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Definición:
La gastritis ocurre cuando el revestimiento del estómago resulta hinchado o inflamado.
La gastritis puede durar sólo por un corto tiempo (gastritis aguda) o perdurar durante meses o años (gastritis crónica).
Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:
Las causas más comunes de gastritis son:
- Ciertos medicamentos como ácido acetilsalicílico (aspirin), ibuprofeno o naproxeno, cuando se toman por mucho tiempo.
- Tomar demasiado alcohol.
- Infección del estómago con una bacteria llamada Helicobacter pylori.
Las causas menos comunes son:
- Trastornos autoinmunitarios (como anemia perniciosa).
- Reflujo de bilis hacia el estómago (reflujo biliar).
- Consumo de cocaína.
- Ingerir o beber sustancias corrosivas o cáusticas (como venenos).
- Estrés extremo.
- Infección viral, como citomegalovirus y el virus del herpes simple, especialmente en personas con un sistema inmunitario débil.
Un traumatismo o una enfermedad repentina y grave, como una cirugía mayor, insuficiencia renal o el hecho de estar con un respirador pueden causar gastritis.
- Reviewed last on: 1/31/2011
- David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; George F Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Referencias
Kuipers, E. Acid peptic disease. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D. Cecil Textbook of Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 141.
Lee EL, Feldman M. Gastritis and gastropathies. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2010:chap 51.
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