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Gastritis - Treatment

Tratamiento:

El tratamiento depende de la causa específica. Algunas de las causas desaparecerán con el tiempo.

Usted posiblemente necesite dejar de tomar ácido acetilsalicílico (aspirin), ibuprofeno, naproxeno u otros medicamentos que puedan estar causando la gastritis, pero sólo después de hablar con su médico.

Puede emplear otros fármacos de venta libre y recetados que disminuyan la cantidad de ácido en el estómago, tales como:

Antiácidos.
Antagonistas H2: famotidina (Pepsid), cimetidina (Tagamet), ranitidina (Zantac) y nizatidina (Axid).
Inhibidores de la bomba de protones (IBP): omeprazol (Prilosec), esomeprazol (Nexium), iansoprazol (Prevacid), rabeprazol (AcipHex) y pantoprazol (Protonix).

Se pueden emplear antiácidos para tratar la gastritis crónica causada por infección con la bacteria Helicobacter pylori.

Expectativas (pronóstico):

El pronóstico depende de la causa, pero generalmente es bueno.

Complicaciones:

Las posibles complicaciones son hemorragia y aumento del riesgo de cáncer gástrico.

Situaciones que requieren asistencia médica:

Solicite una cita con el médico si presenta:

Dolor en la parte superior del vientre o el abdomen que no desaparece.
Heces negras o alquitranosas.
Vómito con sangre o material con aspecto de cuncho de café.

El sistema digestivo

Estómago y revestimiento del estómago

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.

Tomar antiácidos

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