Symptoms of acute gastritis appear against the background of inflammation of the gastric mucosa. Patients of different sex and age are affected by this form of the disease. There is a sudden ailment and, as a rule, it is quite hard. Many patients because of it on the walls of the body even eruptions and bleeding begin.
Symptoms of an acute gastritis of the stomach
Provoke gastritis can various factors, ranging from an unfavorable state of the environment, ending with frequent stress, allergies and infectious diseases. Depending on what exactly the disease was caused, the symptomatology can change insignificantly.
The first sign of acute gastritis is a sharp deterioration in appetite. It usually appears a few hours after exposure to the negative factor. In addition, the patient begins to feel an unpleasant aftertaste in his mouth, he often suffers from eructations . A little later, there are pains. Sometimes the pain can be so strong that they can even immobilize a person for a while.
Accompanying acute gastritis and other symptoms:
- nausea;
- dizziness;
- headaches;
- education in the language of whitish or grayish plaque ;
- vomiting (sometimes with impurities of brown-green mucus or blood);
- general malaise;
- fast fatigue;
- abdominal swelling;
- a feeling of heaviness under the spoon;
- intense salivation (although it sometimes happens that in case of gastritis a person is concerned about dry mouth);
- pale skin;
- frequent heartburn.
If an acute hemorrhagic gastritis appears due to an infection, the ailment may be accompanied by diarrhea, rumbling of the abdomen and an increase in temperature to subfebrile markings.
Treatment of acute gastritis
Therapy can begin only after the cause of the disease is determined. But in any case, it will include a diet. After the appearance of the first symptoms, the patient will have to restrict in eating. In this state it is allowed to eat only tender food, steamed or thoroughly ground. In no case should a patient be given yoghurts, baked goods, cheese, much less fast food.
If the gastritis has gone so far that ulcers have formed on the gastric mucosa, the treatment will presuppose the injection of injections, which help to decrease the production of hydrochloric acid. Such drugs as Sucralfate and Venter will very quickly cover the body with a protective film and contribute to the early healing of erosion.