1 The course of the disease

Often, patients suffer from an acute form of the disease, whose subtypes are catarrhal gastritis. This form is considered the most common. Doctors call it alimentary because in this case the aggressive factor gets along with the food into the digestive tract, which is very gentle inside so that the necessary amount of nutrients is absorbed through the mucous membrane. Mucous helps with this. Only with a balanced internal state, incoming food is processed and promoted further through the digestive system. But the disorder can be caused by the person himself, which can be understood by knowing the reasons for the appearance of a catarrhal gastritis. Most often this malfunction occurs due to malnutrition, when using a lot of coarse elements. This can also happen due to poor digestion of food. This results in slight damage to the mucosa, after which the gastric juice complicates everything, causing an inflammatory process.

To frequent reasons, it is necessary to include food intoxication, which manifests itself in people, uncontrollably and in large doses of taking alcoholic drinks or abusing sharp dishes. Mucous simply can not cope with massive effects, which causes damage to the stomach.

If you eat spoiled foods on which germs multiplied and toxins are released, then the catarrhal gastritis is simply inevitable. Therefore, it is very important not only to include in the diet all the necessary products, but also the high quality of the food eaten. It is not worth saving: if some product is spoiled, then it should be immediately discarded.

Some medications also have a negative effect on the digestive system. Such substances can be highly aggressive, especially if taken on an empty stomach. Do not uncontrolled use of medicines, it is important to listen to the advice of a doctor.

Infectious diseases that a person has suffered can also have a negative effect on the gastric mucosa, and this will immediately trigger the onset of gastritis.

Many people know the consequences of emotional stress and stress. This can cause catarrhal gastritis, as well as a number of other diseases. Because of this, even stress ulcers can develop.

2 Symptoms of pathology

Symptoms that occur during this disease are very different from those that are chronic. So, they make themselves felt quickly and strongly expressed, which allows you to immediately draw the patient's attention to unpleasant symptoms and go to the doctor in time.

A person can feel severe pain 4 hours after an aggressive factor enters his body. Pain sensations are observed in the epigastric region, that is, in the upper half of the abdomen, slightly to the left.

The appearance of heartburn also speaks about this disease. It manifests itself in the form of a burning sensation, which is observed behind the sternum. Mucous membrane can not protect against such aggressive influence, therefore the indicated symptom appears.

As with the development of such gastritis mucous inflammation, the stomach is not able to perform some of its functions, that is, grind food, turning it into a homogeneous mass. Gradually, nausea will appear, and this as a result will cause vomiting. Thus, the body will try to get rid of poor-quality food. It is not necessary to restrain such desires, as this can lead to rupture of the mucosa of the esophagus. This can happen in the cardiac department of the stomach.

With an eructation, a sour taste will appear. This is a consequence of throwing the stomach mass back into the mouth. However, this is not considered a vomiting, because with it comes a large amount of undigested food.

With gastritis, the rhythm of cardiac activity is disturbed. In addition, the patient's temperature rises( sometimes it becomes very high), he feels a general weakness, he has a loose stool, which aggravates the situation.

These symptoms indicate that you should immediately contact a specialist. It is not necessary to resort to independent treatment and to use preparations without preliminary prescription of the doctor, as it can lead to serious consequences.

3 Diagnosis and treatment

An experienced physician should not immediately prescribe a treatment to a patient, he first conducts a thorough examination to confirm the diagnosis. Gastropathy is defined as follows. For the beginning, a general examination of the patient is carried out. However, the diagnosis can only be assumed with an external examination of the patient. First of all, the physician is faced with the task of collecting a complete history and identifying the cause of the disease. It is very important to talk about all the complaints to the doctor. The mirror of the digestive tract is the language to which the specialist must pay attention. It will also be necessary to give an overall blood test to detect an increased white blood cell count. To examine the upper digestion, it is necessary to perform fibrogastroscopy. It is performed with the help of a special tool, thanks to which a picture appears on the screen and the doctor can quickly assess the condition of the mucosa. This method is considered very informative. Sometimes specialists use additional methods. It can be an ultrasound or an ECG.

When gastropathy is confirmed, treatment is prescribed. His tactics will directly depend on the severity of the course of the illness. If the flow is light, it will not be necessary to wash the stomach. Only in the first few days will have to refuse to eat. Due to this the stomach will be emptied, and its contents will cease to negatively affect the walls of the stomach. After this, you will need a diet, in which you will first have to eat only mashed porridge, a souffle of low-fat meat and drink juices. If a person feels better, then the menu can be slightly varied. And after a while you can and do return to the previous diet.

If the patient has an average degree, then her treatment rarely goes without rinsing. With the help of this method, a harmful substance and toxins are quickly removed from the body, so that the situation will not be further aggravated. After that, the treatment will be approximately the same as in the previous case. Only the introduction of new products into food should be done very carefully.

With severe intoxication, the patient enters a glucose solution intravenously. This will help improve the condition of the patient. Stomach should be rinsed. When several days of fasting pass, the patient will be able to drink a small portion of juice, there are rubbed porridge and other sparingly food.

Treatment of a patient is not complete without the appointment of special drugs. They lead to a rapid recovery, and also eliminate the unpleasant symptoms that accompany the disease.

So, with this diagnosis, the treatment consists of using antispasmodics that eliminate pain. Cholinolytics are necessary in order to act on receptors located in the mucosa.

The necessary alkaline drugs include antacids, which can reduce the acidity of the stomach. This has a beneficial effect on the mucosa. Absorb various substances will help enterosorbents. They help to remove toxins along with feces. Remove the vomiting will help prokinetics. If gastritis develops as a result of infection, then antibiotics can not be avoided. Intravenous glucose and some other solutions are also prescribed, which will also help improve the patient's condition.

Prevention plays an important role.

First of all, it consists in proper nutrition, which prohibits taking fatty foods, sharp and fried dishes with seasonings and spices.

It can be seen that it is not difficult to eliminate this disease. It is important to make timely calls to a doctor, which will ensure a quick recovery. However, it should be learned that in the development of gastritis most often the person is to blame, so after treatment you will need to try to change your diet, and this problem will never arise again. If this is not done, then the catarrhal gastritis will again manifest itself, and possibly become chronic. In some cases, it is the cause of ulcer formation.