The usual symptoms of chronic enteritis and gastritis are stomach pain and bloating, especially after meals when the symptoms worsen, while fasting is more comfortable. Patients may feel a sense of fullness and discomfort despite having a small amount of food, often accompanied by belching, acid reflux, heartburn, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, indigestion, and other symptoms. Eating less and suffering from indigestion can lead to malnutrition, weight loss, anemia, and weakness. Severe cases may also experience a series of neurological symptoms such as nervous tension, irritability, insomnia, palpitations, and forgetfulness, which in turn worsen the condition of chronic gastritis, leading to a vicious cycle and ultimately making the condition complex and difficult to cure.
Through gastric acid analysis, patients with chronic superficial gastritis often show normal or slightly low gastric acid, while those with chronic atrophic gastritis have significantly lower gastric acid levels and symptoms of anemia. Generally, to diagnose whether it is superficial or atrophic gastritis, doctors will have patients undergo gastroscopy and gastric biopsy. Obtaining gastric biopsy tissue can be quite painful for patients, but this testing is mainly aimed at determining the presence of Helicobacter pylori infection.
Patients with chronic gastritis and enteritis should attach great importance to their dietary habits. In daily life, one should eat less and eat more, with a focus on soft foods. Avoid overeating and avoid eating spicy and stimulating foods. Avoid smoking and drinking alcohol, and drink less strong tea and coffee. Patients with low stomach acid and bile reflux should eat more high protein and low-fat foods such as lean meat, poultry, fish, and milk. Remember not to take drugs that are irritating to the stomach (such as sodium salicylate, diclofenac, prednisone, aspirin, etc.). A good mood plays an important role in relieving illness. We should maintain a happy mood and engage in appropriate exercise to enhance our immune function and disease resistance.
If medication is needed to treat chronic gastritis, it is usually caused by low stomach acid. Diluted hydrochloric acid and gastric protease can be given in moderation. But patients should not blindly take general medications, as it is highly likely that they will not achieve a specific treatment and may even cause irreversible damage to the stomach due to side effects. For people with poor gastrointestinal health, there is actually a very safe and simple method, which is to have a bag of probiotics in the morning and evening - Zangling Water Sugar. Zangling Water Sugar is purified from plants and specifically fed to the beneficial bacterial community in the body to inhibit and eliminate harmful bacteria, pathogenic bacteria, and chronic inflammatory substances. Periodic consumption of Zangling Water Sugar has a very good effect on repairing common gastrointestinal and digestive problems.