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Gastritis is the combination of two words, gastric and itis. Here, gastrium or gastric means the stomach and itis refer to the inflammation. Meaning to say, gastritis is the inflammation of stomach. More specifically, gastritis is nothing but the inflammation of the mucus lining of the stomach. Stomach is the first main digestive organ of the digestive track. It is the first hollow organ (oesophagus is the pipe and not hollow organ as big as stomach) where the food is brought. Stomach mixes certain secretions with the food and churns it. The chime is then moved forward. Any irritation present in the stomach will make its lining inflamed producing the condition called as gastritis. Gas and diarrhea may join gastritis depending upon the cause .
Causes of Gastritis are regular and long term usage of aspirin or anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen or naproxen. Excessive alcohol consumption and smoking, or Helicobacter Pylori(H.Pylori) bacteria infection in the stomach are the common causes too. Aspirin can be seen as a common drug as there are more than 300 drugs found to contain certain form of aspirin in it. Other less commonly causes of gastritis include consumption (eating or drinking) of corrosive substances that will damage the stomach lining e.g. acid, poison or lye. Bile reflux, pernicious anemia (or any other autoimmune disorders), prescription of steroids (e.g. prednisone), potassium supplements or iron tablets, infections like tuberculosis, syphilis, fungal infections, parasites and worms are some other causes too. Lye is an alkaline substance and it is corrosive, mainly used in the making of soap, production of biodiesel and other household uses. Bile reflux refers to bile backflow from bile tract into the stomach. After medical procedure like endoscopy, gastrectomy (removal of part of the stomach), radiation therapy or treatment for cancer (musositis), patients who had chronic vomiting, critically ill or injured after an accident, or having stress may develop gastritis. Too much stress will result in excess gastric acid secreted in our stomach and damage the protective layer of the stomach in long term. Endoscopy is a medical surgery that involves scoping the stomach with a physical small-lighted tube to check for serious medical conditions like stomach ulcers, polyps or in worse case, stomach cancer. In rare cases, swallowing of foreign objects like pins or paper clips may result in gastritis too .
Many people with gastritis experience no symptoms at all. However, upper central abdominal pain is the most common symptom is the pain may be dull, vague, burning, aching, gnawing, sore, or sharp. Pain is usually located in the upper central portion of the abdomen, but it may occur anywhere from the upper left portion of the abdomen around to the back. Besides that, it causes Nausea, Vomiting (if present, may be clear, green or yellow, blood-streaked, or completely bloody, depending on the severity of the stomach inflammation), Belching (if present, usually does not relieve the pain much), Bloating, feeling full only after a few bites of food, loss of appetite, unexplained weight loss.
Treatment usually involves taking drugs to reduce stomach acid and thereby help relieve symptoms and promote healing (Stomach acid irritates the inflamed tissue in the stomach). Antacids or other medications, such as Tagamet (to decrease or neutralize gastric acid in the stomach) or proton pump inhibitors such as Prilosec, will usually eliminate the symptoms and promote healing. Medications known to cause gastritis should be discontinued. Gastritis caused by pernicious anemia is treated with vitamin B12. Avoidance of certain foods, beverages, or medicines may also be recommended. Following a diet recommended for peptic ulcer sufferers may help. For recommended foods, and foods to avoid, you can follow these foods lists. If your gastritis is caused by an infection, that problem may be treated as well. For example, the doctor might prescribe antibiotics to clear up H. pylori infection. Once the underlying problem disappears, the gastritis usually does too. Talk to your doctor before stopping any medicine or starting any gastritis treatment on your own. For instance, if the gastritis is acute and likely caused by too much alcohol or NSAID use, the stoppage of these substances may eliminate the condition. If gastritis is chronic or is caused by the H. pylori bacteria, you may be given antibiotics, medications (prescription or over-the-counter) to block or reduce acid production, or antacids that neutralize stomach acid. In some cases, probiotics are recommended to help suppress the H. pylori infection. Probiotics are helpful if taking antibiotics to combat the H. pylori, because they help to replace the good bacteria being destroyed by the antibiotics .
