How to treat chronic atrophic gastritis?
Chronic atrophic gastritis is a type of chronic gastritis characterized by atrophy and reduction in the number of gastric mucosal epithelium and glands, thinning of the gastric mucosa, and sometimes accompanied by intestinal metaplasia or atypical hyperplasia. It is also considered a characteristic feature of a group of chronic digestive system diseases. Clinical symptoms are nonspecific, and diagnosis is generally made through gastroscopy or pathological examination. Common symptoms include upper abdominal pain or bloating, belching, loss of appetite, and in some cases, weight loss or anemia.
The treatment methods for chronic atrophic gastritis are as follows:
1. Etiological Treatment: Eliminating the causative factors is the best policy for treating and preventing chronic atrophic gastritis. Patients with chronic atrophic gastritis should avoid mental stress, quit smoking, and moderately limit alcohol consumption. They should avoid taking stomach-irritating medications and actively treat infectious diseases such as chronic tonsillitis.
2. Dietary therapy: Patients with chronic atrophic gastritis should eat a light diet. They should limit their intake of fatty and meaty foods, allowing only small amounts to be consumed.
3. Drug treatment: Drug treatment for chronic atrophic gastritis has two directions: drugs that protect the gastric mucosa and drugs that eliminate factors that damage the gastric mucosa.
The following are some precautions to take in daily life if you have chronic atrophic gastritis:
1. Chew slowly to reduce the irritation of food on the gastric mucosa.
2. Maintain a regular eating schedule and avoid overeating and irregular eating habits.
3. Pay attention to food hygiene and prevent external microorganisms from harming the gastric mucosa.
4. Try to eat more refined, easily digestible foods that are rich in vitamins.
5. Eat less fatty, sweet, rich, greasy, and spicy foods, and drink less strong tea.
6. Drink two servings of milk every day.
7. Avoid eating pickled foods such as pickled vegetables, dried radish, salted fish, salted meat, salted duck eggs, and smoked foods.
8. Do not eat leftovers immediately, as leftovers contain high levels of nitrites, which are carcinogenic.
9. Avoid eating fried foods such as fried dough twists, fried dough sticks, and fried dough sticks.