Gastritis is inflammation of the gastric mucosa of the stomach. Depending on the cause, gastritis may persist acutely or chronically and may coincide with more serious conditions such as atrophy of the stomach.

Causes of Gastritis

The following are known causes and factors related to gastritis:

  • Bacterial infection (most often by Helicobacter pylori and other Helicobacter spp.)
  • Fungal infection (most often in people with immunodeficiency)
  • Parasitic infection (most often by Anisakis spp. from poorly cooked seafood)
  • Bile reflux
  • NSAIDs
  • Cigarette smoke
  • Autoimmune disorders
  • Excessive alcohol consumption
  • Excessive caffeine consumption
  • Certain allergens
  • Certain types of radiation
  • Steroid treatments for other conditions
  • Stomach injury
  • Stress
  • Eating Disorders, such as Bulimia

Symptoms of Gastritis

The following symptoms can be a result of gastritis or can be related to the underlying cause:

  • Upper abdominal pain or discomfort
  • Gastric hemorrhage
  • Hyperchlorhydria
  • Appetite loss
  • Belching
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Fever
  • Lethargy

Diagnosis for Gastritis

In suspected cases, a doctor usually orders a barium meal test and gastroscopy to determine gastritis and related conditions such as peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. It is always important that the doctor reviews a patient’s history regarding medications, alcohol intake, smoking, and other factors that can be associated with gastritis. In some cases, the appearance of the stomach lining seen during gastroscopy and the results of the barium meal test are reliable in determining gastritis and the cause. However, the most reliable method for determining gastritis is doing a biopsy during gastroscopy and checking for histological characteristics of gastritis and infection. For Helicobacter infection (the most common cause), one can test non-invasively with a urea breath test, stool antigen test, or blood antibody test.

If diarrhea is present also, the correct diagnosis may not be gastritis but rather gastroenteritis.

Treatment of Gastritis

Treatment for gastritis usually consists of removing the irritant or the infection. In cases of infection, a doctor will most often prescribe antimicrobial drugs. Helicobacter infection typically responds well to the triple therapy protocol (consisting of two antibiotics, and a proton pump inhibitor). Regimens that work well include PCA or PCM triple therapy (PPI, Clarithromycin, Amoxicillin) or (PPI, Clarithromycin, Metronidazole). Quadruple therapy has a >90% success rate and includes PPIs, Bismuth subsalicylates, Metronidazole, and Tetracycline.

Homeopathy Treatment for Gastritis

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Homeopathy treats the person as a whole. It means that homeopathic treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition. The homeopathic medicines are selected after a full individualizing examination and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution, family history, presenting symptoms, underlying pathology, possible causative factors etc. A miasmatic tendency (predisposition/susceptibility) is also often taken into account for the treatment of chronic conditions. A homeopathy doctor tries to treat more than just the presenting symptoms. The focus is usually on what caused the disease condition? Why ‘this patient’ is sick ‘this way’. The disease diagnosis is important but in homeopathy, the cause of disease is not just probed to the level of bacteria and viruses. Other factors like mental, emotional and physical stress that could predispose a person to illness are also looked for. No a days, even modern medicine also considers a large number of diseases as psychosomatic. The correct homeopathy remedy tries to correct this disease predisposition. The focus is not on curing the disease but to cure the person who is sick, to restore the health. If a disease pathology is not very advanced, homeopathy remedies do give a hope for cure but even in incurable cases, the quality of life can be greatly improved with homeopathic medicines.

The homeopathic remedies (medicines) given below indicate the therapeutic affinity but this is not a complete and definite guide to the homeopathy treatment of this condition. The symptoms listed against each homeopathic remedy may not be directly related to this disease because in homeopathy general symptoms and constitutional indications are also taken into account for selecting a remedy. To study any of the following remedies in more detail, please visit the Materia Medica section at Hpathy.

None of these medicines should be taken without professional advice and guidance.

Homeopathy Remedies for Gastritis :

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