Gastritis Symptoms

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

2011-10-10T04:01:00.000-07:00

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) means that your gut (bowel) is not working properly, so you feel pain and get a lot of gas. You can have trouble going to the toilet (constipation), or have very loose bowel motions or stools (diarrhoea). It is very common: about one person in 100 has it.

Irritable bowel syndrome symptoms include:

Abdominal pain and cramping
Bloating
Gas and flatulence
Diarrhea or constipation, sometimes alternating bouts of each
Mucus in the stools

Can medicine help IBS? Yes and no. There is no one drug cure for IBS, but a variety of medications are available that address specific symptoms. The problem is that IBS can be a chronic condition, and patients are often cautioned against taking a medication over a long period of time. Thus, for an ongoing condition like IBS, it is a good idea to explore non-drug treatment alternatives instead of, or in addition to, medication.

Helicobacter pylori

2011-09-09T10:09:00.000-07:00

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Helicobacter pylori is an important human pathogen that infects up to 50% of the human population. As the leading cause of peptic ulcers, gastritis and gastric cancer worldwide, the organism has been the subject of intensive research to unravel the mysteries of its genetics and cellular biology. In fact the number of publications in this field has risen dramatically in recent years making it extremely difficult for even the most diligent reader to stay abreast of progress. This book distills the most important cutting-edge findings in the field to produce a timely and comprehensive review. With contributions from leading international helicobacter researchers, topics include: lipopolysaccharides, outer membrane proteins, motility and chemotaxis, type IV secretions systems, metal metabolism, molecular mechanisms of host adaptation, genomotyping, and proteonomics. A useful introduction to the subject for new researchers and an invaluable reference for the experienced researcher, this book is essential reading for all researchers working with Helicobacter and related organisms.

Antral Gastritis

2011-08-07T10:10:00.000-07:00

Gastric inflammation is a cause not clear and limited to antral chronic non-specific inflammation of gastric mucosa due to edema, hyperemia, inflammatory cell infiltration and fibrous tissue proliferation and thickening.

Clinical

Antral gastritis showed upper abdominal fullness, pain, or pain, Changcheng periodic seizures, can be accompanied by belching, acid reflux, vomiting, anorexia, weight loss, etc., chronic gastric inflammation also showed loss of appetite, persistent abdominal pain , hemorrhagic anemia. Antral gastritis multiple lesions confined to muscularis mucosa can also be spread to the muscular and serosal layers. Antral mucosa showed edema, hyperemia, inflammatory cell infiltration and fibrous tissue hyperplasia, of which the most obvious submucosa.

The closely related factors and mental disorders, mood swings or fear, tight, can exacerbate the symptoms. The parasympathetic nervous system stimulant, also easy to attack. Some patients with gastric inflammation, the Fu Teng symptoms similar to duodenal ulcers, chronic gastric inflammation easily misdiagnosed as gastric cancer, gastroscopy to be done to differentiate.

Must patients comply with certain dietary rules?

2011-08-02T11:21:00.000-07:00

Therapy with drugs, with a mild form of gastritis as the only procedure, is supported by nutrition. There are real pitfalls, because patients often (because of the understandable lack of knowledge about the sequence of the normal digestive process, and on pathological events in the stomach they don’t not know a lot) reach for various written materials about the "healthy eating", which in their case is not as effective in terms of improvement of subjective problems.

The basic message would be to try to take smaller and more frequent meals throughout the day, because it ensures the protection of the mucous membrane with taken food. The rule is that taking large quantities of fruits and vegetables (especially raw) will exacerbate the problems, while the more rigid and easily prepared food (cooked without strong spices and fat) will work better to protect the lining. Often in practice we find that patients in the morning as the first meal eat fruit, which is unacceptable in gastritis. It is also common situation today that post-menopausal women because of proven or supposed osteopenia or osteoporosis are taking large quantities of milk, yogurt and extra calcium tablets, which also worsens subjective pain in gastritis.

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How is gastritis revealed?

2011-02-07T10:56:00.000-08:00

The diagnosis of chronic gastritis is done by endoscopy; the patient is referred to the gastroscopy. Gastroscopy provides visualization of the stomach lining, so the doctor describes in the findings whether and in what form and extent some part of the gastric mucosa is macroscopically changed (if there is inflammatory redness, are there visible damage-erosion, hemorrhage, ulcers, growths, etc.).

In addition, during the endoscopic examination, due to the precise definition of the diagnosis and planning of treatment, samples of tissue are taken for histological diagnosis. Pathologist after specific treatment of so obtained samples of stomach mucosa sets the final diagnosis. Often patients come to the gastroenterologist with the findings of previously done abdominal ultrasound or X-ray of stomach and diagnosis of gastritis, but those results, although they help eliminate other possible cause of the problems, are not diagnostic for chronic gastritis. Patients often avoid the gastroscopy, because of the discomfort, but it is crucial because of taking the findings for histological analysis, because in patients with minimal pain for an extended time, the histological findings could be serious

To what extent is the gastritis treatment successful?

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Gastritis is now successfully treated because we can act on the basic causes of disease that are identified (in gastritis caused by taking NSAIDs we should stop taking this medicine, eradicate the bacterium H. pylori), with an extremely effective drug anti-secretion therapy (elimination of gastric acid secretion). However, patients can return to the doctor, unhappy with the effect of therapy, and it usually happens because in fact they are suffering from another disease that has similar symptoms (most often gall stones, gall bladder condition after surgery and functional dyspepsia). If, therefore, there is a situation that the patient after the diagnosis of gastritis (initially the majority of patients are treated with chosen general practitioners) and carried therapy still has similar problems, or they quickly return, you need to contact a gastroenterologist for further treatment.

Should you or not go to Gastroscopy?

2010-01-02T10:48:00.000-08:00

Here is an example of gastritis "story": a person has stomach problems for months, and often a sense of weakness in the legs and arms. Often burps.
A person uses antacid. He is interested if the feeling of weakness may be caused by problems with the stomach. Notes that his father had gastritis for years, which has grown into cancer and he died when he was 42. He had gastroscopy done and was diagnosed with:
Gastritis chr seu infiltratio. Biopsio.f.
PHD-gastritis ch.activa, H.p. positive
Sydeny score 7/15 (chronic inflammation 3, active inflammation 1, gland atrophy 0, intestinal metaplasia 0, density of H. pylori 3rd
Begins to take therapy: Ulzol, kamagra, Medazol.

Answer: H. pylori infection causes gastritis. With eradication of the infection it comes mainly to the improvement especially if the infection was short lasted. Recovery is longer if it developed some form of chronic gastritis. Therapy is generally very successful. Given the data on malignant disease in the family it requires periodic endoscopic control. He should be under supervision of Gastroenterologist.

Gastritis or stomach nervosa

2009-12-30T10:04:00.000-08:00

Gastritis or stomach nervosa is a disease of which millions are suffering today although it is curable disease. But instead of curing it the majority gets stomach ulcer, a phase that occurs after gastritis.
What is the reason for that?
Terrible procedure called gastroscopy which establishes the diagnosis of gastritis that could be cured at all. Is cruel diet the reason that we do not treat it or are we disgusted by loads of drugs that are part of the therapy?
Perhaps the reason is that we are under stress a lot so acid constantly destroys mucous membrane of the stomach.

I am interested in how much you know about gastritis and what you think is the reason why so many people have it, and despite of the possible healing of 100% the number is not reduced.
I think that a fast lifestyle and unhealthy diet with stress are great reasons to get gastritis. And when you feel symptoms of larger problems we are afraid of gastroscopy and without it we do not see at what phase is formed in our stomachs.

Signs of the chronic diseases (including chronic gastritis)

2009-12-28T13:40:00.001-08:00

Human health and disease depends in part on the chemical-biological-physiological control mechanisms, with the balance between acid-base (alkaline) status plays an important role. This balance is an essential part of all body functions, and when that function is disturbed it leads to significant undesirable situations. During the different diseases it can be seen "a turn in increased acidity”, which refers to the number of acute and chronic diseases. There is no organ or functional unit, even individual cell in the body, which cannot be damaged or even destroyed with too much acid.

Usually self-controlled mechanisms of the human body are able to maintain the concentration of acid in the blood at constant pH 7.4. But in some states too much acid is accumulated in different "locations" in the body. This is especially manifested through the painful deposits in the connective tissue. These are "waste substances” and generally contain salts associated with acid, and accumulate in tissues. They are signs of the chronic damage and the cause of many problems and diseases.

Merry christmas

2009-12-25T10:07:00.000-08:00

On this occasion I want to wish you all a merry, peaceful and blessed Christmas!

Symptoms of inflammation of the stomach lining (gastritis)

2009-12-19T14:49:00.000-08:00

Nausea, vomiting, intolerance of sweets, acid (juices) are the symptoms of inflammation of the stomach lining (gastritis).
Vitamin C and cranberries (if they do not make you nauseas and increase acid) for H. pylori, but you have to use something to control secretion of acid. Recommended is licorice for 4-6 weeks (not more) if you do not have problems with kidneys and blood pressure, after it you can resume with marjoram (for a long time).
Alternatively, with the vitamin C plants with mucus and chamomile to protect the lining (it is acid after all). Be sure to drink the way it is prescribed (3-5 times a day) in sufficient quantity and for an adequate time. For example chamomile is made of 3g/250ml of water, and not from 1 bag (1-1.5G).
From grinded flax seeds and marshmallow roots are made macerati in cold water - 5g/2-3 dcl of water.

Gastritis and H. pylori infection can be treated:

2009-12-18T15:45:00.000-08:00

licorice root-clinically proven herbs for the treatment of ulcer and gastritis (highly active anti-inflammatory and inhibits in vitro growth of H. pylori), is not without risk so consult on the implementation with doctor, the basis of therapy
-Chamomile-anti-inflammatory and spazmolitic effect (apigenin in chamomile also inhibit Hp), as addition to treatment
-plants with mucus (flax, mallow root)-have a slightly anti-inflammatory effect. Mucus protect the stomach lining from irritation, again as a supplement
-marjoram, herb-regulates the secretion of gastric acid and has calming effect, additional
-ginger-just in case of nausea (may stimulate acid secretion, which is not objective)
-5g of vitamin C daily in more doses-destroys H.p. (clinically proven), in people with stomach ulcer and chronic gastritis vitamin C is in the stomach juice at low concentrations
-amino acid N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) helps in the treatment of atrophic gastritis (1-3g per day)
- extract of neema bark- lowers acid secretion, and in clinical testing has helped nearly all respondents in the healing of duodenal ulcer
-Tea tree essential oil-and ravensare (oral) may help in treating infections

How does it occur and causes of peptic ulcers ?

