Diseases of the stomach and intestines, according to the diversity and frequency of occurrence, occupy one of the first places among all diseases of the digestive system.
Gastritis is an inflammation of the gastric mucosa, which causes disruption of its functions. With gastritis digestion is disturbed not only in the stomach, but also in the intestines.
Excrete acute gastritis, which develops under the influence of a certain stimulus, and chronic, which is characterized by a variable course: the period of "calm" of pain is replaced by a period of exacerbation. The causes of gastritis are in the wrong diet, abuse of alcohol, overeating. Chronic gastritis can have a different character. In one case, there will be a lack of production of gastric juice, which will lead to dull pain in the abdominal area, mental disorders, stagnation of food in the stomach. With increased production of gastric juice, there is acute pain, constipation, severe headaches.
Peptic ulcer is a disease of the stomach or duodenum.
Enteritis is a chronic inflammation of the small intestine. In this disease, the small intestine changes its habitual structure. As a result, digestion is disrupted, food begins to move into the large intestine. Causes of the disease can be intestinal infections, malnutrition, poisoning with salts of heavy metals. With enteritis, the patient quickly loses weight, the skin turns pale, lethargy, decreased appetite, drowsiness.
Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas as a result of self-digestion. The causes of the disease can be the use of acute and fatty foods, alcohol abuse, mental overexcitation. This leads to an increase in pressure in the pancreas, which causes stones in the bile ducts. Distinguish between acute and chronic pancreatitis. Chronic, in turn, is divided into primary and secondary.
