Erosive gastritis refers to a phenomenon in which the gastric mucosa is eroded due to various factors, including chronic gastritis with erosion and acute erosive and hemorrhagic gastritis.
Once erosive gastritis occurs, patients will suffer from recurring symptoms such as upper abdominal discomfort and indigestion. If the symptoms are more obvious, the patient may also experience symptoms such as melena, vomiting blood, etc.
So many people believe that once you suffer from erosive gastritis, it means that the stomach has been severely damaged. So, is erosive gastritis really serious?
Is erosive gastritis really serious?
Compared with some common gastritis, the symptoms of erosive gastritis are indeed more serious. Especially when suffering from acute erosive gastritis, the patient's stomach will suffer from severe bleeding. If not treated promptly and scientifically, it may even endanger the patient's life.
If it is chronic gastritis with erosion, the patient's gastric mucosa will have obvious congestion, redness, swelling and partial erosion.
patients will repeatedly experience a series of indigestion and stomach pain in daily life, which will affect the patient's appetite and easily cause symptoms of indigestion and severe anemia.
Therefore, compared with ordinary gastritis, the symptoms of erosive gastritis are indeed more serious. However, the stomach of patients with erosive gastritis is only damaged on the surface of the gastric mucosa, which does not mean that the entire stomach is seriously damaged.
Therefore, as long as scientific and standardized treatment is given in a timely manner and various aspects of daily life are adjusted, the further development of the disease can be inhibited.
How to treat erosive gastritis?
1. Drug treatment
For people suffering from erosive gastritis, corresponding treatment should be given according to the cause of the disease and the degree of the disease. If it is caused by Helicobacter pylori infection, the patient must receive HP treatment.
For erosive gastritis caused by other factors, patients can appropriately take some gastric mucosal protective agents and drugs that inhibit gastric acid . You should also take some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at the same time.
If conditions permit, it can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine methods, such as taking some notoginseng powder or pearl powder, which can repair damaged gastric mucosa.
2. Pay attention to nutrition
Due to erosive gastritis, the stomach will have obstacles in absorbing nutrients from food, and malnutrition may easily occur.
During the treatment and recovery period, patients must pay attention to nutrition. The food should be diversified and there should be no partial eclipse. Foods rich in vitamins, dietary fiber, high-quality protein, calcium, folic acid and other trace elements should be taken in appropriately and in a balanced way.
3. Avoid food irritation
Patients should not eat spicy and irritating foods, such as chili peppers, alcohol, , strong tea, coffee, etc., and should not eat moldy, pickled, fried or smoked foods.
These foods will cause great irritation to the stomach, leading to aggravation of damage to the already eroded gastric mucosa. And patients should not smoke, as the components in the smoke will enter the stomach with the blood. It will aggravate the symptoms of erosive gastritis and increase the probability of developing gastric cancer later.
4. Eat some stomach-nourishing foods
Patients should eat some stomach-nourishing foods in their daily life. For example, they can eat more warm porridge and soups. These foods are very easy to digest and will not cause irritation to the gastric mucosa. In addition, you can also eat some Hericium , yam, etc., which have a good protective effect on the stomach.
In short, erosive gastritis is a disease in which the gastric mucosa is eroded. Once sick, patients will have more obvious indigestion, stomach pain, repeated vomiting of blood or black stools.
Therefore, after getting sick, you must give scientific and standardized treatment, and you must also pay attention to conditioning all aspects of your life. In addition to the above four points, patients must pay attention to maintaining their emotions and avoid catching cold in their bodies.
And pay attention to dietary hygiene and try not to eat out. During the treatment and recovery period, implement a meal-sharing system as much as possible to avoid aggravation of the condition due to infection with some bacteria and viruses .