2009-12-18T15:42:00.000-08:00

Causes that are not primarily responsible for the occurrence of peptic ulcers, but may contribute to its deterioration or harder treatment, are:

• Smoking, in which numerous chemical compounds dissolve in saliva and increase the probability for the occurrence of ulcers and slow the healing process;
• caffeine, which stimulates the secretion of hydrogen chloride acid in the stomach, increasing its concentration and increases the pain of an existing ulcer;
• alcohol in alcoholics causes liver damage and inflammatory processes in it, and the same may be transferred to duodenum, reduced is the function of bile acid secretion, which slows down digestion and, therefore increases the concentration of gastric acid, which strongly affects the mucous membranes of digestive organs and causes pain;
• mental-emotional stress (strain) also is not directly associated with peptic ulcer as a cause, but due to the reduced circulation of blood in the digestive system, stress slows the digestive process of decomposition of food and thereby increases the concentration of gastric acid, which strongly affects the mucous membranes and causes increased pain;

What is a peptic ulcer?

2009-12-18T15:36:00.000-08:00

Peptic ulcer is open injury or inflammation of the protective layer and the lining of the stomach, duodenum or esophagus. Ulcer occurs under the influence of hydrogen chloride of stomach acid and enzymes of pepsin, when there is damage to the protective layer on the intestinal mucosa of these organs.

About 10% of people had a peptic ulcer at least once during their lives, and 2-3% of people get it every year. The disease affects people of all ages, but is significantly less common in younger people. Duodenal ulcers usually first appears between the ages of 30 to 50 years, and is more common in men than in women, whereas gastric ulcer is most common in the age above 60, and is more common in women than in men.

Today it is known that about 80% of gastric ulcers and about 90% of duodenal ulcer is a consequence of inflammation and damage of the protective layer of mucous that bacterium Helicobacter pylori causes. This bacterium is free in the stomach due to its resistance to stomach acid because of secretion of specific enzymes.

The healing properties of cabbage and its influence on gastritis

2009-12-18T15:31:00.001-08:00

Green friend-Cabbage

Cabbage is delicious, but also extremely healthy. People know many medicinal properties of this plant. Accelerates the expulsion of harmful materials from the body and it is an excellent diuretic, which means that it protects us from many diseases, and it is a prevention of aging of cells and organism. Protects the mucous membranes, and it is ideal food for those suffering from a stomach ulcer or gastritis. It is good for normalizing blood pressure (if it is not a salt brine cabbage, or pickled cabbage), it is effective against clog of blood vessels, and disorders of digestion. Nutritionists advise that pork should be eaten with the cabbage as a side dish, because this plant absorbs fats and makes them digestible.
Cabbage and its "cousins" among the vegetables are the best choice for the prevention of colon cancer. There is something unique in that vegetable - probably a large concentration of indole - which makes it capable of defending the body from dangerous occurrence of colon tumors. Many studies showed that cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower are our biggest allies in prevention.
If cabbage is properly pickled, it is developing micro-organisms that combat processes of decay in the gut, enhance stool and forces toxic substances from the intestine.

Against gastritis
It is recommended to use fresh juice, one cup, 40 minutes before meals, three to four times a day.
Against insomnia
You should drink the juice of fresh cabbage in the evening, one hour before bedtime, half a cup. Note: the cabbage juice leads to the elimination of excess liquid from the body and lowers blood sugar levels.
Against respiratory tract infections
Use cooked leaf of cabbage - quarter of cup three to four times a day, always before meals.

Cooking against gastritis Part 2

2009-12-17T11:40:00.000-08:00

Chamomile ( Matricaria Chamomilla L.)

Chamomile is an annual herb, 15-60 cm in height. The root is slender, spindle-shaped and broad. The leaves are 2-3 times feathery divided, with narrow, linear slices. Flower head is in the centre and yellow crowned with white petals.

It is composed of yellow tubular flowers in the middle and white floweret on the edge. The plant blooms during the summer, and you gather only the flower heads without branches and from May to August. Most of them are dried in the drying room, but as well on the cotton in the shadow and warm place. Of its flowers is usually prepared tea and not just for therapeutic purposes, but for the everyday enjoyment. What makes it medicinal is essential oil, known from 16 century, and substances such as bisabola, , flavonskih glycoside and kolina. You pick the ripe yellow chamomile flowers from which with the distillation by steam you get blue essential oil, for which kamazulen is responsible, the main ingredient.

Flower heads (Matricariae flos) are gathered during a hot and dry day at noon, or when the sun is up, because then there is the largest amount of essential ingredients, and are dried in the temperature of 35 ° C. Drug has a distinctive and very pleasant scent.

Cooking against gastritis Part 1

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Make juice from cabbage

Needed: 500 g of fresh cabbage, juice of 1 / 2 lemon, salt, not so much! Clean the cabbage, grind it, put a little salt and leave to rest for several minutes. Drain well through a double cheesecloth. To the resulting juice add lemon juice.
Juice is taken between meals, and if it causes digestive problems - drink it an hour after meals, before meals drink a tea of chamomile and caraway (1:1). Juice should not be squeezed and keep refrigerated, and especially it cannot be pasteurized! Also, the juice should not be adapted in any way because it will lose efficiency.

Tips for self-help and diet in the treatment of gastritis

2009-12-17T11:34:00.000-08:00

Regularly taking of the daily meals is recommended - more frequent but smaller portions, omission of late evening meals and avoiding of irritation of the stomach lining with strong flavors, too high or too low temperatures of food and drinks, carbonated drinks and coffee. It is desirable to avoid foods which are known to cause reflux (return of stomach acid into the esophagus) which are:
-tomato and tomato products
-citrus fruit (lemon, mandarin, orange, grapefruit) and citrus juices
-onions and garlic
-pepper, chili pepper
-Cucumber
-chocolate
-coffee, strong tea and coffee products
-peppermint and products containing it
-fried foods, foods rich in oils and fats
-spices (especially chili, pepper)
-vinegar
The diet should give priority to fruits (non-citrus) and vegetables, cereals and fermented dairy products, avoiding large quantities of meat, especially meat products (bacon). Stop smoking, avoid alcoholic beverages, and decrease use of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). It is advisable to remove the daily stress in large extent.

There is no room for panic if the first treatment does not prove effective

2009-12-17T11:29:00.000-08:00

- In gastroscopy doctor takes a sample of gastric mucosa that is exposed to the breath test on the bacteria. If the cause of disease is bacteria Helicobacter pylori, then the patient receives therapy which combines the use of antibiotics and proton pump blockers (Controloc, nexium)
Sometimes the resistance of bacteria occurs and then every six months bacteria is treated with different drugs. If after a lengthy period there is no shift in the treatment, the bacteria sample is sent to the antibiogram, which determines to which of the drugs a bacteria responds to.

If bacteria did not cause ulcers, then the disease is treated with proton pump inhibitors (Controloc, Nolpaza), antacids (Gastal, Rupurut, Belomet) and acid secretion blockers (Peptoran, Ranisal, Famosan).
Ulcer formation often occurs after a stressful event, such as serious traffic accident, after which the ulcers can develop in just 24 hours, and can be dangerous because of bleeding.

Why the pain in the stomach should be taken seriously

2009-12-17T11:27:00.000-08:00

The pain often comes with stress of everyday life, most people trying to mitigate interference with harmful drugs for gastric mucosa.

Everything starts from gastritis and controls are inevitable

If you feel dull pain, which eventually became stinging, and occurs before or after meals, it's time to see a doctor of internal medicine that will, if needed, make further tests. Also, you should do tests if you lose weight, often vomit or are bloated.
In the best case, the doctor will diagnose gastritis, which can be restrained before becoming ulcer, or in the worst case a stomach cancer, but to avoid pain it is necessary to say goodbye to all the bad habits.
Doctors advise patients to stop smoking, consummate liquor, carbonated drinks and coffee, to reduce spicy food intake... Finally, patients often ask what is left after all the bans, but it is important to know that it all affects the pain in the stomach and to a large extent.

Fresh broccoli against gastritis

2009-12-16T13:11:00.000-08:00

HONG KONG - Taking 70 grams of broccoli per day in the course of two months, could prevent health problems such as gastritis, ulcer and even gastric cancer, showed a study conducted in Japan.
Broccoli contains a lot of sulphoraphan, a natural chemical substance that stimulates the production of enzymes in the gut, which protect against free radicals and inflammation.
In an article published in professional journal Cancer Prevention Research scientists say they have discovered that taking 70 grams of broccoli a day can prevent some serious health problems.
"We found the food which, if taken regularly, can influence the cause of stomach problems and may even help prevent stomach cancer," wrote Jed Fahey, nutritional biochemist at the medical school University Johns Hopkins.
It is known that sulphoraphan is a potent antibiotic against the bacteria Helicobacter pylori that causes gastritis, stomach ulcers and stomach cancer.

Gastritis and neglect of health

2009-12-14T11:23:00.000-08:00

Alcohol affects the brain and affects coordination; reflexes, memory and judging, and bad moods are making you feel even more 'down'. Since it is absorbed directly into the bloodstream, it can increase the risk for many diseases, including cancer. It is known that in combination with smoking cigarettes it significantly increases the occurrence of colon cancer among the young.
Alcohol through the blood comes in all body tissues, and mostly in the liver, kidneys, brain and muscles. Large amounts of alcohol cause liver damage, irritate the stomach wall and thus cause ulcers and gastritis.

Gastritis prevention: gossip, it is healthy!

2009-12-14T11:22:00.000-08:00

How much time do you spend per day on gossip? Maybe fifteen minutes, half an hour or a whole afternoon? Regardless of the minutes, we all contribute to gossip - at least so say the latest studies of social psychologists who claim that this "verbal gymnastics" we devote an average between 20 and 30 % of every conversation.
Gossip can suppress stomach problems, act preventive on gastritis, reduce tension in the neck and stabilize the work of the bloodstream and heart.

Nuts - help against gastritis

2009-12-14T11:18:00.000-08:00

Walnut, as some say, is fatty beyond measure! 100 g provides 700 calories, and all because of oil that is more than 60 percent of the content. There is more than 14 percent of protein and 18 percent of carbohydrates. From the minerals magnesium and vitamin E stand up, that protects the nut from decay. Walnut oil is dark green color and of special flavor used more in cosmetics and paint industry than for food. This oil has great quality. Contains 50 percent of linoleic acid, 30 percent of oleic (such as olive oil) and 5 percent of alpha linolenic - every fatty acid is better than the other, while poorly saturated fatty acids are poorly represented.

