What is the treatment and prevention of gastritis?

Stomach prevention helps prevent gastritis, ulcers and other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Preventive measures include eating a healthy diet, taking medications to prevent stomach diseases and using traditional medicine.

Such different gastritis and its symptoms

Gastritis is a group of diseases that are characterized by inflammatory and dystrophic changes in the gastric mucosa. The intensity and duration of the damaging factors influences whether the ongoing pathological process will be acute or chronic, leading to structural changes and progressive atrophy.

Very often, the chronic form of gastritis develops due to ignoring the first symptoms of the disease and, as a consequence, due to the lack of timely treatment. But with adequate treatment, acute gastritis goes away quickly enough and without any serious consequences or complications!

Among the most common symptoms of gastritis:

• feeling of heaviness in the stomach, fullness after eating;
• aching pain in the stomach; when examined by a doctor, pain in the anterior abdominal wall;
• frequent nausea, vomiting, heartburn;
• the appearance of an unpleasant taste in the mouth, most often sour;
• lack of appetite;
• belching;
• bloating, flatulence;
• weight loss.

Gastritis can also lead to weakness, tachycardia, tinnitus and dizziness.

The causes of gastritis are divided into external and internal.

Internal factors:

• infection of the gastrointestinal tract with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori;
• inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract, lungs;
• endocrine diseases;
• metabolic diseases;
• pulmonary and cardiovascular failure;
• kidney diseases;
• chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• autoimmune disorders.

It is worth noting that the mere presence of Helicobacter pylori bacteria in the body does not mean that you will certainly develop gastritis or any other gastrointestinal disease. If you have a strong immune defense, lead a healthy lifestyle and follow all doctor’s recommendations, you may never know from your own experience what gastritis is.

Prevention of stomach treatment

Which medications for stomach prophylaxis are useful and which are harmful? Doctors do not recommend the uncontrolled use of medications for preventive purposes. The basis of a healthy stomach is a person’s lifestyle, hygiene rules and the organization of proper and healthy nutrition.

General prevention of stomach diseases involves the use of the following herbs:

• Chamomile. The decoction should only be fresh - no more than 24 hours from the moment of brewing. You should consume ¼ cup. You need to drink the decoction once a day 1 hour before meals.
• Corn silk. The broth must also be fresh. It is recommended to take it warm at night.

Herbal infusions should not be consumed for longer than 7-10 days.

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Beware of treatment in unreliable fly-by-night clinics where there is no possibility of full diagnostics and treatment. Remember - symptomatic treatment of gastritis (elimination of pain without specifying the diagnosis) can lead to complications of the disease and degeneration into a chronic form! Whereas a timely visit to an experienced specialist in a clinic with a good reputation will help to quickly identify the main causes of the disease and select the optimal therapy.

Stomach prevention at home

Prevention of stomach disease can be done at home. It includes:

• fasting days - 1 or 2 times a week;
• taking substances to cleanse the stomach and cleanse the pancreas.

Ground bran is suitable for cleansing. They contain fiber, which is not digested, but swells. By drinking plenty of water while taking bran, you can quickly cleanse the stomach of waste and toxins. This allows you to tidy up the intestinal microflora and improve absorption. The course of such cleansing lasts 1 month, while the bran is taken in dry form, 2 tablespoons 30 minutes before meals, 3 times a day.

Prevention of stomach diseases also includes:

1. Regular consumption of water-based porridge without spices, salt and sugar.
2. Drinking freshly squeezed juices.
3. Eating boiled or steamed vegetables.
4. Strict limitation or complete exclusion of spicy, sour, smoked and highly salted foods, as well as fried and fatty foods.

To prevent severe gastrointestinal diseases and internal bleeding, it is extremely important to carefully monitor your condition. Preventing stomach disease will help you avoid pain and discomfort and live a full, healthy life.

The danger of self-medication of gastritis

Self-medication is one of the biggest mistakes people make when experiencing stomach discomfort. What can be used to relieve heaviness and pain in the gastrointestinal tract - herbal teas, decoctions, taking self-made antacids based on soda.

At best, traditional medicine recipes bring temporary relief followed by the development of relapses; at worst, the deterioration of the condition begins immediately, because even seemingly harmless herbal tea can have a lot of contraindications that cannot be taken into account without the knowledge of a gastroenterologist.

Don't risk your health! Contrary to the erroneous belief, self-medication is unsafe and not always cheap - after the development of complications due to inadequate self-therapy, treatment will take a long time and be expensive. Forget about uncontrolled use of painkillers, anti-inflammatory drugs and laxatives, they can become a threat not only to your health, but also to your life!

What to drink to prevent stomach problems?

Any disease of the stomach is accompanied by discomfort in the abdominal area, cramps and pains that prevent a person from living a full life. Ignoring such body signals can be fatal. Even the simplest gastritis should not be neglected, because it can develop into an ulcer at any moment. Particular attention should be paid to the prevention of gastric diseases:

• Fans of quick snacks and questionable diets.
• For smokers and alcohol drinkers.
• For those who refuse to eat fresh vegetables and fruits.
• People with weak immune systems, who often suffer from colds and take antibiotics.

