What are the differences between gastric ulcer and gastric erosion?

If long-term gastric erosion is not effectively treated, it will easily develop into gastric ulcer. The treatment of gastric ulcer is also more complicated than gastric erosion. Patients with gastric ulcer should understand the principles of diet, eat more soft and easily digestible foods, and try to avoid fatty meat and irritating foods.

1. Difference between gastric ulcer and gastric erosion

Ulcers and erosions are like the difference between a well and a lake. The former is small in area but very deep, and prone to perforation and bleeding, while the latter is large in area but very shallow, and is more difficult to treat. Erosive gastritis and gastric ulcer only differ in the severity of the disease. Erosive gastritis is slightly milder than gastric ulcer. Ulcer is caused by long-term erosion. The most important thing for gastric ulcer is to eat on time and don't wait until you are too hungry to eat. You can eat small meals frequently. Also, the food should not be too hot or too cold, but should be kept at a moderate temperature.

2. Dietary principles for gastric ulcer

1. Eatable

Carbohydrate foods: soft rice, porridge, noodles, bread, wheat flour, macaroni, etc.

Protein foods: chicken, low-fat fish, oysters, tofu, milk, dairy products

Fatty foods: Beef tallow

Vegetables: Well-cooked vegetables that are not irritating to the stomach

2. Try to avoid eating

Meat and shellfish: fatty pork and fish, including tuna, mackerel, eel, herring, squid, and shellfish

Vegetables: hard vegetables rich in fiber, burdock, bamboo shoots, sweet potatoes, lotus roots, kelp

Stimulants: mustard seeds, chili peppers, curry, pepper, coffee, alcohol, cigarettes

Others: vinegar, monosodium glutamate, processed salt