These unsaturated fatty acids are probably the reason for the recommendation of folk medicine to pregnant women to eat nuts so the child's brain would be well developed. Folk medicine recommends also walnut tincture to relieve stomach disturbances (gastritis), but also for forcing out worms. Results of the research of value of essential fatty acids in walnut oil and the impact on health has resulted in a recommendation that nuts should be part of the daily diet like vegetarians know. If you reduce stress and reject cigarettes, all of it is the opportunity that life can be extended to a year or more.
Besides, brazil nuts are used by men worldwide to treat erectile dysfunction, early ejaculation and prematureejaculation , yes you can also try other nuts like walnuts but Brazil nuts have been proven to help mild ED. If anyone has tried them and has had positive or negative results with these nuts please share and tell us how it went in the comments section below.

How to preserve the health of the stomach part 2

2009-12-11T14:01:00.000-08:00

Take as little medication as possible, and if some are necessary, take them at the recommendation of a doctor, without delay, tell the doctor of your stomach problems - it is possible that there is alternative medicine, or you can customize the dose and mode of use.

Enjoy food; eat slowly, in a pleasant environment, consciously chew food as long as possible.

In the acute phase, when there are problems, but also for some time after the cessation of interference, go on diet composed primarily of mushy food and drink tepid tea (chamomile, green, mint, high quality tea blends of herbs specially prepared for the stomach). High quality honey and extra virgin, cold compressed olive oil acts anti-inflammatory. Soybeans and soy preparations are advised to anyone with sensitive stomach.

If problems last, despite the measures taken or occur extremely unpleasant symptoms, as soon as possible you contact the doctor to check if you have Helicobacter pylori or have already developed ulcers or gastritis. It is possible that stomach problems are a result of diseases of other organs.

Olive oil acts anti-inflammatory

2009-12-11T13:17:00.000-08:00

Consume small and frequent meals so the acid would not be secreted in excessive amounts and so the stomach during the whole day would be busy. If you have extra pounds, it is time to take weight loss seriously.

Stop smoking, and if that is at the moment impossible, at least reduce smoking and never, absolutely never smoke on an empty stomach.

Do not hold feelings in, but do not let them out with destructive methods, such as hitting or throwing objects. Practice meditation, anti-stress programs, talk to friends and experts about everything that troubles you, try to cultivate optimistic view of life, spend more time dealing with everything that makes you happy, surround yourself with friends, be physically active, find time for sports and recreation.

How to preserve the health of the stomach part 1

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Gastritis - Better to prevent, than to cure

Health of the stomach is directly connected with our actions. In addition to responding to what we eat and drink, your stomach is very sensitive to psychological triggers. Therefore, the disturbance of the stomach is easy to explain to the child: how the basic task of the stomach is to, with contractions and acid to soften and liquefy food, these foods will neutralize extracted acid.
However, when there is no food in the stomach and the acid is still secreted due to incorrect (psychological) reasons, there shall be damage. Simply said, acid will attack stomach, which will, due to the protective lining, resist for some time, until the formation of inflammation and damage, gastritis and ulcers.

Common causes of stomach ailments are some medicines, and Helicobacter pylori. In addition to pain, symptoms of warnings are sour belch, burning and stinging in the stomach, cramps, urge to vomit, feeling of overly full stomach, loss of appetite. Fortunately, gastritis and ulcer do not occur 'overnight', and you should not be wise to conclude that the key to proper treatment is in timely response: if you change the behavior when the stomach starts to rebel, chances are that everything will be fine and that the symptoms will soon (and forever) disappear.

Eliminate food and drinks that damage the stomach: they are fried, breaded, very seasoned and overly fatty foods, alcohol, carbonated drinks, coffee, tea (especially on an empty stomach), industrial food, fast food.
Keep a food diary: when there are problems, remember, or note what you ate, to determine whether there is something specific that really hurts your stomach. For example, you may be surprised that many are harmed by chocolate.

The regime of diet for Gastritis

2009-12-10T13:02:00.000-08:00

I think that we should go back to the regime of diet and how to regain health. The answer is by removing or significantly reducing the foods that are problematic, and the introduction of herbs in the diet. In addition to the choice of foods, attention should be paid to the manner of preparation. It is recommended to cook food or preparation of steam. Cooking is recommended for fruit also, which is not recommended to take fresh when stomach mucous membrane inflammation is worse.
The most difficult, however, for people is to renounce spices and very spicy food. But the biggest problems can cause a hot pepper. Some people use the method when it is wrapped in a piece of bread, and so swallowed; warm recommendation is to skip it. It is significant that herbs can be used instead of strong spices. There are several medicinal plants, which can be used as spices in the kitchen when preparing food. These are thyme and oregano. Of course they should be used in moderate quantities, without exaggeration. Number of meals during the day is necessary to increase and thus prevent long-term digestion of food and creating of more stomach juices.

Due to several possible causes that lead to the appearance of gastritis, it is necessary to perform the medical examination that will help determine the exact direction of treatment. Treatment by placing self-diagnosis can lead to calming the inflammation, but only the discovery of the exact cause may lead to cure.

Gastritis and hot peppers - not good together

2009-12-10T12:48:00.000-08:00

For acute gastritis is often said that it was only a temporary phenomenon, it is often said to be stomach flu. Folk name heartburn best describes the symptoms that occur with gastritis. But this problem should be approached very seriously, because with the frivolous approach easily it can happen to cross to a chronic gastritis that seriously undermined our health. Inflammation of the mucous membrane of stomach is a very widespread disease, which can have various causes, and many things can affect it. In order to alleviate the inflammation we should take measures that will eliminate the causes.

Some of these measures are easier, for example, diet, and some harder to control, for example stress. On gastritis also affects the season of the year, but we should not mistake that this is the only cause, but only one of the factors affecting the state of the disease.
In any case, the diet is what we should adjust so that there is removal of inflammation of the mucous membrane of stomach. If you ignore the signals that our body sends, there is a risk of creating a stomach ulcer, which may cause problematic situations.

General recommendations to be followed to relieve gastritis

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General recommendations are:

1. Avoid too hot and too cold dishes
2. Avoid spicy food and spices
3. Food must be well chewed
4. Avoid beverages containing caffeine and strong alcoholic beverages
5. Protein food temporarily neutralizes gastric juices, but also stimulates the secretion of gastrin and pepsin therefore should not be based on protein foods, but should not be eliminated also.
6. Milk and dairy products in the past were considered very important in the treatment of inflammatory changes of gastric mucosa. Today, the milk does not have great importance because it is considered that in large quantities it can have the opposite effect.
Good to know ...
- Increased intake of salt can irritate the stomach lining. Some scientific studies indicate a higher risk of infection with the bacteria Helicobacter pylori, if a person consumes very salty foods.
- Persons who suffer from gastritis often are advised to avoid spicy and hot food. In contrast, capsaicin, a substance that is found in cayenne and chili peppers, is considered a potential protection from gastritis. This does not mean we should ignore the recommendation and consume hot and spicy foods, but should consider the therapeutic use of isolated capsaicin.
Some researchers believe that allergy or intolerance of certain foods can cause gastritis. The double-blind clinical trial in people with identified sensitivity to certain foods has been proven irritation of the stomach lining from the consumption of food to which they react.
- Caffeine contained in coffee, black and green tea some carbonated soft drinks, chocolate and many medications increases the acidity of stomach acid. Therefore, people with inflammation of the lining of the stomach are recommended to avoid these drinks.
- Alcoholics often suffer from gastritis, passionate smokers also. These habits cause the occurrence of acute gastritis. However, some preliminary studies deal with clearing of protective effect of moderate alcohol intake (up to two drinks a day) on the development of gastritis. When alcohol is consumed in quantities that are more than moderate it can cause a whole range of unwanted effects.

So, what can we do about gastritis?

2009-12-06T12:31:00.000-08:00

This is one of the most common questions I hear:

'For years I have chronic gastritis. Physician internist told me it was psychosomatic illness. What does it mean and what can I do about it?

The word psychosomatic disease indicates that some psychological factors and influences can affect the physical condition and disease. For example, prolonged, long-term stressful situation (state of tension, anticipation, anxiety, fear) can lead to physical symptoms, and even physical consequences. So it is well known that some diseases can be significantly affected by psychological factors. These are gastritis, high blood pressure (hypertension), diseases of the thyroid ...
Internists for many years, advise patients with these diseases a changing of lifestyle, including diet changes, exercise, and psychological measures. In the first place, it means the removal of stress (when possible), and removal of the effects of stress. One good technique to eliminate the effects of stress is relaxation.
Relaxation can be implemented through various hobbies (very good hobbies are those where you move - so you also affect physical activity, which was organized by a third party, a specific time when you deal with it, because if you specify time, very often you will give priority to something else and forget about your hobby, and involves other people).
Because of this - select an activity which you found interesting (a sports club, course in sewing, dancing, singing). In addition to hobby, there are specific techniques and methods of relaxation. These are the breathing exercises (abdominal breathing) exercises of progressive muscle relaxation, autogenous training. These exercises are easy to learn, and you can do them almost in any place and at any time of day.

Causes, effects and risk factors for gastritis

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The causes of acute gastritis are alcohol, digestion of corrosive substances (erosive) or a strong physiological stress.

Acute gastritis is often associated with serious acute illness (kidney failure, liver disease, burns, and sepsis) or damage (breaks). Risk factors are taking of NSAIDs (acetylsalicylic acid), taking large amounts of alcohol or a strong physiological stress such as major surgery, injury, etc.

Chronic gastritis can be caused by prolonged irritation due to use of NSAIDs, infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, pernicious anemia, autoimmune disorders, degeneration of the stomach wall due to age or prolonged irritation of the lining because of the return of bile in the stomach.

Gastritis and statistics

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Gastritis predominantly occurs in patients with blood group A and 0, but it must be said that more than 80 percent of the world's population has just that blood group, and yet we do not have nearly as much gastritis! Thus, a statistical significance is one thing, and quite different is causal connection. Based on these insights, we cannot apply any new therapy that would improve the condition of patients.

Chronic gastritis – healing with honey

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Inflammation of the gastric mucous membrane accompanied by disorder of driving function of stomach. Oral taking of the honey is prescribed, 1-2g per kg of body weight, 3 times a day. In hyper acid gastritis honey is to be taken 2 hours before meals and at hypo acid take it in warm water 10 minutes before meals. Treatment lasts for 20-30 days. Treatment can be done with propolis. Take 20 drops 3 times a day before meals in a glass of hot water. Treatment lasts for 3-4 weeks and the pain disappear after 6-7 days.

How to detect gastritis?

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The diagnosis of gastritis is set in several ways:

- EGD (ezofageogastroduodenoskopija) and biopsy (taking a piece of tissue) is done by endoscopes - an instrument consisting of a thin, lighted tube which at its end has a small camera, the doctor carefully introduces the endoscope through the patient's mouth and throat to the stomach and duodenum, and observe the mucous membrane of esophagus, stomach and duodenum

- X-ray search of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum-by sipping contrast media we get a clear picture of target organs and ulcers.

