In reality, atrophic gastritis is not uncommon. According to the results of epidemiological investigation and analysis, about 20.6% of patients who underwent gastroscopy and gastric mucosa examination were found to have atrophic gastritis, so we should pay attention to it in daily life to prevent atrophic gastritis from developing into gastric cancer.
Second, how to prevent atrophic gastritis from developing into gastric cancer? 1. Helicobacter pylori (Hp) was detected and eradicated.
It is found that Hp infection is an important factor in the occurrence of atrophic gastritis and its development to intestinal metaplasia and canceration. A meta-analysis showed that the incidence of atrophic gastritis was significantly increased in Hp-positive patients. Therefore, when patients with atrophic gastritis are found, it is suggested to further carry out C 14 breath test to detect whether Hp infection exists at the same time. If the test result is positive, then it is necessary to carry out the standardized four-way Hp eradication therapy of lazole acid inhibitors combined with duplex antibacterial drugs and bismuth.
2. Pay attention to diet and living habits
The occurrence of atrophic gastritis, in addition to Hp infection, bad diet and living habits are another important inducement. Studies have found that smoking, long-term drinking, lack of intake of fresh vegetables and fruits, lack of trace elements, frequent consumption of moldy, pickled, smoked and fried foods, and salty diet will all increase the risk of atrophic gastritis and even increase the possibility of cancer. Therefore, we need to pay attention to correct these bad eating and living habits, and at the same time, we can eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and we can also supplement vitamins, folic acid and elemental selenium appropriately to help the recovery of gastric mucosal glands.
3. Chinese medicine conditioning
Because some patients with atrophic gastritis will have different degrees of dyspepsia, epigastric pain and other symptoms, and they can't tolerate taking western medicine for a long time, then they can take traditional Chinese medicine or Chinese patent medicine to recuperate, and they can nourish the stomach, strengthen the spleen, regulate qi and moderate it under the dialectical condition of Chinese medicine practitioners, so as to gradually restore the stomach to health.
Finally, I would like to remind you that most of the early atrophic gastritis does not have any symptoms, so it is difficult to be found in time. Although low-risk atrophic gastritis does not need routine monitoring, if there are anemia symptoms, we must pay attention to regular physical examination. If there is Helicobacter pylori infection, it is unnecessary to eradicate it, and gastroscopy should be performed if necessary, so as to find and treat it in time.