Gastritis risk factors
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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
Risk factors vary depending on the subtype of gastritis, but notable risk factors include infection with H. pylori and its associated epidemiology.
Risk Factors
- Risk factors for Gastritis include:
- Consuming excessive amounts of alcohol (acute gastritis)
- Cigarette smoking
- Consuming excessive amounts of caffeine or acidic beverages
- Taking medications such as aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- Cocaine addiction
- Stress resulting in excessive gastric acid secretion
- Bacterial infection such as Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)
- Food poisoning (bacterial gastroenteritis)
- Autoimmune gastritis predisposing to vitamin B-12 deficiency and other autoimmune disorders such as Hashimoto’s disease and type 1 diabetes
- Stress as a result of major surgery or trauma or other illness
- Traumatic injury, burns, or severe infections
- Bile reflux
- Low fiber diet
- Relying mostly on processed food as the primary source
- Pernicious anemia
- In elderly people the stomach lining thins as the age progresses making them more prone to H. pylori infections or autoimmune disorders
- HIV/AIDS