- Blood tests
- examines the presence of antibodies to H. pylori, however, does not indicate a fresh infection, but speaks for the fact that during the life a patient was in contact with H. pylori
- Indicates anemia (if there is bleeding)

- H. pylori breath test - indicating current infection

Link between gastritis and dangerous diseases

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Given that the chronic gastritis is premalignant (the basis for the development of cancer) in the final stages of the disease you may notice signs of development of malignant tumors (cancer), such as visible weight loss, permanent pain in the spoon, nausea, vomiting.

In addition to gastric cancer, a serious complication of gastritis can be pernicious anemia (in the final stage of atrophic gastritis) with a consequent of deficit of vitamin B12

Gastritis caused by H. pylori does not appear frequently in the wider population

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Chronic gastritis can also be caused by prolonged use of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), pernicious anemia, disorders of the immune system, degeneration of the stomach wall due to age or prolonged irritation of the lining because of the return of bile in the stomach.

Inflammation of the gastric mucosa

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Gastritis is a disease of modern man in modern society, defined as a group of diseases whose common feature is inflammation of the gastric mucosa.
Usually there are two divisions of gastritis:
1. According to severity:
- Surface (easer form)
- Atrophic (heavier form)
2. Division of chronic gastritis to type A and type B

A type of chronic gastritis is a rare and difficult form, and mostly affects the upper parts of the stomach, closer to esophagus. This type of disease is characterized by the formation of antibodies to the specific type of gastric cells and the molecule that is important for the synthesis of red blood cells. As a result of the disease it leads to the development of one type of anemia.
Type B is much more common, easier form and comprises part of the stomach, which flows into the small intestine (antrum). This form of the disease has all persons older than 70 years, and is associated with the bacterium H. pylori and often with ulcer / duodenal ulcer.

However, chronic gastritis can be simply divided into those caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, and others.
It is known that H. pylori are recognized as a participant in the creation of cancer, and it is very important the significance of chronic gastritis and its treatment. In fact, almost all patients positive for H. pylori have gastritis in the area of antruma (input area). Cure of infection with H. pylori leads to cure of gastritis.

The choice of food-important item!

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Grains:

desirable: toast, pasta, semolina,
not recommended: fresh bread of any kind, puffed pastry and pastry containing yeast

Milk and dairy products:

welcomed are all dairy products from skimmed milk and a small% mm
avoid especially full fat cheese and cream and mayonnaise

Meat:

allowed: all lean meat - chicken, veal, beef and similar best-boiled, from the processed meat-turkey or Chicken Breast
Not permitted: pork, venison, all smoked or salted meat, fried

Eggs:
allowed only should be avoided hard-boiled eggs and fried in lot of fat
Fish:
allowed: all the lean white fish and to avoid crabs, mussels, squid and other seafood

Fat:
Vegetable fats are best, and especially-the olive oil. That means, if you want a little 'oily' food, it is best to cook without fat, and finally add a little olive oil.

Vegetables:
allowed: boiled, steamed or stewed: potatoes, spinach, silver beet, onion, zucchini, carrot, cauliflower, tomatoes (no skin), green salad, and fresh cabbage.
not permitted: all other not cooked vegetables, cucumbers, radishes, onions, peppers, mushrooms (should be avoided in any form), fried potatoes, canned vegetables

Fruits:
allowed: apples (without the crust, and best grinded), peach, apricot, banana (excellent!), fruit juices
should be avoided: immature fruit!, walnuts, almonds, figs, cherries, cherry, all citrus fruits

Drinks:
it is desirable to avoid alcohol, carbonated drinks, coffee, and all that contains caffeine in larger doses (as Guarana or coca cola), black tea

Spices:
avoided: Pepper!, minced peppers-especially spicy, vinegar!, mustard, mono-sodium glutamine

others are allowed, but moderately. Parsley very recommended. Here are some 'folk' medicines:

Half scoop of parsley seeds pour with a glass of water and leave to rest for eight hours and drink during the day in small sips.
Four-spoons of grinded root of parsley pour with a glass of water, after 15 minutes infiltrate and drink it over two days.

Sweets:
Honey is the best choice! (it has beneficial effect on the stomach lining), smaller quantities of jam, pudding, rice pudding, soft biscuits

One important thing: do not chew gum! A large amount of saliva stimulates stomach to produce acid.

Best food prepariation for diet in gastritis

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As for food preparing, it is best to boil it, stewing it on little oil (this- little- is more for diet then gastritis). Here I will point out that olive oil is a very good selection when stomach is concerned. Also, preparing the food on steam is an excellent choice, especially for vegetables. Another good advice is that food is finely chopped, best to be in the form of puree. What in any case we need to avoid is the non cooked vegetables because of its strength it would mechanically stimulate the mucous membrane of the stomach. The exception is the tomato (but without the skin), green salad and fresh cabbage.

We need to drink a reasonable amount of liquid (1.5l per day), so do not exaggerate, and especially do not enter a large amount of liquid at a time. The best choice is definitely the ordinary water, but mild teas can be good (which are left to temper at room temperature, not hot, not cold), and even water flavored with a few drops of lemon.

In gastritis is often recommended consumption of milk for its neutralizing effects. We should not exaggerate in this also. There is no need for some large quantities of milk, because it will also start the process of digestion and secretion of gastric acid. Skimmed milk with a small percentage of milky fat is the best choice and the best way is to put in the flakes. Such a combination stomach and its mucous membrane like very much.

Diat rules for chronic gastritis

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Nutrition / diet in chronic gastritis

1. The first rule of food in chronic gastritis does not differ from the first rule of healthy nutrition in general, and it is - varied diet! This gives the stomach (and long parts of the digestive system) the greater possibility that from various components of food takes what the body needs. So, all the basic food groups must be present.

2. Following rule also does not deviate from the general rule - small meals. It is recommended to divide food in 6-7 meals. It could look like this:
-Breakfast
-Snack
-Lunch1
-Lunch2
-Snack
-Dinner

If there's no time, it will be ok to have 5 usual meals (Breakfast- Snack-Lunch-Snack-Dinner), point is that the diet is not concentrated on one big meal. It would be good if the meals were at the same or nearly the same time every day.

3. There should be a habit of slowly and somewhat longer chewing of the food, that every bite is chewed properly. This is good for several reasons. Stomach gets grinded food and has no great expenditure of muscle power of the stomach on mixing and triturating of food, it gives more time for nutritive whose digestion begins in the mouth under the action of enzymes from saliva, and in the end-feeling of fullness occurs sooner than when we just swallow food, the brain gets it earlier that it has had enough.

4. We should avoid very cold food, very hot (this applies for liquid too), very spicy and especially acidic foods. This does not mean that we cannot spice up food, but we should do it moderately. There are also spices for example parsley which has a very favorable effect on the stomach. Salt is also permissible and desirable, but we all know that we should not exaggerate for other reasons.

Gastritis in children (6)

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How long does it last?

With prolonged use of antibiotics, H. pylori gastritis and peptic ulcer (especially ulcers in the duodenum, part of the small intestine) can often be cured.

Can it be prevented?

There is currently no vaccine against H. pylori. Because a way of transfer has not yet been clarified, there are no guidelines for its prevention. However, it is important to ensure that you and your family:
- Wash hands regularly;
- Eat food that is cooked properly and well;
- Drink water from safe sources.

When should you call your child's doctor?

Immediately call a doctor if your child has one of the following symptoms:
- Severe abdominal pain;
- Vomiting a blood or if it looks like coffee grains;
- A stool that is bloody or looks like black tar;
- continuous sharp pain in the area below the ribs, which is eased after a meal, drank milk or medication to reduce stomach acid.

However, it is important to remember that there are many reasons why children can have a bellyache - some of these reasons are poor digestion, viruses, tension and worry, and appendicitis. Most of the bellyache is not caused by H. pylori bacteria.

Gastritis in children (5)

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How is it treated?

Doctors treat H. pylori infection with antibiotics. Given that only one type of antibiotic will not destroy the bacteria, the doctor may prescribe your child a combination of antibiotics.
If your child has signs of bleeding in the stomach or small intestine, these symptoms will be treated in hospital.
Given that H. pylori infection can be cured with antibiotics, the most important home treatment is the timely provision of prescribed antibiotics in the time period set by the physician. Your doctor also may prescribe medication to reduce stomach acid to neutralize or stop the production of stomach acid.
Abdominal pain caused by H. pylori infection can be mitigated by taking regular meals. This means that you need to make a plan so your child's stomach would not be empty for a long time. It is best to eat five or six small meals, and making sure that your child should have a little rest after each meal.
Also, it is important not to give your child aspirin, drugs containing aspirin, ibuprofen, or anti-inflammatory drugs, because they can irritate the stomach or cause gastrointestinal bleeding.

Gastritis in children (4)

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How to diagnose it?

Doctors can diagnose H. pylori infection using different types of testing. Your doctor may:
- Look at the mucous membrane of the stomach directly with endoscopes. This procedure is performed under sedatives and involves inserting an endoscope - small, flexible tube with a tiny camera on the end - down the throat of your child, to the stomach and duodenum. The doctor may take a sample of mucous membranes in order to verify it in the laboratory and determine if there are microscopic signs of infection and the presence of H. pylori bacteria.
- Take a blood test, with which you can detect the presence of H. pylori antibodies. Analysis of the blood is quite frequent, although not as accurate in children as in adults.
- To take a breathing test, to discover the presence of carbon, which is degraded by the bacteria H. pylori after the patient drinks a solution. However, breathing tests are mainly used for adults.

Gastritis in children (3)

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Is H. pylori contagious?

Scientists speculate that H. pylori infection may be contagious, because there are indications that the infection can be transmitted within families and is more common in people who live in crowded and unsanitary conditions. Although studies indicate that the infection can spread from person to person, in fact it is unclear how this happens in reality.

Gastritis in children (2)

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Signs and symptoms

Anyone can be infected with H. pylori bacteria, including a child, and without being aware of it. When symptoms do appear due to the presence of bacteria, they are usually symptoms of gastritis and peptic ulcer (ulcer).
The symptoms of gastritis in children may include nausea, vomiting, and frequently complaining about the pain in the abdomen. However, these symptoms are very common in most children's illnesses.
H. pylori, formerly known as Campylobacter pylori, can also cause peptic ulcers. With older children and adults, the most common symptom of peptic ulcers is corrosive or severe pain in the abdomen, usually under the ribs and above the navel. The pain is usually intensified when the stomach is empty, and disappears when people eat, drink milk or take medication to reduce stomach acid.
Sometimes ulcers can bleed in children with peptic ulcer, causing vomiting blood or black, bloody stool. Symptoms in young children with peptic ulcer may not be so pronounced as in older children, which may impede the diagnosis of their disease.

