How to treat gastritis

Two centuries ago, it was considered that the causes of the inflammatory process in the gastric mucosa( gastritis) were malnutrition, the taking of certain medicines, the abuse of alcoholic beverages and smoking, stress.But in the second half of the last century, namely, in 1981, it was proved that there is one more reason for the development of the disease in question - Helicobacter pylori bacteria.It was this fact that made a real revolution in the choice of methods of treatment of gastritis.

Gastritis is divided into two forms - acute and chronic, each of which has its own symptoms, and features of the course, and methods of treatment.

Table of contents: How to treat acute gastritis How to treat chronic gastritis

How to treat acute gastritis

To understand which of the methods of treatment of acute gastritis will be really effective, it is necessary to know for what reason this inflammatory process can develop. The main causes of acute gastritis development are:

• infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
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• bacteria helicobacter pylori;
• continued use of medicines - in particular, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and glucocorticosteroids;
• intoxication of various origins - influenza, renal / hepatic insufficiency;
• ingestion of foreign body;
• food allergy.

Precisely because the cause of the development of acute gastritis can be various factors, before you start drug treatment or use as a therapy, unconventional methods, you must wash the stomach and intestines.The patient is given a large amount of water to drink, then irritates a small tongue( for example, a teaspoon) and the procedure is not finished until absolutely clean, without the presence of food fragments, vomit begins to flow away.If a person has a lowered threshold of the emetic reflex, then you can let him drink a solution of baking soda - usually it works.

A further treatment will depend on the patient's health status, the presence of pain syndrome and its intensity, the cause that triggered the development of gastritis in acute form. But there are general recommendations:

1. If the disease in question was triggered by an allergic reaction to any stimulus, the patient is prescribed antihistamines.Once the manifestations of hypersensitivity and / or individual intolerance to a substance disappear, the patient's condition stabilizes.But this does not exclude the use of special drugs that will stop the progression of the inflammatory process.
2. In the case of a strong manifestation of the pain syndrome, experts recommend not showing heroism, but using spasmolytics or anticholinergics.
3. If the doctors identify the infectious etiology of acute gastritis, it is advisable for the patient to take a course of taking antibacterial drugs and absorbents - for example, activated charcoal, kaolin and others.
4. The attack of acute gastritis can be suppressed and with the help of a warm warmer - it must be applied to the stomach, and in the first 2-3 days after the attack the patient must comply with bed rest.
5. Be sure to follow a diet.It is allowed to eat jelly, porridge such as "mash", slimy soup, broth from low-fat varieties of meat.But in the first days of the attack the patient should refuse to eat food - it is allowed to drink weak black tea and eat with dried wheat bread.

Note: if after all the measures taken the pain does not recede, the person feels worse, then it is necessary to call the doctor at home.In some severe cases, hospitalization of the patient in a medical institution is required.If the attack of acute gastritis occurred against the background of the use of aggressive substances( acid, alkali, etc.), then there can not be any outpatient treatment - the patient needs emergency medical care.

How to treat chronic gastritis

In the case of diagnosing the chronic form of the disease in question, the treatment process will be lengthy - you will need to get rid of the cause of the pathology and introduce it into a stable remission. The general recommendations for the treatment of chronic gastritis include:

1. Conducting therapy aimed at getting rid of the microbe Helicobacter pylori.Usually doctors prescribe a three-component scheme - it includes Omeprozol for 0.02 g, Clarithromycin for 0, 5 g and Amoxicillin for 1 g twice a day for 10 days.
2. In the absence of positive dynamics( after treatment, a pathogenic bacterium is detected in a laboratory study), doctors designate a four-component regimen 90 days after the end of the three-component treatment regimen - De-nol is added to the above-listed drugs 0.12 grams 4 times a day.

Please note: is by no means independent of deciding on the use of any medication - you need to get appointments from your doctor.The fact is that if the patient is diagnosed with an antacid gastritis, then all the above listed drugs automatically become a contraindication.

