Exacerbation of gastritis - treatment and prevention of symptoms

Exacerbation of gastritis is known to many people - disruption of the digestive system can occur both when getting into the stomach infection, and with inaccuracies in the diet or under the influence of stressful situations. When the first signs of trouble appear, the patients first start self-medication, not realizing that the treatment of exacerbation of chronic gastritis is quite complicated and requires a professional medical approach.

Causes of exacerbation of gastritis

Most often with this problem, patients turn to gastroenterologists in the spring and summer period - it is at this time of year that a person begins to consume more fresh fruits and vegetables, and his digestive system can not always cope with the intake of large quantitiesfibrous fiber.

The cause of this disease in women can be called the desire of most women to adjust the figure. They begin to sit on strict diets, as a result of which the stomach has a heavy load and there is an exacerbation of gastritis.

In addition, during the summer there is a greater risk of eating poor-quality food. You can not exclude the possibility of eating foods that contain the bacterium Helicobacter pilori - its role in the occurrence of gastritis is recognized by all gastroenterologists. In addition, the disease can worsen against a background of intestinal infections.

Do not forget about the important effect of nutrition on the digestive system. Thus, for example, an exacerbation of the disease during pregnancy is most often observed with an incorrect diet and the use of harmful foods that increase the likelihood of lesions of the stomach mucosa.

The occurrence of this complication is also affected by stress, persistent fatigue, and bad habits, especially smoking.

Signs of exacerbation of the disease

Before determining what to treat the exacerbation of gastritis, it is worth noting the main clinical manifestations of it:

• pain syndrome - manifested first by a feeling of discomfort, which subsequently develops into acute pain. It can disturb the patient constantly or appear periodically, for example, after a meal or on an empty stomach. The nature of pain and the conditions of its appearance are of an individual nature and depend on the degree of damage to the mucosa, as well as the duration of the course of the disease. That is why treatment of exacerbation of gastritis should take into account these features and include treatment regimens that must be made separately for each patient;
• nausea and vomiting - the intensity of manifestations of these complaints depend on the type of the disease and also have an individual character;
• disorders in the functioning of the intestines - they become frequent companions of gastritis of any type and manifest in the form of regular constipation or diarrhea.

Methods of treatment and therapy

It is clear that exacerbation of this disease causes many inconveniences to patients and can not be ignored. It should also be remembered that this disease can provoke the development of peptic ulcer with pronounced damage to the gastric mucosa, this disorder can also cause cancer. Given such a disappointing prospect, the first detection of signs of exacerbation of gastritis should be consulted with a gastroenterologist.

It should be remembered that the diagnosis of any disease should be based not only on clinical manifestations, but also on the data obtained after a series of special examinations. So, with gastritis often prescribed fibrogogastroduodenoscopy. It is an endoscopic examination that allows you to examine the gastric mucosa, reveal the nature and intensity of its damage.

Only a doctor can prescribe effective medications for exacerbation of gastritis, which quickly improve the condition of patients. I must say that treatment in any case should be comprehensive. In this case, an important place among therapeutic methods is dietary nutrition, which allows you to reduce irritation of the gastric mucosa by improper products to its condition. It is the malnutrition in some cases that can cause a significant deterioration of the patients.

Nutrition with exacerbation of gastritis has certain characteristics. So, from a diet completely exclude:

• smoked products, sausages. You can not use milk sausages or sausages, because the quality of this product is in most cases doubtful, and the excess of preservatives and flavor additives to the sick stomach only harm;
• fizzy and alcoholic drinks, coffee. For the time of exacerbation, it is allowed to use only weak tea and non-carbonated drinking water;
• exception of all fried and fatty dishes. Menu in the case of exacerbation of gastritis should consist of cooked and steamed products.

The diet can not be used as a single treatment technique, therefore, concomitant medication should be administered, which should be prescribed only by a doctor - self-medication with unsuitable pharmacological agents can significantly harm the health.

In folk medicine, there are also many tools that can be used when sharpening gastritis, but it should be noted that they can also be used only with the consent of the doctor.

Especially carefully should be approached to therapy of an exacerbation of a gastritis at pregnancy which often becomes result of the expressed toxicosis. Treatment of this pathology among pregnant women is limited to the prohibition to take the majority of medications, so treatment is prescribed strictly by a doctor - independent prescription of medicines can damage the development of the fetus.