GASTRITIS IN CHILDREN

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GENDER AND HEALTH / better to prevent than to cure!

Helicobacter pylori bacteria

A Helicobacter pylori bacterium usually does not cause problems in childhood. However, if left untreated, the bacteria can cause diseases of the digestive tract, including gastritis (irritation and inflammation of the stomach lining), peptic ulcer (characterized by sores that form in the stomach or upper small intestine, duodenum), and even stomach cancer.
Although these bacteria can cause the above mentioned diseases, experts believe that most of H. pylori infection is invisible and with no symptoms of the disease.
The bacteria can be found everywhere in the world, especially in developing countries where up to 10% of children and 80% of adults can be infected with H. pylori bacteria, usually without any accompanying symptoms.
In industrialized countries, infections are rare in children and only about 40% of adults are infected with bacteria. The risk of infection is higher in people living in crowded or unsanitary conditions.

Diet for self-help in gastritis

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In our eating habits, unfortunately, little we use raw cabbage (fresh or pickled), although it has the rich nutritive and medicinal properties. Cabbage is a valuable food for its tartronske acid content that slows the conversion of sugar and other carbohydrates into fat. This makes it a desirable food to reduce weight.

Long cooking significantly reduces the nutritional value. To prevent loss of valuable substances during cooking, it is recommended to put the cabbage and other vegetables in hot instead of cold water.

Make juice from cabbage
You need: 500 g of fresh cabbage juice, 1 / 2 of lemon, salt but not much! Clean the cabbage; grind it, put a little salt in it and leave it to rest for several minutes. Drain it well through double lint. To the resulting juice add lemon juice.
Juice is taken between meals, and if it causes digestive problems - drink it an hour after meals, before meals drink a cup of tea of chamomile and caraway (1:1). Juice should not be squeezed and kept refrigerated, and especially cannot be pasteurized! Also, the juice should not be in any way adapted because it will lose efficiency.

Chamomile (Matricaria Chamomilla L.)
Chamomile is an annual plant, 15-60 cm in height. The root is slender, spindle-shaped and broad. The leaves are 2-3 times feathery divided, with narrow, linear slice. Flower head is yellow and in the center crowned with white petals.

It is composed of yellow tubular flowers in the middle and white flowers on the edge, and all together it really blossom. The plant blooms during the summer, and we gather only the flower heads without petiole and from May to August. They are dried also on the cotton in the shadowed of and warm place. Of its flowers are usually prepared tea that is not just served for therapeutic purposes, but it is also everyday enjoyment. What makes it a medicinal is its essential oil, known already from 16 century, and substances such as bisabola, flavonskih glycoside and kolina. Picked are the ripe yellow chamomile flowers from which the steam distillation we get blue essential oil, for which is responsible kamazulen, the main ingredient.

Flower heads (Matricariae flos) are gathered during a hot and dry day at noon, or when the sun is up, because then there are the largest amounts of essential ingredients, and are dried in the temperature of 35 ° C. Drug has a distinctive and very pleasant smell.

Non-specific measures of treatment of gastritis

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Nonspecific measures for gastritis treatment are regularly taking daily meals, omission of late evening meals and avoiding irritation of the stomach lining (with strong flavors, too high or too low temperatures of food and drinks).
The diet should give priority to fruits and vegetables, cereals and their products, avoiding large quantities of meat, especially meat products. Stop smoking is a condition without which the treatment of chronic gastritis is futile, and be advised to avoid alcoholic beverages.

Few tips for gastritis - aromatherapy

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Marjoram (Origanum marjoram) - reduces pain, has soothing and beneficial effect on digestion. 2-3 drops in a base oil on the solar plexus / 3x daily.
Essential oil of Roman chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) - acts on the problems with digestion, with pain in the stomach and strong spasms, it calms.
In 10 ml of base oil, put 10 drops of essential oil of Roman chamomile and apply it to the area of plexus 2x a day. Essential oils of basil methyl kavikol and estragon methyl kavikol are strong spasmolytics and also come into consideration in the treatment of gastritis. Apply one drop of basil or a drop of estragon on base oil on the solar plexus / 3 x a day. This oil should be used with caution and only through a short time.

NOTE: For gastritis, except for local use of essential oils there can be also their oral intake in very low doses and oral taking of hidrolata (water residue remaining after distillation of et. oil), but for such use is necessary to talk to professional.

- Tips are custom to adults and do not apply to children, pregnant women, chronic patients and people suffering from autoimmune diseases.

Aromatherapy - can it help you with gastritis

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Essential oil of peppermint (Mentha piperita) - helps with spasms and problems with digestion. In the area of solar plexus apply a few drops of base oils (hazelnut, sesame), / 1-2 drops of mint / 3x a day to stop symptoms. It is contraindicated for high blood pressure, pregnancy, lactation and children under three years.
Essential oil of true lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) - 3 drops of lavender apply on solar plexus / 3x daily. Healing lavender essential oil can be applied undiluted to the skin and be used for a long time. With easy spazmolitičko action it operates on the emotional component of gastritis.

Essential oil of petit grain mandarin or petit grain of bitter orange (Citrus reticulata or Citrus aurantium) – petit grain are oils obtained by distillation of the leaves of mandarin and oranges. These oils have a very spazmolitičko function, they reduce spasms and soothe the psyche-2 drops are applied to base oil on the solar plexus / 3 times a day.
Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) – it is used in small doses; it relieves indigestion of psychosomatic causes. Sufficient is one to two drops of essential oil of lemon balm dissolved in 10 ml of base oils (hazelnut, sesame), which is applied 3x a day on the solar plexus. Oil is expensive but this is the first choice of oil for gastritis caused by stress or "undigested" emotions.

* when buying lemon balm oil, which is one of the most expensive essential oils, watch out because on the market there are lots of false lemon balm oils.

More good advices to deal with gastritis

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Liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) - Licorice root has traditionally used and in studies confirmed anti-inflammatory effect on mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines. It is used mostly for three to four weeks at a dose of 5 g per 600ml lukewarm water in which it is left for 2-3 hours.
After that, you filtrated it and drink it per 200ml / 3 x daily.
Do not take it with liver and heart diseases or in therapy of glukokortikoidima.

Yarrow (Achilea millefolium) - the traditional use is at inflammation and problems with the digestive tract
Peppermint (Mentha piperita) - also relieves symptoms, stimulates digestion
Lemon balm (Melissa oficinalis) – has a calming effect in problems with digestion, spasms and feelings of nausea and bloating

Little secrets to help deal with gastritis

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German chamomile (Matricaria recutita) - traditionally is used to relieve gastrointestinal problems, including nausea, vomiting, spasms and pain in the stomach.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) - reduces nausea and vomiting caused by gastritis.
One teaspoon of freshly squeezed ginger juice mixed with half a cup of lukewarm water / 3x daily / between meals or half of teaspoon of ginger powder dissolved in half a cup of lukewarm water / 3x daily / between meals.

Green tea (Camellia sinensis) - Regular use over a longer time indicates a decrease of symptoms and prevents re-appearing of gastritis

So, what is the best diet for gastritis?

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As every one of us is different, we all need to choose the foods that will best suit us, and therefore to adjust our diet. As every one of us is different, so will every gastritis react differently to conventional medicines as well as natural products. Each of the following natural remedies, herbal drugs and essential oils can alleviate symptoms of gastritis, a well balanced combination can do a great job, but the goal is to find the right combination for each person in particular because there are no two identical cases of gastritis and so there are no two identical approaches to natural treatment of gastritis.
Someone will react fantastically to flax seeds and flax oil, someone else to ginger or turmeric whiles the third to probiotics and essential oils. There are no rules really.
Of natural products that can be found on the shelves of pharmacies and herbal pharmacies (of course that they should be bought only from high-quality and trusted manufacturers), in the first place are:

Probiotics
Lactobacillus acidophilus is the most commonly used probiotic, called "friendly bacteria" that shows the property to reduce the unpleasant symptoms of gastritis in a very short time of taking, protects the digestive tract from acid damage, or H. pylori. In any case, it is necessary to take probiotics after prolonged antibiotic therapy so the lining of the digestive tract would recover quickly, and in gastritis-probiotics is one of the first choices.

PASTE
Pistacia lentiscus resin (conifer from pistachio family), originally from Greece, on the market in the form of capsules, also reduces the symptoms caused by excess stomach acid or H. pylori. I found studies that confirm complete removal and resolving of symptoms of bacteria by preparations of paste.

Who will win: gastritis or me ?

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Other causes of gastritis, besides stress, are microbial infections (especially Helicobacter pylori), a long-term use of medication (usually non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-analgesics-aspirin, ibuprofen). Alcohol, cigarettes, coffee and carbonated drinks, as well as spicy food that is hard to digest, attribute to acid imbalance, creating too much stomach acid and should be avoided.
In the event that the presence of H. pylori is confirmed doctor will usually resort to antibiotic therapy, for at least 14 days, and includes high doses of antibiotics and drugs that reduce gastric secretions. From natural remedies, in the event that is diagnosed the bacteria H. pylori, is extremely active propolis tincture.
As for food, it is best to turn to those foods that will not cause symptoms, and generally it is food rich in fiber and light food, prepared in olive oil or other cold pressed and unrefined oil, and are advised to avoid foods that may irritate the stomach. If you by any chance, are convinced by someone to try the "miraculous soup for weight loss" - you know the one made from tomatoes, peppers, onions, and you have a strong gastritis-don’t do it. Do not do it, because you will cry for help while hugging the toilet. Although the episode with soup from 2002 belongs to some of my, not too wise choices, I can say that I was glad that it happened because I realized only then that one of us two must win - gastritis or me.

Life with gastritis: how to get rid of gastritis

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When rested, sunny and in good will, you return from holiday and check your mail, in which you see incredibly high bill for utilities, you read the note from the bank that notifies you on raising interest on loans, beside cursing, you may get a visit from an old acquaintance-gastritis. It is not coming to me anymore, I was able to get rid of it-so all that is left for me is profanity.
Gastritis is an inflammation of the stomach mucosa, caused by a number of different factors, damage that can occur in many forms-from the small inflammation of mucosa to lesions and ulcers in the stomach and duodenum. In any case, it is not a disease with which you need to reconcile and accept the situation because the consequences of gastritis can be serious and far-reaching.
The symptoms of gastritis are abdominal pain, cramps or discomfort, digestion problems, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and many others.
Some of the causes of gastritis we should primarily try to find in the stress, stressful lifestyle, emotions that are not recognized, the manner in which we accept and embrace the emotions and from our environment because psychosomatic can play a major role in the creation of gastritis. Even the official medicine as one of the possible reasons for formation of gastritis mentions psycho-emotional state.
- To what situations I react with pain in the stomach? What troubles me in the emotional life, what I didn’t manage to "digest"? These are questions which we should ask everyone who lives with chronic gastritis. Dealing with our own emotions and work on it, is one of the most important prerequisites to forever get rid of gastritis (Of course, if the base is psycho-emotive), and for this purpose can help relaxation techniques (yoga, meditation, tai chi and others).
Until then, the symptoms can be mitigated with natural preparations.