It is important to know what to drink to prevent stomach problems in order to normalize the functioning of the digestive system.

Almagel for stomach prophylaxis

Almagel in the form of a suspension is used for severe forms:

• ulcers;
• gastritis of all forms, even during exacerbation;
• constipation;
• heartburn;
• severe pain;

When the medicine enters the stomach, it forms a film on the inner walls that protects the tissues and mucous membranes. By reacting with gastric juice, the drug neutralizes it, which reduces pain and relieves heartburn. This medicine for stomach prophylaxis can not be used regularly, but periodically. This applies to cases where a person is going to consume foods or medications that have an irritating effect. To avoid negative consequences, before taking the irritant substance, you should take Almagel in a dosage of 5 to 15 ml. The dose of the medicine is determined depending on the age of the person half an hour before meals. Almagel is approved for use by adolescents from the age of ten. Pregnant women are allowed to use it for no longer than 3 days in a row, and while breastfeeding a newborn, they should completely abandon this medicine.

Prevention of high stomach acidity - drugs

The main reason that leads to heartburn and gastritis in humans is increased stomach acidity. In order to avoid the development of the first signs and not to aggravate the disease, it is important to monitor your well-being. Prevention of stomach diseases first of all normalizes acidity. Diet and medications are used for this. Dietary food Eliminate for at least 1 month, or even six months;

• salty, spicy, bite-containing foods;
• alcohol;
• caffeine;
• carbonated drinks.

During the diet, normalize your diet:

• have a hearty breakfast;
• for lunch - low-fat soup;
• For dinner, cook stewed vegetables, boiled meat or food in a double boiler;
• Divide the daily nutritional intake into 4-5 meals;
• choose dairy products with a minimum fat content - from 0.01 to 3%;
• Exclude fresh vegetables and fruits from the diet during the diet.

Taking medications It is important to know what medications to take to prevent stomach problems so that they normalize the acidity level. These are drugs of the antacid and antisecretory group. Each of them neutralizes excess acid produced by the body.

Gastal

Available in packs of 30 and 60 tablets with 3 different flavors. Take 1 tablet 4 times a day 1 hour after meals. The duration of treatment should not exceed 14 days.

Gaviscon

Can be purchased in powder or suspension form. For prevention, take 10-20 mg of the drug no more than 4 times a day immediately after meals. This medication should not be used for more than 10 days in a row.

Maalox

Available as a suspension. Dosage and schedule of administration: 15 or 30 ml (1 or two sachets at a time) one and a half hours after meals. If heartburn occurs, take the drug immediately. Regular use should not exceed 1 month.

Rennie

Lozenges. It is allowed to take the drug up to 2-3 tablets per day after the appearance of heartburn or other forms of stomach discomfort. When taken daily, the course of treatment should not exceed 10 days.

Diagnosis of gastritis and treatment

Diagnosis of gastritis at MMC ON CLINIC takes place without pain and stress, as quickly and efficiently as possible. At the appointment, the gastroenterologist collects anamnesis, prescribes laboratory tests and gastroscopy - an endoscopic examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract using an endoscope.

In our clinic we use the most modern, thinnest endoscopes from the world's best manufacturers, so you should not be afraid of any discomfort. In combination with local anesthesia, the patient is guaranteed a quick examination and the absence of any unpleasant sensations.

To treat gastritis, drugs are used that normalize the acidity of gastric juice and restore the gastric mucosa. If Helicobacter pylori infection is confirmed, antibiotic therapy is also carried out.

The main prevention of gastritis is to maintain a healthy lifestyle, proper and regular nutrition, quitting smoking and alcohol abuse. And also - in choosing the right clinic, where experienced doctors work and where you can go if any alarming symptoms appear.

We are pleased to inform you that for primary patients at ON CLINIC there is a 20% discount on a full examination of the gastrointestinal tract. And this examination can be done in just one day!

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Prevention of gastric erosion

Erosion on the walls of the stomach is superficial tissue damage. We can say that this is a “milder” stage of the ulcer. Prevention of stomach diseases is necessary to prevent its development .

Control

Controloc will help prevent the development of erosion. It regulates the amount of hydrochloric acid that the stomach produces. The dosage of the drug and the schedule for its administration should be prescribed individually by a doctor. According to the instructions, the medicine is taken 30 minutes before meals, from 20 to 160 mg per day, divided into 2 doses. Prevention of gastric erosion is also carried out using traditional medicine. The following recipes are particularly effective:

1. An infusion of a mixture of herbs - celandine, yarrow, St. John's wort and chamomile. A teaspoon of crushed dried ingredients is poured into a liter of boiling water and left for at least 30 minutes and no more than 1 hour.
2. Propolis. Use in its pure form in a dosage of ½ teaspoon in the morning.
3. Sea buckthorn oil. It is taken orally, ½ or a whole teaspoon, half an hour before meals. The daily dose is 2 teaspoons and is divided into 2-3 doses.

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