Symptoms of atrophic gastritis

Because of some bad eating habits in life, many people will suffer from various stomach diseases. Atrophic gastritis, which we are going to talk about today, is one of them. Most of the causes of this disease are caused by bad eating habits and infection by bacteria. This shows how important eating habits are to the health of the body. The symptoms of atrophic gastritis can help us distinguish it.

Among the common stomach diseases in life, atrophic gastritis is one of them. In addition to taking medication, it is more important to adjust your lifestyle and know how to regulate your body. What are the symptoms of atrophic gastritis?

Causes

1. Immune factors: Some people have certain specific antibodies in their blood and gastric juice, such as parietal cell antibodies, intrinsic factor antibodies, gastrin-secreting cell antibodies, etc. Such people are prone to atrophic gastritis.

2. Lifestyle factors: irregular diet, overeating, preference for spicy food or drinking, etc., can easily damage the gastric mucosa.

3. Mental factors: emotional fluctuations, sulking, etc., that is, repeated or long-term mental tension and depression, will lead to abnormal secretion of gastric glands.

4. Helicobacter pylori infection: Long-term and repeated Helicobacter pylori infection causes damage to the gastric mucosa.

Clinical manifestations

Most patients with chronic atrophic gastritis have no obvious symptoms, and those who have symptoms are also

Lack of specificity. In general, the following clinical manifestations often occur:

(1) Distension and discomfort in the epigastric area: In chronic atrophic gastritis, distension and discomfort in the epigastric area are common. Some patients feel a sense of fullness or blockage in the stomach, and even feel distension in the abdomen, ribs, and chest, with frequent warming.

(2) Epigastric pain: Epigastric pain can occur alone, but in most cases it occurs together with epigastric distension. The pain is distending, dull, or dull. In acute attacks, severe pain or colic may also occur. The pain is usually located in the epigastric area, and in rare cases may occur in the flanks, abdomen, back or chest. There is localized tenderness or deep discomfort in the epigastric area. Some patients only feel discomfort or discomfort in the epigastric area, which cannot be described.

(3) Heartburn and indigestion symptoms: Patients feel burning or discomfort in the epigastric region, and some experience heartburn. Patients often experience loss of appetite or even no appetite, or have an appetite but feel bloating or indigestion after eating.

(4) Abnormal bowel movements and symptoms of weakness: Constipation is the most common bowel movement, which occurs once a day. A small number of patients may have loose stools. Patients with a longer course of illness may experience symptoms of weakness such as weight loss, fatigue, and mental depression.

(5) Anemia: It can be iron deficiency anemia or megaloblastic anemia. The former is caused by long-term malnutrition and insufficient iron supplementation, while the latter is caused by a lack of intrinsic factor leading to a decrease in vitamin B12. It is generally mild to moderate anemia, manifested by dizziness, fatigue, pale conjunctiva, sallow complexion, pale or pale nail beds, etc.

This article mainly introduces the symptoms of atrophic gastritis, hoping that it can make more people more vigilant. Don’t think that it’s okay to eat a little while working. In fact, this will only wear out your body bit by bit. To know how to take care of your body, you need to have good living habits.