I have gastritis and What can I eat

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Recommendation: It is good to eat a banana first thing in the morning!

When you have gastritis attack, you should stop eating for a while and then take a light cooked food in small portions. Avoid lemons, oranges, grapefruit and sour food.
Also careful with large amounts of dairy products (especially sour yogurt)!
If you still have abdominal pain, take an antacid - a remedy for the decrease of acidity (for example, "Gastal).
If you are troubled with gastritis for a long time, it would be good to contact your doctor, who will probably take X-rays and (or) gastroscopy, take a sample of tissue for biopsy, to determine the exact cause of the disease.

Is gastritis a precursor to an ulcer?

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Gastritis is an inflammation of the stomach lining, which may, but it may not, be a precursor to an ulcer.

Burning sensation in the upper part of the stomach, vomiting, nausea, flatulence, belch ... are just some of the symptoms of gastritis. Gastritis is an inflammation of the stomach lining, which may, but it may not, be a precursor to an ulcer.
Rare are those persons who occasionally did not suffer from gastritis. However, if you smoke, drink lots of coffee, eating spicy food, drink alcohol, you are certainly in the risk group.
Gastritis usually attacks the elderly, but that does not mean that young people will not have such problems.
In addition to alcohol, smoking, spicy food, gastritis may be a result of taking certain medications, such as aspirin and anti rheumatics, and as a result of viral and bacterial infections.
If you suffer from gastritis, first of all consider your lifestyle. If you are among those who drink at least a few cups of coffee and smoke a few cigarettes before breakfast, then change your morning ritual, and certainly before the first sip of coffee and smoke, at least put something in your mouth. Damage to you is also a carbonated drink, strong and spicy food.

Gastritis and related diseases

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Gastritis or ...

Gastritis can be easily confused with other diseases because of similarities in the manifestation of symptoms. These are usually:

Heartburn, which usually occurs immediately after a meal with pain behind the sternum due to excessive amounts of abdominal acid being returned into the esophagus.

Gastroenteritis, which occurs due to a viral infection, with a feeling of nausea, stomach cramps, diarrhea and vomiting. Usually called the stomach flu and disappears after a few days.

Ulcer on the stomach often caused by Helicobacter pylori bacteria, and characterized by constant pain that can worsen when the stomach is empty or at night.

Accurate diagnosis can be established with gastroscopy, which determines the nature and precise location of damage of the mucous membranes. After accurate diagnosis a doctor will recommend the appropriate therapy, which usually consists of antacids, regulating acidity and generally manage to normalize the situation. The presence of the bacteria Helicobacter pylori can be established with analysis of blood and with its presence so-called triple therapy is applied, which includes antibiotics and is conducted continuously during 1 month and, if necessary, is repeated.

If gastritis is not treated an ulcer may occur in the stomach and some forms of chronic gastritis increase the risk of cancer, particularly in cases when it comes to thinning of gastric tissue and changes in tissue cells.

When do we need to contact a doctor?

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Symptoms of gastritis mostly last for a short while and are not expressed, and these are: nausea, loss of appetite, often burping, bloated feeling after eating, pain in upper stomach that sometimes weakens and sometimes intensify after meals. If we want a practical and simplified explanation, we can say that we distinguish two basic types of gastritis: acute and chronic.

Acute gastritis occurs suddenly and usually with symptoms of burning pain in upper stomach and nausea, and chronic develops gradually with a sense of bloating, loss of appetite and dull pain. From all forms of acute gastritis, the hardest one is hemorrhagic acute gastritis, when we find traces of blood in the stool or vomiting blood. In this case, immediately contact a doctor.

What exactly is gastritis, what kind of disease?

2009-11-18T09:42:00.000-08:00

Gastritis is not a specific disease, usually under the term we mean different states that cause inflammatory changes of gastric mucosa. The causes are also different, from entering excessive amounts of alcohol, prolonged use of some drugs, the bacterial infection (in 90 percent of cases - Helicobacter pylori), the specific conditions after surgery, the stress, injuries and so forth.

A hardship called GASTRITIS

2009-11-11T13:04:00.000-08:00

Listening to the conversations in medical waiting rooms, and among acquaintances and friends, in different circumstances, it seems that one of the most common diseases is – gastritis.

Probably each one of us at least once in life had problems with digestion. Most stomach problems passes without consequences, are short-termed and do not require professional medical attention. If, however, the symptoms of gastritis last longer than a week or more - please contact your doctor.

Briefly about disease called gastritis

2009-11-11T12:51:00.000-08:00

I hope that you will not be afraid of these images, gastritis is not a serious disease, more like interference, which can create trouble if the person fails to comply with certain rules, especially in the diet.

Symptoms
-pain in the upper part of abdomen
- Heartburn
- nausea
- Hiccup and burp
- Loss of appetite
-vomiting
With gastritis it leads to gastric mucosa inflammation, whose causes may be: a bacterial infection, effect of stimulatory food, alcohol or drugs and increased secretion of peptic secretion of the stomach.
In most cases, this disorder is a direct result of improper diet, smoking and stress.

Prevention:
In the sick stomach nothing SHOULD enter which irritates mucous membranes
-It is: too hot or too cold dishes
- Spicy foods and spices
- Badly fragmented and insufficiently chewed food
-alcoholic drinks (especially hard liquor)
-black coffee with caffeine or without it
Smoking
avoid stress

FOOD: (allowed)
soup (not greasy)
young non fat meat
-boiled or grilled fish
milk, yogurt, cottage cheese
- Green vegetables
Occasionally, soothing can be balm tea. Over one teaspoon you pour hot water and let it still for 5 minutes.
If you often have stomach cramps and other digestive disorders, help yourself with mild abdominal massage or with some technique for relaxation.

Best medicine for gastritis - in mine opinion ;)

2009-11-11T12:28:00.000-08:00

Natural remedies for gastritis

Diet in gastritis

Gastritis is, by definition, inflammation with damage to the gastric mucosa as consequents. The basic division of gastritis is to acute gastritis and chronic gastritis.

• Gastritis is a disease that occurs due to various psychological problems; you must sort out all things in your head and clearly say to yourself no more nervousness, and to go forward in life no matter of the falls in life. You need to create a picture in your head and think of all positive at absolutely everything, and of course you need to appreciate yourself. When you value yourself (you get rid of stress)-you can literally solve gastritis.
• Food-of course food enhances the spread of gastritis-increases acid in the stomach. Below in the text I wrote what should you eat and what not.
• To make it all work-at least you should not eat 3 hours before bedtime (try for a few days and when you see that it works you will not eat anything in the evening)
• When you go to sleep under the head put something, of course the pillow and I recommend that you sleep on your back, not on the stomach (chest).
• Of course, it is implied that before or immediately after eating you do not engage difficult physical activity.
• In the morning first thing before breakfast drink 3 deciliter (lukewarm) of mineral water Donat Mg, before each meal drink 1 deciliter of Donat Mg. But before use, when you pour it in the glass-you should stir it so carbon dioxide bubbles would disappear.
• The diet should include 2 fatty acids, linoleic acid, essential fatty acids and GLA (gamma linolenic acid), and especially to enter this second acid GLA. It was shown that GLA has anti-inflammatory effect with its influence on the production of substances called prostaglandins. Clinical work with the GLA has shown a positive impact on people who have suffered from arthritis, osteoporosis, PMS, allergies, rheumatoid arthritis, with various malignant conditions, gastritis, ulcer ...
• For gastritis as well as for obesity a diet is required, in obesity you should reduce caloric intake and in gastritis you need to reduce the acidity.

Chronic gastritis diet - little advice

2009-11-11T12:10:00.000-08:00

Chewing gum banned

It should be noted that a fully healthy people are not recommended to chew gum often, and for those suffering from chronic gastritis it is almost fatal. During chewing large amounts of gastric juices are secreted, which only erode empty stomach.

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Recommendations for nutrition

2009-11-10T13:12:00.000-08:00

In the first place, food must be diverse; on the menu there must be natural products: milk, kefir or sour milk, cottage cheese, eggs, vegetables, fruits and natural juices. Total food intake, together with the liquid, should not exceed three kilograms. Daily you should drink around liter of liquids, including tea, coffee, milk, soup and juices.
It is desirable to take food four to five times a day, if possible, at the same time. Food should be neither too hot nor too cold. Raw vegetables, which mechanically provoke gastric mucous membrane, should be avoided.

Information of Gastritis

2009-11-10T13:03:00.000-08:00

Slight bleeding due to damage to the mucous membrane in acute gastritis is noted as changing of color of stool to black. Bleeding more, when it comes to vomit blood and fall of pressure are less common. The treatment is applied with blockers of gastric acid secretion.
Chronic gastritis is the most usual disease of the stomach. Mainly occurs in adults and the elderly. Most patients have almost no symptoms, whereas in others appear nausea, loss of appetite, pain, the feeling of heaviness in the upper abdomen, vomiting and anemia, which is recognized by putting a lot of effort in doing small things. Sometimes these symptoms are followed by weight loss.
Behind the general name chronic gastritis are hidden many varieties of this disease. However, the simplest division is into those which are caused by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori, and others.
How chronic gastritis is premalignant (suitable soil for the development of cancer), because Helicobacter pylori is confirmed as a factor in the creation of cancer, in the final stages of the disease there can be observed signs of development of malignant tumors, such as noticeable weight loss, permanent pain in specific area, nausea, vomiting.
In long-term treatment of chronic gastritis it is most important to protect the stomach lining with medication or changing lifestyle and diet. If in the patient is proved to have Helicobacter pylori infection, medication to reduce gastric acid secretion and various antibiotics are applied.
Stop smoking is a condition without which the treatment of chronic gastritis is almost useless. In addition, a special diet for people suffering from gastritis is recommended.

Gastritis - a fire in the stomach

2009-11-10T12:53:00.000-08:00

Gastritis is inflammatory disease of the stomach and one of the most common diseases of organs for digestion. It occurs when there is damage of the protective lining of the interior of the stomach.
Gastritis may be acute or chronic.

