Causes of chronic gastritis
Source: Diana Hysi
What are the causes of chronic gastritis?
Causes of chronic gastritis are:
- Nutritive factors include:
- Irregular eating (eating without following a regime), eating fast, without chewing properly (especially in cases with severe dental problems), icy beverages, extremely hot meals.
- Alcohol consumption
- The presence of Helicobacter pylori
- Smoking
- Certain medication such as:
- Usage of certain medication for a prolonged period of time, for example, salicylic acid based medication, cortisones, digitalic, antibiotics, NSAID drugs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs).
- Poisoning at the workplace:
- This is especially common for individuals working in the heavy industry (especially dangerous and worth mentioning would be the vapors produced in such workplaces).
- Fungal gastritis:
- Gastritis caused by certain fungi.
- Hypovitaminosis:
- Deficiency of vitamin B1, B2, PP, B12 and A.
- Disruptions of the metabolism:
- Uremia, gout, diabetes, large-scale burns, severe hepatic insufficiency etc.
- Allergic gastritis:
- It is hypothesized that the same effect that allergens have on the skin, they have on the lining of the stomach as well.
- Venous stasis (is a condition of slow blood flow in the veins):
- This may occur when suffering from congestive cardiac insufficiency, portal hypertension (spike of blood pressure in the portal vein) etc.
- Certain endocrine conditions:
- Acromegaly, Hashimoto thyroiditis, hypothyroidism, etc.
- Certain blood diseases:
- Pernicious anemia, etc.
- Psychological factors:
- Chronic stress, extreme emotion etc.
Chronic gastritis could also occur in idiopathic form (the cause cannot be determined).