Lying flat with chest discomfort and nausea

Any problem with the body will cause a reaction. Some people feel chest discomfort and want to vomit when lying down. What causes this? This condition is related to the stomach, and chronic gastritis is a relatively common disease. If you lie down during an attack, you will feel like vomiting. Since chronic gastritis can get better or worse, many people ignore its dangers, which leads to worsening of the disease. Therefore, it must be treated in a timely manner.

Chronic gastritis refers to various chronic inflammatory lesions of the gastric mucosa caused by different causes. It is a common disease and its incidence ranks first among various stomach diseases.

Causes

1. Helicobacter pylori infection, virus or its toxin

It is often seen after acute gastritis, when gastric mucosal lesions do not heal for a long time and develop into chronic superficial gastritis. Mainly refers to Helicobacter pylori infection.

2. Irritants

Long-term consumption of irritating substances such as strong liquor, strong tea, and strong coffee can damage the protective barrier of the gastric mucosa and cause gastritis.

3. Medication

Some drugs such as phenylbutazone, indomethacin, cinchophen, salicylates, digitalis, etc. can cause chronic gastric mucosal damage.

4. Chronic infection of the oral cavity and pharynx.

5. Bile Reflux

The bile salts contained in bile can destroy the gastric mucosal barrier, causing the hydrogen ions in the gastric juice to diffuse back into the gastric mucosa and cause inflammation.

6. X-ray irradiation

Deep X-ray exposure to the stomach can cause damage to the gastric mucosa and produce gastritis.

7. Environmental changes

If people cannot adapt to changes in the environment or climate in a short period of time, it may cause dysfunction of the nerves controlling the stomach, resulting in uncoordinated gastric juice secretion and gastric motility, and causing gastritis.

8. Long-term mental stress and irregular lifestyle.

9. Influence of other diseases

Diseases such as uremia and ulcerative colitis can cause chronic gastritis.

Clinical manifestations

Chronic gastritis lacks specific symptoms, and the severity of the symptoms is not consistent with the degree of gastric mucosal lesions. Most patients are often asymptomatic or have varying degrees of indigestion symptoms such as upper abdominal pain, loss of appetite, fullness after meals, acid reflux, etc. Patients with chronic atrophic gastritis may have anemia, weight loss, glossitis, diarrhea, etc. Some patients with mucosal erosion have obvious upper abdominal pain and may have bleeding, such as vomiting blood and black stools. Symptoms often recur, with irregular abdominal pain. The pain often occurs during or after meals and is mostly located in the upper abdomen, around the navel, and in some patients the location is not fixed. Mild cases have intermittent dull pain or pain, while severe cases have severe colic.