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It is | It is important to reviews a patient's history regarding medications, alcohol intake, smoking, and other risk factors that may be associated with gastritis. | ||
==Symptoms== | ==Symptoms== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aravind Reddy Kothagadi M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Symptoms of gastritis may be silent or manifest as abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, and/or gastrointestinal bleeding.
History
It is important to reviews a patient's history regarding medications, alcohol intake, smoking, and other risk factors that may be associated with gastritis.
Symptoms
- Individuals with gastritis experience abdominal pain and gastric disturbances.
- The following symptoms may result from gastritis or the underlying cause:
- Upper abdominal pain or discomfort
- Dyspepsia (indigestion)
- Nausea
- Vomiting of blood or dark brown/coffee-ground like vomitus
- Bloating sensation in the upper abdomen
- Heartburn
- Loss of appetite
- Melena {Dark stools)
- Gastric hemorrhage
- Belching
- Fever
- Lethargy