1. In the case of determining the acidity of gastric juice as normal or elevated during an exacerbation of chronic gastritis, the patient should undergo a course of taking medications that can reduce this figure.These include ranitidine, famotidine.
2. If a person with diagnosed chronic gastritis complains of occasional pain in the area of ​​anatomical location of the stomach and heartburn, then he is recommended to take Almagel, Atropine or Vicalin - previously they were actively used as the main therapeutic agents for the disease in question, they can now be consumedOnly a short time.
3. In case of detection of a reduced level of acidity of gastric juice, the patient is assigned penzital, abomin or enzyme - polyenzyme preparations.
4. Nausea and vomiting are extremely rare in the list of symptoms of chronic gastritis.But if these phenomena take place, the patient can remove the unpleasant sensations with the help of the drug cerucal.

Folk medicine for chronic gastritis

To select specific funds from the category "traditional medicine" you need to individually.Healers / doctors should take into account both the level of acidity of the gastric juice, and the general health of the patient, and the possibility of developing an allergic reaction to a plant.

As a rule, folk medicine makes the following recommendations:

• with increased acidity of gastric juice, you need to use potato juice - ½ cup three times a day;
• with antacid gastritis will help chaga - in the pharmacological industry Bifungin is produced, which contains extract of chaga;
• if the patient is disturbed by constipation, then in the herbal tea you need to add rhubarb, bark of buckthorn;
• in case of existing problems with appetite( it usually decreases during periods of exacerbation of chronic gastritis) it is necessary to drink decoctions of wormwood, yarrow or dandelion;
• it is absolutely necessary to use decoctions and / or infusions based on plants with a calming effect - valerian root, peppermint or lemon balm;
• will need representatives of the flora, which will have an accelerating effect in relation to the regenerative processes - calendula, licorice, plantain;
• in summer you need to drink ½ glass a day of blueberries and raspberries - this can be protected from the inevitable autumn exacerbation of chronic gastritis.

Collection of medicinal herbs with increased acidity of gastric juice

• for 1 part of lime flowers and leaves of peppermint;
• for 2 parts of licorice naked, fennel fruits, roots of ayr marsh;
• 3 pieces of flax seed.

Alternatively, the second part:

• 1 part of the aplicotation of alder gray;
• on 2 parts of calendula flowers and elecampane, valerian and licorice( roots);
• 3 pieces of althea( root).

Collection of medicinal herbs with reduced acidity of gastric juice

• for 1 part of the roots of dandelion ordinary and aura, calendula flowers and chamomile, herb peppermint and St. John's wort;
• 2 parts of plantain leaves.

Replace with the following composition:

• for 1 part of wormwood and celandine( grass) and fennel seeds;
• for 2 parts of dandelion root and calendula flowers;
• 4 parts of a mowing swine;
• for 7 parts of rose hips and oat seeds.

Many patients with a diagnosis of acute or chronic gastritis are interested in how harmful smoking becomes.Of course, everyone knows that smoking has a harmful effect on blood vessels, the work of the heart and the respiratory system, but do toxic substances reach the stomach mucosa?

Recent studies in this direction have shown that all toxic substances that are formed during the combustion of tobacco, together with saliva enter the stomach.There they negatively affect the inflamed mucosa, have a direct, direct, disastrous effect.In addition, when smoking blood vessels narrow, which leads to a violation of blood circulation directly in the hollow organ.So, the answer to the question about the possibility of continuing to smoke with a diagnosed gastritis will be extremely negative.

Of course, modern methods of treatment and new developed medicines help to cope with the symptoms of acute or chronic gastritis much quicker and easier.But the problem lies in the fact that immunity in the human body from pathogenic Helicobacter pylori is not produced - from recurrence of infection no one is immune.Therefore, doctors argue that only a radical change in lifestyle, rejection of bad habits and strict adherence to the recommendations and appointments of specialists can become a real chance for recovery.

Tsygankova Yana Aleksandrovna, medical reviewer, therapeutist of the highest qualification category.