Erosive gastritis - symptoms

Gastritis is a disease of the digestive system, which can occur in acute and chronic form. It is accompanied by inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the inner walls of the stomach. Pathology has several varieties, one of the most unpleasant is erosive gastritis - the symptoms occur against a background of deep ulceration of the organ tissues with the formation of defects reaching 3 mm in diameter.

What determines the symptoms and methods of treatment of erosive gastritis of the stomach?

Clinical manifestations of the described form of digestive pathology correspond to its type. There are 4 varieties of erosive gastritis:

• acute;
• chronic;
• antral;
• reflux.

There is also a classification depending on the localization of inflammatory processes and the formation of erosions in the stomach:

• Type A (antral) - lower part;
• type B (gastritis of the body of the stomach) - upper and central part;
• type C (multifocal, pangastritis) - the entire internal surface of the organ.

In accordance with the identified form of the disease, a therapy scheme is developed that includes:

• conservative treatment;
• diet compliance;
• lifestyle change;
• use of traditional medicine recipes.

Signs and symptoms of acute erosive gastritis

This type of disease refers to the most severe types of gastritis, but it is extremely rare. As a rule, acute erosive gastritis occurs due to the deliberate or accidental ingestion of various chemicals, highly concentrated acids, poisons. It is characterized by a rapid, rapid onset, clearly expressed clinical manifestations.

Signs of the form of erosive gastritis:

• constant or paroxysmal pain in the epigastric region;
• severe heartburn;
• increased intensity of pain after eating or fasting;
• nausea
• vomiting, often with mucus, blood clots and gastric juice;
• Diarrhea, also with blood impurities.

The symptoms are similar to the manifestations of erosive antral gastritis caused by infection with bacteria Helikobakter Pilori.

The main danger of acute pathology is in frequent cases of internal bleeding.

Symptoms of chronic or sluggish erosive gastritis

Also this form is called erosive-hemorrhagic gastritis, since in diagnostics on mucous membranes a large number of small ulcers are detected, which are formed slowly, sometimes by years.

Given the characteristics of the chronic course of the disease, at first, any of its signs are absent. As a rule, patients already notice symptoms of exacerbation of erosive hemorrhagic gastritis:

• discomfort, a feeling of heaviness in the upper part of the stomach, especially after eating;
• periodic weak nausea;
• decreased appetite;
• flatulence , constant bloating;
• general weakness.

It is worth noting that these manifestations can be even seasonal in nature, intensifying by autumn and spring.

Signs of chronic form are also relevant for reflux gastritis. Only in this case is there several additional symptoms:

• heartburn , more often - after drinking alcoholic, sweet, salty and sharp products;
• a sour taste in the mouth;
• the appearance of cough after eating (due to irritation of the esophagus by throwing gastric juice);
• disorders of stool, alternating constipation with diarrhea;
• weakness, drowsiness;
• an acute sense of hunger, especially at night;
• rarely - the appearance of sores, erosion on the mucous surfaces of the mouth.