Surface gastroduodenitis is a very serious disease that occurs in the stomach and duodenum. But with the correct and timely diagnosis, you can avoid serious consequences.
Causes of superficial gastroduodenitis
There are many reasons for the appearance of superficial gastroduodenitis . The main ones are:
- nervous exhaustion;
- malnutrition;
- concomitant bowel diseases;
- increased acidity of the stomach;
- poisoning products of chemical origin.
Nowadays, due to the large number of artificial food additives, diffuse superficial gastroduodenitis occurs more often than other disorders in the gastrointestinal tract. In the CIS alone, about 40% of its residents suffer from it.
Types and symptoms
In the medical literature, there are two forms of this disease: acute and chronic.
When acute gastroduodenitis affects the mucous membrane of the stomach, as well as the duodenum. As a rule, the symptoms of superficial gastroduodenitis of this form are severe pain in the stomach, dizziness, nausea, and sometimes vomiting.
The chronic superficial gastroduodenitis flowing in several stages is characterized by acute cramping accruing pains. In addition, a person may have nausea, dizziness, heartburn and even fainting.
In a patient with superficial focal gastroduodenitis of this form, a white or yellowish-white coating on the tongue is observed, pain that occurs during palpation in the stomach, under the breastbone and under the ribs.
At the stage of exacerbation, this disease occurs with fever, frequent headaches, depression, increased nervousness.
Diagnosis of the disease
To appoint the right treatment, the doctor should not just diagnose superficial gastroduodenitis, but also assign a series of studies:
- analysis of blood, urine and feces;
- sowing of the gastric mucosa;
- an x-ray of the abdominal cavity;
- Ultrasound of the stomach.
In addition, the attending physician may recommend an additional examination, which includes histo- and esophagogastroduodenoscopy.
Treatment of superficial gastroduodenitis
First of all, before treating superficial gastroduodenitis, your doctor will prescribe a special diet for you. Further you will pass a course of antibiotics, enveloping preparations. The action of such medicines is mainly aimed at calming the gastric mucosa, healing the wounds that have appeared. In addition, the patient is prescribed sedatives, which are designed to normalize the central nervous system.
The main directions of treatment of this disease are elimination of pathogenic factors and prevention of the possibility of recurrent disease. Before the ongoing therapeutic procedures, patients with this diagnosis are given cleansing enemas to remove undigested remains of food, mucus and other elements from the stomach. After the treatment, the patient is given a recommendation for further rehabilitation, which includes compliance with the diet,
Treatment with folk remedies
If you want to start treatment of superficial gastroduodenitis with folk remedies, then decoctions from various medicinal herbs will help you. Among them: caraway seeds, herbaceous collection based on dogrose, fennel seeds, valerian root, hop cones, chamomile flowers, dew flies, psyllium, St. John's Wort, yarrow, root of ayr and many others. Very effective for the treatment of this disease is the fungus, which grows on the birch (chaga). With his help, prepare a decoction and give to drink to the patient.