What is suitable to eat for gastritis?

Written by Jiang Guo Ming
Gastroenterology
Updated on September 14, 2024
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Due to the fast pace of modern life, people often experience high levels of stress, which can lead to poor dietary and living habits. As a result, stomach diseases have become one of the most common ailments among modern people. In addition to following medical advice for treatment, daily dietary and living habits are particularly important. First of all, we need to develop the habit of eating regularly and quantitatively, or eating small meals frequently, avoiding being too hungry or too full, and certainly not binge eating. The principle of diet should focus on light and easy-to-digest foods, such as soft, mushy rice or noodles. It is appropriate to consume fresh fruits and vegetables, and avoid consuming too much spicy, greasy, or raw and cold foods, while maintaining a good mood.

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Does gastritis require infusion?

Gastritis is divided into acute gastritis and chronic gastritis. Common types of chronic gastritis include chronic superficial gastritis and chronic atrophic gastritis, which do not affect eating. Treatment plans are determined based on diagnostic results and whether there is a Helicobacter pylori infection. Treatment can be achieved through oral medication, so in these cases, infusion therapy is generally not necessary. If it is acute gastritis, accompanied by severe vomiting and inability to eat, this situation often requires infusion therapy, such as proton pump inhibitors for infection control, and supplementation of water and electrolytes to achieve therapeutic effects.

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Is gastritis serious?

Chronic gastritis includes three types: chronic non-atrophic gastritis, chronic atrophic gastritis, and special types of gastritis. The severity of chronic gastritis depends on the type of gastritis and the extent of the lesion. If the chronic gastritis is chronic non-atrophic gastritis, and the gastric mucosa only shows hyperemia or edema without erosion, then it is relatively mild. With treatment, it can be cured in a short time. If chronic gastritis presents with erosion, and the nature of the erosion includes moderate to severe intestinal metaplasia or atypical hyperplasia, or if there is atrophy of the intrinsic gastric glands, then the condition is relatively severe. Treatment is relatively complicated, and there is a certain risk of cancer transformation.

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Is hot compress good for gastritis?

Gastritis is a common disease in clinical practice and is most frequently seen in gastroenterology departments. Patients often experience symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, and belching. While local heat application can alleviate some symptoms, it does not address the underlying issue. Gastritis is generally considered to be inflammation of the stomach caused by various factors and can be categorized into acute and chronic types. From a treatment perspective, medications that reduce acid and protect the stomach are commonly used. Local heat may relieve stomach pain, bloating, and even pain caused by gastric spasms, but it is not beneficial for controlling stomach inflammation. Therefore, patients are advised to pursue active pharmacological treatment, including medications that protect the stomach. If Helicobacter pylori infection is detected during gastritis examination, treatment targeting Helicobacter pylori is recommended. (Specific medication use should be conducted under the guidance of a doctor.)

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Symptoms of gastritis

Gastritis is divided into two types: acute gastritis and chronic gastritis. The main cause of acute gastritis is bacterial or viral infection, with primary symptoms including abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever. Chronic gastritis is mainly caused by the digestion of the stomach itself due to stomach acid and pepsin. Its main cause is closely related to infection by Helicobacter pylori, with primary symptoms being upper abdominal distension, belching, acid reflux, nausea, vomiting, heartburn, poor appetite, and indigestion. For acute gastritis, a routine blood test is necessary to confirm the diagnosis. For chronic gastritis, a gastroscopy and a carbon-14 breath test are required to determine if there is an infection with Helicobacter pylori, which are the main examinations.

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What are the symptoms of gastritis?

Chronic gastritis often lacks specific clinical manifestations, and the correlation between the pathological histological examination results of the gastric mucosa and the clinical manifestations is also relatively poor. Some patients show changes in the mucosa indicative of gastritis during gastroscopy, and pathological histological examinations reveal inflammation, but they may have no or only mild clinical symptoms. The clinical manifestations of most chronic gastritis are merely upper gastrointestinal dyspeptic symptoms, such as a sense of fullness in the upper abdomen, irregular dull pain, belching, decreased appetite, weight loss, fatigue, and worsening upper abdominal discomfort after eating. Patients with chronic gastritis often have no obvious specific physical signs; some may have mild upper abdominal tenderness or discomfort upon palpation. Patients with gastric mucosal lesions may have positive fecal occult blood tests; however, vomiting blood or having black stool is very rare, and long-term poor appetite or minor bleeding might be accompanied by anemia. In severe cases of atrophic gastritis and pernicious anemia, significant anemia symptoms may be present.