Acute occurs suddenly, it is accompanied by nausea and burning sensation in the stomach while chronic gastritis develops gradually and is characterized by dull pain, feeling bloated and losing appetite after the first few mouthfuls of food.
Acute gastritis usually occurs in people who suddenly take large amounts of food and alcoholic drinks, starts suddenly and lasts for several days. Symptoms range from decreased appetite (the patient feels revulsion towards food), feeling of discomfort and heartburn to nausea and vomiting.

What medications can help with gastritis?

2009-11-10T12:39:00.000-08:00

Gastritis Help!

Today, a combination of aluminum and magnesium compounds is in use (Gastal, Rupurut) and a combination of calcium and magnesium compounds (Rennie) that operate on the same principle.

Antibiotics used belong to different groups that differ according to mode of action:
- Amoxicillin, which is actually semi-synthetic penicillin, works by stopping the synthesis of cell wall of bacteria (like all penicillin), the most common side effects are hypersensitivity reactions (be careful if there is hypersensitivity to cefalosporine). At it is important to stress that it reduces the effect of oral contraceptives and with caution is given when there is poor kidney function, pseudo membrane colitis;

- Clarithromycin belongs to a group of macrolides (with azithromycin ) and it works by breaking the synthesis of bacteria protein, which causes her death. Can increase the toxicity of other drugs such as anticoagulant, cyclosporine, digoxina, omeprazole, carbamazepine

- Tetracyclines also inhibit synthesis of bacteria protein, and should not be given at oversensitive and expressed liver damage, and is not recommended, nor given to children. With caution is given with the anticoagulant, it reduces the effect of contraceptives, and its effectiveness decreases with the simultaneous providing of antacids containing aluminum, calcium, magnesium, iron.

- Metronidazole acts on bacteria in such way that they are converted to polar compounds that lead to the disintegration of the DNA of causative agent, and operates on many anaerobic bacteria (which do not require oxygen for survival and reproduction). During the application you should watch liver, leukocytes (may be slightly lower) and eventual development of peripheral neuropathy. It should not be taken with alcohol.

At the end, it is important to note that patients with proven H. pylori eradication should be proved, 4 weeks after starting of treatment, and the best way are some of the non-invasive tests as ureaza breath test or confirmation of antigen in the stool, of course with possible control endoscopy.

As for the prognosis, it is connected to the cause of the disease. Given that chronic gastritis may be asymptomatic, an individual development of infection with H. pylori is enough. Of course after eradication you may notice changes in the gastric mucosa as regression of inflammation. An atrophic gastritis, however, follows poor recovery of the mucous membrane.

The most important question of treatment is does the eradication of bacteria reduce the risk of cancer which is the main goal of therapy.

Drugs for chronic gastritis (3)

2009-11-10T12:36:00.000-08:00

H2 antagonists (histaminic) receptors that are still most often prescribed, act on the receptor for histamine in gastric mucosa cells and thus reduce the secretion of gastric acid and volume of the stomach. This group includes: cimetidine (Belomet), famotidine (Famosan, Ulfamid), ranitidine (Peptoran, Ranital)

Antacids are used primarily to relieve symptoms of heartburn, fullness after meals, pain and discomfort in epigastria. These are mainly alkali, such as Al-Na-dihidroksibikarbonat (Kompensan) who in contact with stomach acid form salts (aluminum chloride) and water and thus neutralize the acid.

Drugs for chronic gastritis (2)

2009-11-04T13:41:00.000-08:00

Today, most recommended is a combination of three drugs, combination of proton pump inhibitors with antibiotics. Percentage of healing with that therapy is greater than 85%. It is important not to apply antibiotic therapy if infection is not proven, and when applied effectiveness of therapy must be assessed. The second line is a combination of four drugs (with the failure of triple therapy).

The manner in which the medicines are used to treat gastritis:
Proton pump inhibitors - reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach by acting on the enzyme system (H + / K +-ATPazu) in the cell membrane of the stomach lining cells which then cease to secrete acid, and the effect of performance is very quick.
This category includes drugs like - omprazol (Ulzol, Ortanol) lanzoprazol (Lanzul), pantoprazole (Controloc)

Drugs for chronic gastritis (1)

2009-11-03T12:40:00.000-08:00

Drugs for chronic gastritis – how they actually work

Chronic gastritis indicates chronic inflammation of the lining of the stomach.

Diagnosis is made by pathohistological finding of a sample of the lining that was taken by gastroscopy. There are various causes but infection with H. pylori is the most common cause of chronic gastritis. The frequency of the infection with H. pylori (Helicobacter pylori) in the population ranges from 35% in developed to more than 90% in developing countries.
HP is the main cause of chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer, and definitely increases the risk of gastric cancer. Confirmed is the link between infection and MALT lymphoma.

Clinical picture of the infection includes pain in epigastria, a sense of fullness, nausea, vomiting and flatulence, a feeling of weakness and sometimes fever, further more pronounced weight loss with the development of complications such as ulcers, gastric adenocarcinoma and MALT lymphoma.
As for the treatment of chronic gastritis, it should be directed to the cause of the disease. The infection with H. pylori should not be healed easily or quickly, the studies have shown that there is a need for treatment with multiple drugs, including antibiotics bacteria is sensitive to: clarithromycin, amoxicillin, metronidazole, tetracyclines.

Basic rules to prevent gastritis

2009-10-25T13:00:00.000-07:00

Although the diet in chronic gastritis is individual, most patients should follow some basic rules. These are:
• Stop smoking
• Do not use the medication that irritates the mucous membrane of stomach (salicylates, non-steroidal drugs anti rheumatic)
• Watch the temperature of food (not too cold or too hot), eat slowly, and chew food well and everything else that belongs to the so-called healthy eating, which I described in a separate article.
Some kind of food and beverages should be minimized or completely abolished:
• Alcoholic drinks (especially hard liquor), foods that contain caffeine (coca-cola, coffee, chocolate), spicy and very spicy food (pepper, cayenne pepper, salt, garlic, chilli, red peppers ...)
• Bakery products made from white flour, or those that have been added nuts and dried fruits, white rice, seeds, crackers with a large percentage of fat and salt
• Vegetables that causes gases: broccoli, cabbage, onions, cauliflower, cucumber
• Vegetables prepared with the addition of large amounts of fat
• tomatoes and tomato products and citrus, grapefruit, oranges, pickles and pineapple, fig, currant
• Fatty and chocolate milk, butter, cream, fatty and spicy cheese
• Very spicy meat, sausages, fish, and all fried and fatty food
• Dry beans and peas prepared with the addition of large amounts of fat
• Cream soup, very spicy salad dressings, cream cakes
• chips, popcorn prepared with butter, chocolate cakes and pastries, chocolate, coconut

Chronic gastritis can be cured with medication and diet, and this can only succeed disciplined person.
Business people are well aware of how to manage goals, plans, organizes and executes plans for their organizations. Therefore expected to know their problems and solve this type.

What is chronic gastritis?

2009-10-18T09:15:00.000-07:00

Cause of chronic gastritis

Chronic gastritis is a consequence of prolonged irritation of gastric mucosa, with the same reasons that cause acute inflammation. This especially applies to alcoholic beverages, black coffee, aforementioned drugs. But very often the cause of the problem is a bacterium - Helicobacter pylori. There is also a degeneration of the stomach wall due to age and long-term irritation of the lining caused by returning of the bile in the stomach.

Most severe form is the atrophic chronic gastritis in which the surface layer of the lining is completely destroyed so a gastric acid and the internal factor are very little synthesized. Internal factor is the name for a substance that is necessarily required for the synthesis of vitamin B12. Lack of internal factors leads to a lack of vitamin B12 which is essential for the synthesis of red blood cells. The consequence of all this is the development of pernicious anemia, severe form of anemia.

Information about Acute Gastritis

2009-10-11T13:48:00.000-07:00

Acute Gastritis: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments and Causes

Occurs suddenly, lasts and goes away. With acute gastritis inflamed is (only) surface layer of the stomach wall. The causes of such gastritis are: more frequent consumption of hard liquor, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, some antibiotics, hard spices (pepper, cayenne pepper), black coffee, and stress, cold or hot foods and drinks. Treatment starts with relaxing a stomach for 1-2 days, which means not to eat, drink chilled chamomile tea. When the situation calms down allowed is mild food such as filtered non fat soup with rice, natural dense fruit juices, toast, rice pudding, skimmed milk, white meat from poultry (without skin), boiled egg. The transition to a normal diet is individual and depends mostly on the severity and duration time of gastritis.

What are the symptoms of gastritis ?

2009-10-11T13:41:00.000-07:00

The symptoms of gastritis are:

nausea, pressure and pain in the small upper abdomen, strong pain, vomiting (sometimes bloody), reduced appetite, a weakness.

We have already said - gastritis is an acute or chronic.

Who is not concerned with acute, risks his gastritis going into a lot difficult one-a chronic form.

Risk groups for gastritis

2009-10-11T13:35:00.000-07:00

Risk groups, as we would expect based on the above list of causes, include persons:

• Managers, journalists, hospital staff, etc.
• Family members with more disturbed relations.
• People older than 60 years (because of age, there is degeneration of the walls of the stomach)
• Smokers, alcoholics ...
• Persons under stronger treatment of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (anti rheumatic drugs, acetylsalicylic acid - aspirin, ibuprofen).

Most common cause of gastritis

2009-10-07T13:02:00.000-07:00

Gastritis has many causes:

• stomach irritation (drugs, alcohol, smoking, chronic vomiting for some reason).
• Stress (attacks many organs in the body including digestive system).
• Inappropriate food that causes increased secretion of gastric acid.

Although it occurs in people of all ages, even in pupils and students, men and women, people of all possible lifestyles, some groups experts mark riskier than others. If you find yourself among them, the closer you are to have problems.

Gastritis, a disease "everyone has"

2009-10-07T12:49:00.000-07:00

Gastritis, problem??

Gastritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach, acute or chronic. It is fairly common to a level that is popularly called a "minor health problem" ("Half my colleagues in the office have gastritis").
Why do people easily accept gastritis, is not known. From time to time they drink some Gastal, briefly avoid some types of food. Drop by drop, and a glass is spilled. After gastritis, if it gets worse, comes ulcer, ulcer turns to tumor.

Heartburn acid indigestion

2009-10-07T12:44:00.000-07:00

Causes of heartburn

Heartburn is quite often in people who have an unhealthy life and diet:
• Irregular meals,
• over eating food or taking it in the evening before bedtime,
• taking junk food and spicy food,
• work and life under pressure - stress.
Most of the above mentioned "sins" are related to the over active people, managers, entrepreneurs, specialists and some specific occupations. However, heartburn can occur as a frequent companion of duodenal ulcer or stomach ulcer, hijetalne hernia, reflux ezofagitisa. Increased risks have overweight individuals (obese) and pregnant women.