Medications that block acid production and promote healing.Proton pump inhibitors reduce acid by blocking the action of the parts of cells that produce acid. These drugs include the prescription and over-the-counter medications omeprazole (Prilosec), lansoprazole (Prevacid), rabeprazole (Aciphex), esomeprazole (Nexium), dexlansoprazole (Dexilant) and pantoprazole (Protonix). Long-term use of proton pump inhibitors, particularly at high doses, may increase your risk of hip, wrist and spine fractures. Ask your doctor whether a calcium supplement may reduce this risk. Medications to reduce acid production. Acid blockers — also called histamine (H-2) blockers — reduce the amount of acid released into your digestive tract, which relieves gastritis pain and encourages healing. Available by prescription or over-the-counter, acid blockers include ranitidine (Zantac), famotidine (Pepcid), cimetidine (Tagamet) and nizatidine (Axid). Antacids that neutralize stomach acid. Your doctor may include an antacid in your drug regimen. Antacids neutralize existing stomach acid and can provide rapid pain relief. Side effects can include constipation or diarrhea, depending on the main ingredients. Amoxicillin is the most commonly prescribed antibiotic for the treatment of gastritis. H. Pylori infections respond quite well to this gastritis medicine. The patient is supposed to follow this antibiotic therapy for a period of 10-12 days to completely eradicate the bacterial infection. Clarithromycin is yet another antibiotic that can help to eliminate bacterial infections of the stomach. This oral gastritis prescription medicine is powerful enough to kill as well as stop the growth of H. Pylori. Stomach ulcers caused by H.pylori are also treated with clarithromycin.
The first true story is, More than 1,400 years ago Allah and His messenger Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), told us that honey can heal a variety of medicinal problems. Allah says in the Quran, "And the lord inspired the bee, saying: Take your habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect. Then, eat of all fruits and follow the ways of your Lord made easy (for you)'. There comes forth from their bellies a drink of varying colour wherein is healing for men. Verily in this is indeed a sign for people who think." The Prophet (S.A.W) has also told us of the healing found within honey for a variety of medical problems, including stomach ailments. One hadeeth, reported by Bukhari, states that a man came to the Prophet (S.A.W), because his brother had a stomach disorder. The Prophet said "Let him drink honey." The man returned a second time and again the Prophet (S.A.W), responded again, "Let him drink honey." The man returned again, and said "I have done that." The Prophet then responded, "Allah has said the truth, but your brother's stomach has told a lie. Let him drink honey." He drank it and was cured. Tirmithi, Ibn Majah and Baihaqi also reported that the Prophet (S.A.W), said "Make use of the two remedies: honey and the Quran."
The second true story is by Connie; she expressed ‘I had surgery for stomach cancer in September and 1/2 of my stomach was removed. Also, after surgery I had 3 blood clots pass through my heart and also had MERSA. It was all very painful and scary; but, even though my oncologist jokes that they tried to kill me 3 times, he shakes his head and can only say I caught it in time while I was still healthy. I am now on Gleevic which is supposed to help with stomach tumors and Warfarin for my thick blood. I have had no bad affects from either. I originally went to the doctor because I was very tired and my blood tests showed that my red blood cells were disappearing fast. They did the gastro tests showing an ulcer and another mass. Even a scan could not identify what it was, therefore, the surgery. I can only believe that God has a reason for keeping me here. Today, at 67 I am retired but still work 12 hours a week at the college I am affiliated with and only once in a while feel tired. The doctor is amazed because I am eating just about everything’ It shows that Connie faced Gastritis and managed to cure it before the Gastritis spread in her stomach.
The third is about a 75 years old lady Mrs B. P. (Patient reference No. L7924) came with the complaint of burning pain in the abdomen since 18 months. She was diagnosed having chronic gastritis and duodenitis with superficial ulcerations in the stomach. She had no history of nausea, vomiting, bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract . Her burning pain was relieved to an extent by cold milk. She was on antacids which does not relieve her burning pain at all. Based on her totality and taking into account her illness, Sulphuric Acid 200 was prescribed to her. After about 6 months of regular treatment, patient reports of 75 to 80% relief in her burning pain. She can pass stools with much ease, without the use of laxatives. She has been off antacids since 2 months. She is more comfortable, her mood is more cheerful, is able to do her daily activities. This case illustrates to us that even obstinate cases of gastritis and duodenitis that do not respond to conventional treatment show excellent response to Homoeopathic treatment.
