Acidity / Gastritis

Gastritis is inflammation in the protective lining of the stomach. Acute gastritis involves sudden, severe inflammation, while chronic gastritis involves long-term inflammation that can last for years, if left untreated. A less common form of the condition, erosive gastritis, typically doesn’t cause much inflammation but can lead to bleeding and ulcers in the lining of the stomach.
Gastritis may also occur in those who have had weight loss surgery resulting in the banding or reconstruction of the digestive tract. Chronic causes are infection with bacteria, primarily Helicobacter pylori, chronic bile reflux, and stress; certain autoimmune disorders can cause gastritis as well. The most common symptom is abdominal upset or pain. Other symptoms are indigestion, abdominal bloating, nausea, and vomiting and pernicious anemia. Some may have a feeling of fullness or burning in the upper abdomen.

GASTRITITIS:  IT IS  THE  INFLAMMATION  OF THE  STOMACH  IS COMMONLY  CALLED  GASTRITES.

ETIOLOGY

• THERE  ARE  FOLLOWING  FACTORS  OF  GASTITES, SUCH AS;
• HELICOBACTEOR  PYLORI.
• INFECTION  SPREAD FROM OESOPHAGUS TO STOMACH.
• ALCOHOL.
• SMOKING.

CLINICAL  FAETURES

• THERE  ARE  FOLLOWING  FEATURES OF GASTRITES;
• STOMACH PAIN.
• NAUSEA VOMITING.
• LOSS  OF  THE  WEIGHT.
• FEVER  WITH  CHILL  AND  RIGOR.
• LOSS  OF  APPETITE.
• HAEMETEMESIS.
• MALENA.
• GREAT PROSTRATION .

PATHOLOGICAL  CHANGES
THERE ARE  FOLLOWING  PATHOLOGICAL  CHANGES  ARE  SEEN  IN  THIS  DISAESES;

MICROSCOPIC  CHANGES

• INFILTRATION OF  THE  NEUTROPHILES.
• FIBERS  ACCUMULATION.
• IN  LATER STAGE PUS CELL ARE  ACCUMULATED  .
• INFILTRATION OF THE LYMPHOCYTES  ARE  OCCUR.

MACROSCOPIC  CHANGES-

• OEDEMA.
• CONGESTED MUCOSA  LAYER OF THE STOMACH,
• IRREGULAR  MARGINS AROUND THE AFFECTED PART.
• IN LATER STAGE  ULCERATION  IS  DEVLOPED.
• IN THE UNERATION THERE IS A CASEOUS NACROSIS .
• IN SOME TIMES ULCER GETS BLEED

TYPES
THERE  ARE  TWO  TYPES OF  GASTRITES  SUCH AS;

• PEPTIC ULCER.
• DUODENAL ULCER.

PEPTIC  ULCER
DEFINATION
IT IS THE  ULCERATION  FORMATION AT THE LESSER CURVATURE OF THE PYLORUS  END OF THE STOMACH.

CLINICAL FEATURES-

• IT IS CAUSED BY THE MORE  FASTING.
• THERE IS LOSS OF THE WEIGHT AND APPETITE.
• THERE IS  HAEMATEMESIS.
• THERE  IS ULCERS  ARE  MORE TO THE LESSER  CURVATURE OF THE  STOMACH BECAUSE THE ACID  SECRETION  TAKES  PLACE FROM THE LESSER  CURVATURE.
• THERE  IS  SEVER PAIN  AFTER EATING FOOD  , FOOD  IS  NOT  BEARABLE.
• THERE IS  NO  RELIEF AFTER EATING THE  FOOD.
• VOMITING IS  MORE COMMONLY  SEEN  IN  IT.
• THERE  IS  MORE  CHANCES OF THE  STOMACH  CARCINOMA.
• IT  IS  THE  LESS  COMMON.
• PAIN AT  THE EPIGASTRIC   REGION OF THE ABDOMEN

DUODENAL ULCER

DEFINATION IT IS THE ULCERATION OF MUCOSA  LAYER OF THE FIRST PART  OF THE DUODENUM.

CLINICAL  FEATURE

• IT  IS  THE  MORE   COMMONEST TYPE  OF THE GASTRITES,
• THERE IS  NIGHT PAIN,  TWO  HOUR  AFTER EATING THE FOOD.
• THERE IS LESS  CHANCES OF THE MALIGNANCY.
• IT IS DUE TO THE OVEREATING OF THE FOOD MATERIAL .
• THERE  IS MORE  MALANA THAN HAEMATEMESIS.
• THERE IS NO  LOSS OF THE WEIGHT  .
• FOOD  FELIFE THE PAIN.
• ULCER ARE  MORE SEEN IN THE FIRST PART OF THE DUODENUM.
• PAIN AT THE RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIAC REGION OF ABDOMEN.

INVESTIGATIONS: THERE ARE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS;

• USG.
• ENDOSCOPY.
• X-RAYS.
• CT-SCAN.

MANAGEMENT: THERE  ARE FOLLOWING  MANAGEMENT-

• GENERAL MANAGEMENT
• PATIENT  SHOULD  NOT TAKEN THE HIGH  SPICY FOOD  MATERIAL.
• MAINTAIN THE HYGENIC CONDITION .
• AVOID CONTAMINATED FOOD MATERIAL.
• USE OF SALADS IN LIGHT DIET.

Homeopathic medicines are best treatment for GASTRITITIS   and acidity