What are the symptoms of gastritis?
The most common symptoms are stomach upset or pain. You may also experience belching, abdominal bloating, nausea, and vomiting or a feeling of fullness or of burning in your stomach. If you see blood in your vomit or stool, your stomach lining
may be bleeding a bit.
Nausea and intermittent vomiting can result from erosive gastritis, radiation gastritis, Ménétrier's disease, and plasma cell gastritis. Pain or discomfort (dyspepsia) can occur, especially with erosive gastritis, radiation gastritis, postgastrectomy gastritis, and atrophic gastritis. Very mild pain or discomfort also occurs with acute stress gastritis.
Ulcers can develop with several types of gastritis, especially acute stress gastritis, erosive gastritis, and radiation gastritis. Ulcers may bleed, causing a person to vomit blood (hematemesis) or pass tarry black stools (melena). Acute stress gastritis may lead to bleeding from ulcers within a few days after an illness or injury, whereas bleeding tends to develop more slowly in the case of erosive gastritis or radiation gastritis. Persistent bleeding can lead to symptoms of anemia, including fatigue, weakness, and light-headedness. If an ulcer perforates (pierces) the stomach wall, stomach contents may spill into the abdominal cavity, resulting in peritonitis (inflammation and usually infection of the lining of the abdominal cavity) and sudden worsening of pain. |
More information on gastritis
What is gastritis? - Gastritis is the irritation of lining of stomach which may be evident as stomach pains, vomiting, or diarrhea, etc. Gastritis can be either acute or chronic.
What causes gastritis? - Gastritis can be caused by infection, irritation, autoimmune disorders, or backflow of bile into the stomach. The main cause of true gastritis is H. pylori infection.
What are the symptoms of gastritis? - The most common symptoms of gastritis are stomach upset or pain. Nausea and intermittent vomiting can result from erosive gastritis, radiation gastritis.
How is gastritis diagnosed? - Clinical history of the patient may be particularly important in the diagnosis of this type of gastritis. H. pylori gastritis is easily diagnosed through the use of the urea breath test.
What're the complications of gastritis? - Left untreated, gastritis may lead to stomach ulcers and stomach bleeding. Postgastrectomy gastritis and atrophic gastritis may cause symptoms of anemia.
What're the treatments for gastritis? - Dual therapy for gastritis involves the use of an antibiotic and a proton pump inhibitor. Specific treatment will depend on the cause and type of gastritis. |
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