Based on Islamic perspective, according to the scholars of hadith, barley is very nutritious and provides energy for the body, besides this is also beneficial in pharyngitis and cough. It resolves the inflammation of the stomach (Gastritis), expels the toxins from the body and a good diuretic. It quenches the thirst. Barley water is a good remedy in kidney problem, to quench the thirst and provide the best nutrition for indisposed and weak persons. Preparation of Barley water is described by Ibn Al-Qayyim. According to him, barley with five times water should be boiled, till the contents become 3/4 and the colour of the mixture becomes milky. Meanwhile, according to Firdous Al-Hikmat the suspension prepared from one part of barley and fifteen part of water until after boiling this volume becomes 2/3rd of its basic solution, is beneficial for at least hundred diseases of the body.
The international scholars are by Barry Marshall which was born in Western Australia in 1951 and after graduating from medical school in Perth became a junior doctor in gastroenterology in the early 1980s. He wanted an interesting research project and came into contact with a colleague Robin Warren who as a pathologist had observed small curved bacteria in stomach biopsies taken from patients with acute gastritis. Neither knew the significance of these findings. Then, quite by accident, one of the patients whose stomach biopsy had contained the unidentified bacteria reported that following a course of antibiotics for a chest infection, his indigestion had improved. Barry Marshall promptly performed an endoscopy to inspect the stomach wall and found the bacteria had disappeared. Since the patients’ symptoms and the bacteria in the stomach had vanished after antibiotics, he drew the obvious conclusion that the organisms might have been the cause of those symptoms. This revelation sparked a flurry of excitement and activity. Over the next 12 weeks Dr Marshall performed gastroscopies on many more patients and found a high prevalence of bacterial infections in those with gastritis and in every single patient with peptic ulcer .
Besides Marshall, John Robin Warren is one of the international scholars. He received his MBBS degree from the University of Adelaide, having completed his high school education at St Peter's College, Adelaide. In 1967 he was admitted into the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and became a senior pathologist at the Royal Perth Hospital where he spent the majority of his career. At the University of Western Australia with his colleague Barry J. Marshall, Warren proved that the bacterium is the cause of stomach ulcers. Warren helped develop a convenient diagnostic test (14C-urea breath-test) for detecting H. pylori in ulcer patients. In 2005, Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
In my perspective, Gastritis needs to have an early cure so that the infection does not spread more widely in the stomach. The longer it stays the pain it gets. That is based on my perspective. Besides that, people need to get a self-precaution in term of anything. It is better to take precaution to avoid Gastritis. Nowadays, people are lucky because of there are medicine that can cure Gastritis. Even though it is good for us people but still, people should alert with this kind of disease. Gastritis literally means inflammation of the stomach. This term may refer to acute gastritis or chronic gastritis, two very different disease entities.
In conclusion, in patients with atrophic gastritis, the only histological evaluation of Helicobacter-like organisms colonization in gastric biopsy specimens, appeared to underestimate the true prevalence of current HP infection and the importance of the bacterium in the pathogenesis and progression of such disease. Since HP infection is often associated with an increase of proliferative index, the eradication of HP could induce a musical protective effect against the other carcinogen factors, although it is extremely unlikely that it can promote the regeneration of a normal gastric mucosa. Gastritis is one of the most common health conditions. It occurs when the stomach lining becomes inflamed and swollen. Gastritis can be brief and sudden (acute gastritis) or linger for months or years (chronic gastritis). Gastritis can have multiple causes and treatment depends on the exact cause. A common condition, it accounts for approximately 1.8-2.1 million visits to doctors’ offices such year. Gastritis has several causes and treatment depends on figuring out what caused it in the first place. Treatment depends on removing those stresses to the stomach lining, which may involve lifestyle changes. A number of traditional and natural medications target its symptoms and causes.
As we all know, that every disease is common in every people’s life. Gastritis is one of them. Allah is sovereign over all His creation. He controls all that happens in the world; nothing happens apart from His wish and determining. “If Allah touch thee with affliction, none can remove it but He: if He touch thee with happiness, He hath power over all things.” Anything cannot be completed without the permission from Allah S.W.T The Almighty.
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