THE ASSOCIATION OF ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS INCHRONIC GASTRITIS

摘要

CHRONIC GASTRITIS IS UNDERRATED AROUND THE WORLD, EVEN THOUGH IT’S COMPLICATIONS MAYBE LIFE THREATENING. WITH TIME, THE AGGRESSIVE INFLAMATION OF STOMACH MUCOSA IN LONGTERM GASTRITIS CAUSES ATHROPHIC GASTRITIS WITH ACID-FREE STOMACH WHICH IS ONE OF THEHIGHEST RISK FACTOR FOR GASTRIC CANCER. OTHER COMPLICATIONS OF CHRONIC GASTRITIS AREPEPTIC ULCER, BLEEDING ULCER, ANEMIA, FAILURES IN ABSORBTION OF VITAMIN B12 OR NUTRIENTS(IRON, CALCIUM,OR MAGNESIUM).HELICOBACTER PYLORI - FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1982- IS WELL KNOWN AS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OFCHRONIC GASTRITIS WORLDWIDE.