What are the symptoms of gastritis?

Gastritis is a common gastrointestinal disease. People of all ages should pay more attention to prevention. A common symptom of gastritis is a dull pain in the stomach area, and some patients also have symptoms of nausea and vomiting.

1. Patients with acute gastritis often develop the disease suddenly. Patients may feel a dull pain in the upper abdomen, where the stomach is, or simply discomfort, such as a bloated feeling. There may be symptoms of nausea and vomiting.

2. Some patients with acute gastritis may have tarry stools, clinically known as black stools, or blood in the vomit, which indicates symptoms of gastrointestinal bleeding and a considerable amount of bleeding, and they should be sent to the hospital immediately.

3. The symptoms of patients with chronic gastritis vary. They may not feel any discomfort at all, or they may only experience indigestion, nausea and vomiting, dull stomach pain, etc.

4. The symptoms are regular and rhythmic, that is, the pain occurs after eating, and the pain is relieved when the food is digested. But the process repeats itself after the next meal.

5. Patients may experience indigestion, loss of appetite, dull pain or swelling in the upper abdomen, etc.

6. Like acute gastritis, severe attacks of gastric ulcers may also cause symptoms of gastrointestinal bleeding, such as vomiting blood or black stools.

7. If severe pain occurs suddenly and the abdominal muscles are abnormally tense, it hurts when pressed, and the pain worsens the moment you release your hands, then you should be alert to the possibility of gastric ulcer perforation causing acute abdomen, and you must be rushed to the hospital for treatment immediately.