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gastritisInflammation in the stomach. Acute gastritis, usually caused by ingesting something irritating or by infection, starts suddenly, with severe pain, vomiting, thirst, and diarrhea, and subsides rapidly. Treatment involves a short fast and then a bland diet, sedatives, and antispasmodics. Chemical gastritis, from ingestion of corrosive chemicals, requires emptying and washing out the stomach. Chronic gastritis has vague symptoms, including abdominal discomfort or pain, poor appetite, gas, and irregular bowel movements. Causes include prolonged use of aspirin or other irritating drugs, infection with Helicobacter pylori, and pernicious anemia. Treatment for chronic gastritis depends on the cause. gastritis inflammation of the lining of the stomach How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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We now know that most people with atrophic gastritis can absorb enough B-12 by taking 2. The population was compartmentalized according to three factors: age (child [4 years old], youth [5 to 14 years old], and adult [[is greater than or equal to] 15 years old]); infection state (uninfected and infected); and clinical state (normal stomach, antrum-predominant gastritis, corpus-predominant gastritis, DU, chronic atrophic gastritis [CAG], and GC) (Appendix). Atrophic gastritis has been noted occasionally in gastric corpus biopsies from patients treated long term with omeprazole. |
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