Atrophic gastritis is also called chronic atrophic gastritis. It is often manifested as dull pain in the upper abdomen, fullness, belching , loss of appetite or loss of weight and anemia, etc., without specificity. It is a disease with multiple pathogenic factors and precancerous lesions.
How does chronic atrophic gastritis cause?
1. Bad diet
often eat some pickled foods, which contain many chemicals. Long-term use will lead to the occurrence of chronic atrophic gastritis.
Irregular diet can easily damage the gastric mucosa. If the gastric mucosa is not repaired for a long time, it will develop in a more serious direction.
Regular eating raw and cold, high-fat, high-calorie, and high-salt foods will also damage the gastric mucosa and cause atrophic gastritis.
2. Smoking and drinking
Cigarettes and alcohol contain many toxic substances. The longer the smoking age, the higher the chance of gastritis. To avoid the occurrence of atrophic gastritis. Correct some bad eating habits.
3. Chronic gastritis
Chronic gastritis is closely related to atrophic gastritis. If the patient has chronic gastritis for a long time, it will lead to a decrease in the function of the gastric mucosa and cannot resist external bacteria, so it will cause atrophic gastritis.
4. Infection with Helicobacter pylori
Helicobacter pylori
has many transmission channels, mainly through diet and respiratory transmission. Patients who are infected with Helicobacter pylori will not be cured for a long time and are prone to cancer.
5. Mental factors
For young people, work is relatively stressful, mainly transmitted through diet and respiratory transmission. Patients are infected with Helicobacter pylori, which cannot be cured for a long time and are prone to cancer.
What should I pay attention to in diet for atrophic gastritis
1. Small amounts of meals
Do not overeat. Eat less and more meals a day. Choose easy-to-digest foods. You can choose high-quality protein and foods with iron substances. For example: tomato, rapeseed, spinach, carrot , etc. promote gastrointestinal juice secretion.
2. Eating liquid food
For acute gastritis, the cause should be removed, rest in bed, fasting all foods that are irritating to the stomach, fasting and rough and irritating foods, too hard, too spicy, too salty, too rough and irritating foods. Such as fried foods, chili, spicy, garlic, etc.
3. Diet rules
Pay attention to dietary care and maintain regular and regular eating and regular eating to maintain the rhythm of normal digestive activities. Never eat hunger or eat breakfast, especially avoid overeating. Chewing carefully and swallowing slowly is absolutely helpful for digestion, so that the food can be fully mixed with saliva, and further promote digestion.
Chronic atrophic gastritis is the most common precancerous disease of gastric cancer . Its early warning and early detection, diagnosis and prevention of cancer are the main means and strategies to effectively control the occurrence of gastric cancer and should be given special attention.
