💊Daily Pill: What is Gastritis?
Symptoms, Causes, and Prevention
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💊 Gastritis
So in medicine we use the suffix -itis to indicate inflammation: appendicitis, pancreatitis, tendonitis, etc. Gastritis is the inflammation of the stomach lining, which can be acute (a new thing that just happened) or chronic ( a persistent problem that either keeps coming back or you just have it all the time). Gastritis can be caused by many factors including infections, long-term use of NSAIDs, excessive alcohol consumption, and stress among others.
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