The difference between gastric insufficiency and gastritis is that they have different causes, symptoms and treatments.
1. Causes: The causes of gastritis are HP (Helicobacter pylori) infection, duodenal-gastric reflux, medications and so on. The causes of gastric insufficiency are mental factors, bad habits, gastric secretion dysfunction and so on.
2. Symptoms: Gastritis is often characterized by clinical symptoms such as discomfort in the upper and middle abdomen, fullness, dull pain, burning pain and loss of appetite. The main symptoms of gastric insufficiency include postprandial fullness, early satiety, mid-upper abdominal distension, belching and so on. Sometimes gastric insufficiency can also be a symptom of gastritis.
3. Treatment: The treatment of gastritis is the use of acid-suppressing drugs such as omeprazole, lansoprazole, pantoprazole, etc. to inhibit gastric acid, inhibit the role of HP antibiotics such as amoxicillin, metronidazole, etc., gastric mucous membrane protector bismuth potassium citrate, bismuth pectin, etc.. Gastric insufficiency is often treated by using gastrointestinal stimulants such as domperidone, mosapride and itopride.
Although the symptoms and treatments of gastric insufficiency and gastritis are different, gastric insufficiency can lead to prolonged retention of food in the stomach, increased secretion of gastric acid and the formation of gastritis. Gastritis can lead to worsening of symptoms of gastric insufficiency.
If you have any symptoms, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible, and the doctor will formulate an individualized diagnosis and treatment plan according to your specific condition, so as not to delay your condition.