Gastritis: Difference between revisions

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Gastritis is an entity containing inflammation of the lining of stomach
There are three subtypes
1. Erosive gastritis: Stress, alcohol, some drugs (Aspirin and other NSAIDs) and Crohn's disease
2. Non-erosive gastritis: Helicobacter pylori infection
3. Atrophic Gastritis

The most common symptom is upper abdominal pain (Dyspepsia).
Other possible symptoms include nausea and vomiting, bloating, loss of appetite and heartburn.

Vomiting (may be clear, green or yellow, blood-streaked or completely bloody depending on the severity of the stomach inflammation)
Belching (does not usually relieve stomach pain if present)
Bloating, Early satiety, Loss of appetite
Unexplained weight loss
When due to autoimmune problems, low red blood cells due to not enough vitamin B12 may occur, a condition known as pernicious anemia.

Its Common causes are Helicobacter pylori and NSAIDs

Less common causes include

Both are conditions that affect the stomach lining, also known as the mucosa.
In gastritis, the stomach lining is inflamed.
In gastropathy, the stomach lining is damaged, but little or no inflammation is present

Gastritis is strictly a histological or tissue diagnosis of inflammation of the stomach inner lining which may or may not manifest symptomatically.
Gastroparesis defines a symptomatic delay in stomach emptying resulting in bloating, abdominal pain and sometimes vomiting.

Gastritis is irritation and inflammation of the stomach lining. This means the lining is red and swollen. It can cause shallow sores in the stomach lining called erosions.
An ulcer is a deeper open sore in the lining of the stomach.

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 * Gastroparesis defines a symptomatic delay in stomach emptying resulting in bloating, abdominal pain and sometimes vomiting.
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 * Gastritis is irritation and inflammation of the stomach lining. This means the lining is red and swollen. It can cause shallow sores in the stomach lining called erosions.