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Dr. AzadSexologist • 13 Years Exp.MD - Panchakarma, BAMS
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Gastritis

It is a very common complaint in clinical practice, Gastritis can be categrised by various types :

1 On the basis of causes of disease the gastritis can be acute or chronic.

2 On the besis of etiology..

3 On the basis of severity of gastritis and pathogenic involve it can be errasive and haeorrhagic gastritis.

Erassive & haemorrhagic gastritis

The causes are:

  •  Nsaids
  •  Alcoholics
  •  Critically Corticosteroids
  • Mental Stress 
  • H_pylori injection
  • Postal Hypertension

CLINICAL FEATURES eressive gastritis is usually asymptomatic & most (P) only have ocult loss of blood in their stool when symptomatic , it produces nausea, vomiting, epigestric pain & anorexia.

Uncommonly episodes of haematemesis and melena may occur but most of the time is having only superficial errosion their for such incidences are rare.

ex. in chronic cases the person may also develope iron deficiency anaemia 

Treatment -  Remove the cause or minimise the exposure to the cause.

  • avoid spicy food & smoking etc 
  • acute gastritis sleep deprivation is also a factor, such factor must be avoided...
  • in crtically ill there are high chances of developing gastritis , to prvent gestritis in such regular twice daily use of either H2 Blocker or PPI and more ayurvedic formulation.

CHRONIC GESTRITIS -it is acomplete phenomena c_ is most commonly caused by H_ Pylori and auto immune disorders

all atrophy of gastritis mucosa their is loss of gestric mucosal function leading into various S/S

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