What is superficial gastritis? How to prevent it in advance?

Superficial gastritis is an inflammation of the superficial layer of the gastric mucosa. It is the mildest inflammation and has a very high incidence rate. If adults undergo gastroscopy, nine out of ten people may have gastritis, and superficial gastritis is the mildest type. As long as you eat every day, it is difficult for your stomach to be free of inflammation.

Superficial gastritis is still a long way from gastric cancer. Most patients will not develop into gastric cancer, so there is no need to be overly nervous. Although what is said on the Internet is correct, superficial gastritis can develop into atrophic gastritis, atypical hyperplasia, and even gastric cancer. However, most superficial gastritis can be cured and gastric cancer will not occur. Of course, if you do not pay attention to your body, do not cherish your stomach, and do not change your living and eating habits, it is possible to become serious.

1. Symptoms of superficial gastritis

1. Upper abdominal pain

The pain is often irregular and has nothing to do with diet. It is often irregular diffuse upper abdominal burning pain, dull pain, bloating, etc. A very small number of patients experience colic that radiates to the back and is easily misdiagnosed as angina pectoris. A small number of patients' upper abdominal pain is also related to weather changes.

2. Abdominal distension and belching

Superficial gastritis causes the patient's stomach function to decline, leading to indigestion problems, causing food to remain in the patient's stomach, resulting in abdominal bloating. At the same time, the retained food ferments in the stomach, producing gas, which is discharged from the body through the esophagus, causing belching. This symptom can temporarily relieve the abdominal bloating problem.

3. Repeated bleeding

It is a common symptom. The cause of bleeding is an acute inflammatory change of the gastric mucosa complicated by chronic superficial gastritis.

4. Loss of appetite

It is a common symptom. The cause of bleeding is an acute inflammatory change of the gastric mucosa complicated by chronic superficial gastritis.

5. Nausea, vomiting, constipation and diarrhea

People with superficial gastritis may experience nausea and vomiting. This is because the inflamed gastric mucosa is stimulated by some factors, as well as insufficient gastric motility and gastric reverse peristalsis, which can cause nausea, vomiting, constipation and diarrhea.

2. How does superficial gastritis occur?

1. Improper diet

Superficial gastritis is essentially a damage to the gastric mucosa. Therefore, bad eating habits are an important cause of gastric disease. Drinking, eating spicy and irritating food, heavy greasy food, overeating, skipping breakfast, eating too fast, etc. may cause gastric mucosal damage and lead to gastritis.

2. Psychological factors

The onset of gastric disease is closely related to psychological unhealth. You can think about whether people with chronic gastric disease will have an attack when they are under too much stress or emotionally excited. In fact, the cause of gastric disease is also related to long-term mental tension, depression, and anxiety. Psychological factors can cause nerve function disorders, which in turn lead to gastric mucosal vasodilation disorders, resulting in reduced blood flow to the gastric mucosa, thereby damaging the gastric mucosa and causing inflammation.

3. Bacteria, viruses and drugs

After acute gastritis, if the gastric mucosal lesions do not heal for a long time or recur repeatedly, they gradually develop into superficial gastritis. Bacteria or toxins in the nasal cavity, oral cavity, pharynx and other parts can repeatedly irritate the gastric mucosa and cause superficial gastritis after long-term swallowing. In addition, Helicobacter pylori infection, certain drugs such as aspirin, certain hormones, and antibiotics can also cause gastritis.

4. Circulatory and metabolic dysfunction

When congestive heart failure or portal hypertension occurs, the stomach is in a state of congestion and hypoxia for a long time, which leads to weakened gastric mucosal barrier function, reduced gastric acid secretion, and massive bacterial growth, causing gastric mucosal damage. In chronic renal failure, urea is excreted from the gastrointestinal tract and ammonium carbonate and ammonia are produced through the action of bacteria or intestinal hydrolases, which irritate and damage the gastric mucosa, causing congestion, edema, and even erosion of the gastric mucosa.

3. Prevention of gastritis

1. Active exercise: Appropriate exercise can improve your immunity and disease resistance.

2. Reasonable diet: The stomach is the "mill" of the body. If you don't eat properly, it is easy to harm its health. So maintain good eating habits, don't overeat, don't drink a lot of alcohol, chew slowly, and avoid eating raw, cold, and hard food.

3. Optimistic attitude: The stomach is actually an emotional organ, which is easily affected by psychology, spirit and emotions. People often lose their appetite when they are angry, or have stomachache when they are angry. This is the most direct proof. Therefore, if you want to prevent stomach problems, it is very important to have an optimistic attitude.

4. Develop the habit of actively seeking medical treatment: Stomach discomfort is actually very common. It is precisely because of this that many people do not take gastrointestinal discomfort seriously. But in fact, many stomach problems are delayed from mild to serious. Therefore, it is very important to actively seek medical treatment for discomfort. After a certain age, regular gastrointestinal endoscopy is also very necessary.