word "gastritis" is familiar even to a child, because the disease is the most common of all the pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract.So, what gastritis and the reasons for its development?
disease is indeed very common among adults and children.They affect more than half the world's population.Gastritis - an inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the stomach.He often accompanies other diseases of the digestive system, such as pancreatitis, cholecystitis, and others. There are different forms of gastritis, which are classified by the nature of occurrence, severity and localization.
By the nature of isolated acute and chronic form.
What is acute gastritis?Acute gastritis develops quickly - within a few days or even hours.Disease harakterizuktsya defeat the surface or deeper layers of the gastric mucosa.With the right treatment promptly initiated acute gastritis completely cured without any consequences.By severity it is divided into several types do not.
most common and mildest form of the disease - esogastritis.This form of the disease develops within a few hours, as a rule, against a background of food poisoning.If irritation occurs catarrhal gastritis or superficial damage of the gastric mucosa.This form passes without treatment for a few days.
more severe form of acute gastritis - erosive.Thus on gastric mucosal ulcers or erosions are formed.In mild erosive gastritis ulcers affect the uppermost layer of the mucous, with more severe forms are formed quite deep erosion.If a strong erosive lesions may be bleeding.This form of the disease known as hemorrhagic bleeding.
Phlegmonous gastritis - a rather rare but extremely dangerous acute form of the disease.Phlegmonous gastritis - what is it?In this form of the disease in the stomach formed pockets of severe purulent lesions, leading to the destruction of the gastric wall.The disease is accompanied by fever, vomiting, pain.Typically, this form of the disease develops with reduced immunity.When phlegmonous gastritis immediately referring to the hospital, or the case could be fatal.
Chronic gastritis - a very common form of the disease.What is chronic gastritis?This form of the disease is the result of non-treatment of the acute form, or as a result of insufficient or inadequate treatment.In the chronic form of the disease is observed during her long - periods of exacerbation followed by periods of remission.If chronic gastritis last few years, the stomach may occur irreversible changes that affected his work.
In the long chronic gastritis may develop atrophic form of the disease.What is atrophic gastritis?Prolonged inflammation leads to the degeneration of the natural tissue of the stomach.Death occurs glands producing gastric juice and their replacement by connective tissue.Mucous becomes inactive and does not produce gastric secretions and mucus.The stomach is vulnerable to various infections, falling outside.If time does not get the necessary treatment, the cells of the gastric mucosa is completely degenerate, which can lead to precancerous and cancerous conditions.
There are other forms of gastritis that Razvivivayuschee against various diseases, allergies, pereozhdenii cells, fungal attack, the penetration of various infections.It is an autoimmune, hypertrophic, granulomatous, infection, lymphocytic, diffuse, and other gastritis.
is believed that the main cause of gastritis javjaletsja Ingestion microorganism Helicobacter pylori.It penetrates the microbe into the body with food and water.Infection often occurs unnoticed in children, returned.There are other causes of the disease, some types of anti-inflammatory drugs ("Ibuprofen", "aspirin", "Diclofenac"), frequent consumption of spirits, allergies, stress, immune disorders.
