Is superficial gastritis serious?

Superficial gastritis will slowly cause damage to the health of the stomach if it is not treated and recuperated in time. Superficial gastritis can cause upper abdominal pain, bloating, and in severe cases, bleeding. In addition to routine treatment, diet and lifestyle care are also very important.

1. Upper abdominal pain

The most common symptom is epigastric pain, which occurs in most patients with chronic superficial gastritis. Most upper abdominal pain is irregular and has nothing to do with diet. The pain is generally diffuse upper abdominal burning pain, dull pain, bloating, etc. Symptoms are often aggravated by eating cold, hard, spicy or other irritating foods, and in a few cases are related to climate change.

2. Abdominal bloating

Patients with chronic superficial gastritis often have abdominal distension. It is often caused by food retention in the stomach, delayed emptying, and indigestion.

3. Belching

The patient has belching. It indicates that the gas in the stomach increases and is discharged through the esophagus, temporarily relieving the upper abdominal fullness.

4. Recurrent bleeding

It is a common symptom. The cause of bleeding is an acute inflammatory change of the gastric mucosa occurring on the basis of chronic superficial gastritis.

5. Others

Loss of appetite, acid reflux, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, constipation or diarrhea, etc.