What are the serious hazards of atrophic gastritis

Gastritis is a common disease in life, but there are many types of gastritis. Among them, atrophic gastritis is a relatively common one. It is also the stomach disease that has the greatest impact on people's lives. It can cause patients to have symptoms of constant abdominal pain, and it is very easy to have indigestion, affecting the absorption capacity of the stomach and intestines, etc. In order to let everyone have a clearer understanding of this stomach disease, let's take a look at the serious dangers of atrophic gastritis.

Atrophic gastritis is a relatively serious gastrointestinal disease, also called chronic atrophic gastritis. Patients will experience various symptoms related to the digestive system. In addition, the patient's gastric mucosa may also show various abnormalities, such as atrophy of the gastric mucosal epithelium and glands, reduced number, thickening of the gastric mucosal base, and thinning of the gastric mucosa. Atrophic gastritis is extremely harmful to us and may even induce gastric cancer.

Atrophic gastritis may induce many complications. If it is not treated promptly and effectively, the disease will worsen and induce many other diseases. Patients with severe conditions will experience severe pain and discomfort. The gastric mucosa of patients with atrophic gastritis will atrophy, blood vessels will be exposed, and they will often pass black stools. A few patients will even have symptoms of heavy bleeding, often accompanied by black eyes, sweating, palpitations, or even shock.

The development of gastric disease generally progresses from superficial gastritis to atrophic gastritis, then to intestinal metaplasia and finally to gastric cancer. In addition, the carcinoma of atrophic gastritis is closely related to gastric inflammatory hyperplasia. It can be seen that the harm of atrophic gastritis is quite large and must be taken seriously.

No matter how harmful the disease is, as long as we pay attention to it, prevent it in daily life, and pay attention to treatment when we are sick, we can stay away from it. So don’t worry too much and prevent it from affecting our physical and mental health. Therefore, the prevention of atrophic gastritis can start from every aspect of life. First, establish a good eating habit, then participate in appropriate exercise to improve resistance.