Difference between erosive gastritis and gastric cancer

Gastritis is a general term for inflammation of the gastric mucosa. It is a common disease and can be divided into two categories: acute and chronic. Acute gastritis is common in two types: simple and erosive. The former is manifested by upper abdominal discomfort, pain, anorexia, nausea, and vomiting; the latter is mainly manifested by upper gastrointestinal bleeding, with vomiting blood and black stools. What are the differences between erosive gastritis and gastric cancer?

Chronic gastritis can usually be divided into superficial gastritis, atrophic gastritis and hypertrophic gastritis. The course of chronic gastritis is prolonged, and most of the time there are no obvious symptoms and signs. Generally, only symptoms of indigestion such as fullness after meals, heartburn, belching, irregular abdominal pain, etc. are seen. The diagnosis mainly depends on gastroscopy and gastric mucosal biopsy. This disease is common in adults, and many causes can irritate the stomach, such as improper diet, viral and bacterial infections, and drug stimulation. Gastritis is easy to correct and improve. As long as you get rid of some bad eating habits, actively improve your personal life rules and rhythms, pay attention to your diet, or take some medicines to treat gastritis, you will recover soon.
There is still a big difference between gastritis and gastric cancer, but the symptoms are generally easy to confuse, and they need to be distinguished with the help of gastroscopy or barium meal and other related examinations. More than 70% of early gastric cancers have no obvious symptoms. As the disease progresses, non-specific symptoms similar to gastritis or gastric ulcers may gradually appear, including upper abdominal distension or pain, heartburn, belching, nausea, occasional vomiting, loss of appetite, indigestion, black stools, etc.