Urease breath test

COMMON CAUSES OF GASTRITIS

ACUTE (OFTEN EROSIVE AND HEAMORRAGIC)

C

•ASPIRIN, NSAIDS

•H.PYLORI (INITIAL INFECTION)

•ALCLHOL

•DRURS

•SEVERE PHYCHOLOGICAL STRESS

•BILE REFLUX

•VIRAL INECTIONS (CMV, HERPES SIMPLEX)

CHRONIC NON-SPESIFIC GASTRITIS

•H.PYLORI INFECTION

•AUTOIMMUNE (PERNICIOUS ANAEMIA)

•POST-GASTRECTOMY

COMMON CAUSES OF GASTRITIS

CHRONIC SPECIFIC FORMS (RARE)

•INFECTIONS (CMV, TBS)

•GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES (CRON’S DISEASE)

•SYSTEMIC DISEASE (SARCOIDOSIS)

•IDIOPATHIC, e.g. GRANULOMATOUS GASTRITIS

Endoscopic findings in gastritis

Gastritis type B

Gastritis type A

ZES - Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome