Gastritis

Clinic

• 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

• Complications may include stomach bleeding, stomach ulcers, and stomach tumors.
• Remedies: See Peptic ulcer disease

Old school categorization

1. Simple gastritis (catarrhal), which is the most common form of gastritis
2. Crusive or destructive gastritis: when the patient has drunk strong acidic or alkaline substances
3. Phlegmatous gastritis: thickening of the stomach wall + leukocyte infiltration in the stomach tissue
4. Fibrinous gastritis: Infiltration of fibrin in the stomach following scarlet fever or other infections

Sign / Symptoms

Related Disease

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.

Peptic ulcer disease Gastropathy Gastroparesis Dyspepsia GERD Atrophic Gastritis

Causes

Its Common causes are Helicobacter pylori and NSAIDs

Less common causes include

• Alcohol, smoking, cocaine, severe illness, radiation therapy
• Autoimmune problems such as Autoimune gasritis and Crohn's disease.

Gastritis vs Gastropathy

• 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 vs Gastroparesis

• 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 vs Gastric ulcer / Peptic ulcer disease

• 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.

Maisms

• Gastroparesis: PLV
• Gasteropathy , Gastric atrophy, Gastric metaplasia, Gastric cancer: EBV
• Acute gasritis ,Gasric ulcer, Gastric erosion: HSV-1, HSV-2, DHF, EBV, CMV

Repertory

• Cold drink agg: Acon, Bry, Coloc
• Acute

1. Ars, Phos
2. Ant-t, Bell, Hydr, Ip, Kali-bi, Nux-v, Ox-ac

Tissue Salt Remedies

• FP
• NP
• MP
• KS