Заболевания в области желудочно-кишечного тракта occur quite often. One of the most common diagnoses is gastritis. In this case, it can occur not only in adults but also in children.
Let's talk about its most dangerous form - hemorrhagic gastritis. Also consider the symptoms and get acquainted with some methods of treatment and prevention of the disease.
Hemorrhagic (erosive) gastritis is a disease that is characterized by inflammation of the stomach walls and the appearance of erosions on them. This process is usually accompanied by bleeding.
To have at least a small understanding of what is hemorrhagic gastritis, - the photo below will be a good example. It shows the inside of the stomach with bruising.
Why does a disease such as hemorrhagic gastritis occur? The reasons may be the following:
Also a significant role can be played by the presence of predisposing factors, which include the presence of Crohn's disease, mechanical injury to the stomach and stress.
Hemorrhagic gastritis differs from the simple one in that it arises as a result of the influence of external factors and is in no way associated with the secretory activity of the stomach.
How does hemorrhagic gastritis usually manifest itself? Symptoms may be the following:
Can be observed as all the above phenomena,and part of them. The main symptoms that are present in each patient are darkening of feces, the appearance of pain and dyspeptic disorders. If a hemorrhage has occurred in the stomach (which happens very often), vomiting appears brown or red. This condition can cause anemia and decrease blood volume in the body. As a result, severe weakness and fainting may occur.
Diagnosis of hemorrhagic gastritis is carried out at the reception at the gastroenterologist. The whole process consists of several mandatory parts:
After that, the doctor is able to establish the correct diagnosis: gastritis (hemorrhagic) or any other stomach disease. Based on it, the necessary therapy is prescribed.
Gastritis (hemorrhagic) requires complextreatment. It can be carried out both in outpatient conditions and in the hospital. In this case, patients with gastrointestinal bleeding should be necessarily hospitalized and be under the constant supervision of doctors.
Prescribing medications is carried out individually in each case. This takes into account the nature of the course of the disease and its severity.
So, with the diagnosis of "hemorrhagic gastritis" treatment is carried out by the following pharmacological agents.
With increased acidity of the stomach to the patientantacids are prescribed, which include Ranitidine, Cimetidine, Gastrotsepin, Pantoprazole, Maalox, Gaviscon, Fosfalyugel and others.
For rapid healing and protection of the stomach from irritation, it is necessary to take astringent and enveloping preparations, such as “Sucralfat” or “Denol”, as well as mucus-forming agents: “Flocarbin”, “Liquiriton”.
If gastritis (hemorrhagic) was caused by bacteria, antibiotics are added to the main drugs.
When bleeding is held homostatictherapy. It provides for droppers with adrenaline and aminocaproic acid, as well as intramuscular and intravenous injections of "Vikasol", "Etamzilat" or "Ditsinona".
If medication does not bringresults and there are deteriorations in the patient’s condition, the decision is made to conduct a surgical operation. But this is done only in extreme cases, as there is a high probability of formation of bleeding and death.
One of the most important factors for successfully getting rid of the disease is nutrition optimization.
It is also necessary to comply with not only diet, but also diet. It provides meals in small portions up to 6 times a day.
In addition to diet and basic medicationtreatment, you can optionally use traditional methods of treatment. They consist in the use of vegetable oils (rosehip, carotene and sea buckthorn), as well as herbal extracts (plantain, yarrow, chamomile, flax seed, and St. John's wort).
All this will help to provide additional reparative and anti-inflammatory effect.
As you can see, a disease such as gastritis(hemorrhagic and its other types), is rather dangerous not only for health, but also for human life. Therefore, it is necessary to do everything possible to protect yourself from his appearance.
Prevention of hemorrhagic gastritis consists inredefining your lifestyle. It should include regular and proper nutrition, an established daily routine and timely supervision by doctors. In addition, it is important to give up alcohol and smoking, which causes great harm not only to the lungs, but also to the gastrointestinal tract.
If you suspect a disease, you must immediately contact a gastroenterologist. This will help to begin treatment at the initial stages and avoid possible complications.
Важно запомнить ещё и следующую информацию.Hemorrhagic gastritis is a disease that is compatible with life, as there are many ways to treat it. But it takes a lot of time, and even in the case of surgery, recurrences can occur. Therefore, it is better to save yourself from a possible problem by all means than to deal with its consequences.
Be healthy!
