their original function. There is another form - corrosive gastritis. Symptoms and treatment of gastritis of this type do not differ from those with other types of disease. It begins its development when a strong acid or alkali enters the stomach.
Symptoms and treatment of gastritis
Very often, treatment is reduced to following a diet and prescribing drugs that can relieve pain and relieve cramping. Regardless of the form in which gastritis occurs, a diet is always prescribed in the first place. The doctor will advise you not to eat salty, fatty and spicy. All drinks should be warm, since hot or cold food or drink irritates the walls of the stomach. Food should be chewed carefully to facilitate the work of the stomach. It is required to eat at least five times a day and certainly a little. A course of antibiotics is also prescribed and a detailed examination is carried out. The patient must be under the supervision of a doctor.
Dishes with gastritis: what is possible and what is not?
Diet is very important in the treatment of gastritis. When the secretion is lowered, you can eat soups with cereals and vegetables, which need to be cooked on a lean meat broth, low-fat fish, fermented baked milk and other dairy products, stale bread, fresh and boiled vegetables, eggs, cereals; Drinking is allowed cocoa, coffee and tea.
When the secretion is increased, the symptoms and treatment of gastritis are almost the same. The difference is that you should not use dairy products, but only whole milk; eggs and vegetables - only boiled. Also, you can not eat fruit with a peel, this applies even to grapes.