Heartburn chest pain - what is the cause of it

2009-10-07T12:03:00.000-07:00

Heartburn indigestion symptom

"Managerial syndrome" of employees can be heartburn, which is a common name for the state of irritation of the esophagus with stomach acid. Medical explanation of the cause of disease states that there has been a weakening of the lower sphincter of the stomach; a sphincter is something like a valve, valve between the esophagus and stomach. It opens the way to restore the stomach acid into the esophagus, which is not as well protected as the stomach.

Acid causes stinging sensation in the chest, just below the sternum, often spreading up to the mouth and we feel hot, bitter or salty liquid in the throat.

Managers’ disease (1) - GASTRIC PROBLEMS

2009-10-06T10:20:00.000-07:00

Assess the consequences of this strange and even awkward situation.
You are in the restaurant, where together with your boss you expect business partners. Waiter is in front of you:
Director: "Give us cheese and olives for an appetizer."
You (you are in the team of director): "Excuse me, I really should not because of my stomach, you know I have a problem, I'll take something light ... Do you have cottage cheese, pumpernickel bread, but without seeds, graham…"
Director: "For the main course we will have a good barbecue."
You: "Oh, I am sorry ... I will have light vegetable soup and if you have cooked meat or steak, with boiled vegetables”.
Feedback on the side: "If you had prevented it, you wouldn’t have to treat it!"

However, self-discipline in the treatment of gastritis and heartburn is very essential to cure digestive problems.
"Managerial" way of life, including partly unhealthy lifestyle, is found in every business man. As time flows, the risks rise. Among the first casualties is the digestive system, stomach and intestine. List of diseases is great: gastritis, heartburn and ulcers, and often malignant tumor (this is the most common order of problems).

How to treat gastritis?

2009-09-15T10:35:00.000-07:00

Treatment depends on the cause of gastritis. Medications that neutralize stomach acid (antacids) or other medications that reduce stomach acid secretion will usually drive away the symptoms and improve / weaken the illness. Drugs and means that can cause gastritis should not be used (alcohol, non-steroidal anti rheumatics, iron preparations, etc.)
On the market there are two groups of preparations for the reducing of gastric acidity: H2-antagonists (ranitidine, cimetidine, famotidine) and proton pump inhibitors (omeprazole, pantoprazole, lansoprazole).

Treatment of gastritis caused by H. pylori is a combination of antibiotics, blockers of acid secretion and gastric mucosa protective. Currently the most accurate is triple therapy with two antibiotics against H. pylori in combination with drugs that block the secretion of acid or with protective (azithromycin + amoxicillin + omeprazole). It relieves symptoms, kills its cause and prevents relapse (return of the disease).

Tests and diagnosis of gastritis

2009-09-14T10:02:00.000-07:00

Suspicion of gastritis can be found after the history and clinical examination being taken, as we have mentioned for many conditions and diseases. In mild cases additional treatment is not required.

To obtain a definitive diagnosis usually are recommend the following tests:

Laboratory findings (complete blood count, liver, kidney tests, blood sugar level, SE, iron)
test of Helicobacter pylori (proving ACUTE INFECT)
antibodies to H. pylori, proves you have been in contact with the bacteria but it is not present in the stomach at the time
Tests of occult blood in stools
Gastroscopy
Stomach X-ray examination

What are the causes of gastritis?

2009-09-14T09:59:00.000-07:00

Mucosa that covers the stomach protects it from acid which breaks down food. Factors that undermine homeostasis cause mucous membrane damage and inflammation which is called gastritis.
These factors are:
Bacterial infections. People infected with the bacteria Helicobacter pylori may have stomach pain, usually gastritis. About half of the world's population is infected with the bacteria but not all have problems. Why some have an inflammation or ulcer, and some not - it is not clear: many other factors influence it: stress, smoking, lifestyle, food, and genetics.

What do I need to know about gastritis?

2009-09-14T09:51:00.000-07:00

If symptoms last for longer than 7 days, be sure to consult a doctor and you must note if you are taking any medication for pain or osteoporosis. Drink and smoke?

With the fall, frequent are stomach problems: it is known that gastritis and ulcers in the stomach occur more in spring and autumn.
We often hear from friends, relatives: "I have gastritis. It is the stress."

We want to clarify what gastritis is, how it occurs, how is it treated and at the end: how to prevent it?
The word itself means inflammation of gastric mucosa and may result from infection with the bacteria Helicobacter pylori, using of anti inflammatory medication (type Voltaren, Aspirin, Ketonal, Brufen etc.), and certain traumatic injury which disturbs the homeostasis of gastric mucosa.

Gastritis can occur suddenly and then we talk about acute gastritis and can last for years, in which case it is a chronic gastritis.

What are the symptoms of gastritis and how to treat it?

2009-09-14T09:45:00.000-07:00

Gastritis Symptoms

Burning sensation in the upper part of stomach, vomiting, nausea, flatulence, belch ... are just some of the symptoms of gastritis. Gastritis is inflammation of gastric mucous membrane, which may, but also may not be the precursor of boil.
Rare are the people who occasionally are not suffering from gastritis. However, if you smoke, drink lots of coffee, eat spicy foods, drink alcohol, then you are surely in high-risk group.
Gastritis usually attacks the elderly, but this does not mean that young people will not have such problems. Apart from alcohol, smoking, spicy food, gastritis may be a result of taking certain medications, for example, aspirin and anti-rheumatics as a result of viral and bacterial infections.
If you suffer from gastritis, first of all, consider your lifestyle. If you are one of those who drink cups of coffee and smoke a few cigarettes early in the morning, then change your morning ritual, and certainly before the first sip put at least something in your mouth. Soda drinks and strong flavored foods are damage to you.

Recommendation: Eat a banana first thing in the morning.
When you have an attack of gastritis, you should stop eating for a while and then take light boiled foods, in small quantities. Avoid lemon, orange, grapefruit, and sour food.
Also be careful with larger quantities of dairy products (especially sour yogurt)! If a pain in the stomach continues to bother you, take antacid - a cure for the annulment of acidity.

If you are tormented by gastritis for a long time, it would be smart to contact the doctor, who will probably make X-rays and (I) gastroscopy, take a sample of tissue for biopsy to determine the exact cause of the illness.

Tips for self-help and nutrition in gastritis

2009-09-14T09:12:00.000-07:00

It is recommended the regular intake of daily meals - more often but smaller portions, skip the late evening meals and avoid stomach mucous membrane irritation by strong spices, or too high and low temperatures of food and beverages, aerated drinks. It is desirable to avoid food that is known to causes reflux (stomach acid restoration in the esophagus) and are as follows:

-tomato and tomato products
-citrus fruit (lemon, tangerine, orange, grapefruit) and citrus juices
-onion and garlic
-pepper, chili pepper
-cucumbers
-chocolate
-coffee, strong tea and products with caffeine
-Peppermint and products that contain it
-fried food, food rich in oils and fats
-spices (especially chili, pepper)
-vinegar

The diet should give priority to fruits (non-citrus) and vegetables, cereals and dairy products that fermented, avoiding large quantities of meat. Quit smoking, avoiding alcohol, and reduced use of anti-inflammatory drugs is necessary. It is advisable to remove the daily stress in the greater extent.

How to solve chronic gastritis?

2009-09-14T08:44:00.000-07:00

The word psychosomatic disease indicates that some psychological factors and influences may act on the physical condition and disease. For example, extended, long-term stressful state (state of tension, anticipation, discomfort, fear) can lead to physical symptoms, and even physical consequences. So it is well known that to some diseases to a significant affect may influence psychological factors. These are gastritis, elevated blood pressure (hypertension), thyroid diseases ...

Internists for several years now advise patients with these diseases to change the style of life, which includes change of diet, exercise, and psychological measures. In the first place, this means the removal of stress (when possible) and reducing the consequences of stress. One of the good removal techniques of removing the consequences is stress relaxation. Relaxation can be carried out through various hobbies (very good hobbies are those in which you move around - so at the same time you are working on physical activity, which was organized by a third person, so the time when you deal with it is already set, because if you set the time yourself, very often you will give priority to something else and forget about your hobby in which other people are participating).

Because of this - enter or engage in any activity that you think is interesting (a sports club, course in sewing, dancing and singing). Besides hobbies, there are specific techniques and methods of relaxation. These are the breathing exercises (abdominal breathing), exercise of progressive muscle relaxation, self-control. This exercises are easy to learn, and can be implemented almost in every place and any time of day.

Instead tablets flax seeds for gastritis!

2009-06-03T09:58:00.000-07:00

To ease the pain for gastritis various plants are in use, some protect the stomach mucosa and esophagus, some reduce stomach acidity, and some even operate anti-inflammatory. One group of plants contain plants mucosa that gently coats the stomach mucosa and thus protect it from the aggressive acid, but also from aggressive remedies like anti-inflammatory drugs or drugs that people most often independently are taking, without any medical supervision for different causes of pain (headache, rheumatic problems ...). The best known plant that contain a mucosa is-FLAX (Linum usitatissimum). When having gastritis, you do not take flax seeds without prior steeping in water! Due to less irritation, we suggest the use of grind up flax seeds, not whole grain.

Recipe is: take the 300-400 mL lukewarm water, put 4 tablespoons of grind up flax seeds in it, stir and leave it for one to two hours, of course, without a warm up (at room temperature). This quantity is the daily dose. Distribute it in 3 smaller doses in the following way: stir well the mixture of water and flax seeds that are releasing mucus, take about 1 dl of mixture and drink before breakfast, taking care of drinking everything, including flax seeds. Second dose (again after mixing) you drink before lunch, and a third at night. This plant is suitable for longer in taking. Its mucosa reduces chronic inflammations, and it is allowed to take it for a month or more days. Besides for gastritis, thus prepared flax seeds are helping with constipation (and in healthy people will not cause diarrhea), and with bowl movement.

How to prevent Gastritis?

2009-06-03T09:36:00.000-07:00

Watch the diet!. If you have digestive problems try to eat smaller meals more often and avoid food that causes problems, especially very spicy, sour and oily food. Avoid alcohol Stop smoking! (all bans, then what remains in life ???). It has been proved that smoking damages the stomach mucosa and increases acid secretion, which results in inflammation (gastritis) and can cause stomach cancer. In fact smoking is one of the most important factors in the making of stomach cancer. Avoid anti-inflammatory anti-rheumatics like Voltaren, Brufen, Ketonal. For pain, use paracetamol (Lekadol, Neofen).

It is usual to use paracetamol for fever ( as antipyretic ) but we forget his excellent analgesic effect without the undesirable effect on the stomach mucosa. Reduce stress in your life. How to do it? If you can not affect the environment, influence on yourself: learn to control stress! And it is much easier if you eat healthy, good food, exercise regulary, have enough sleep and rest, and learn to relax.