GERD Gastritis

Risk
• Factors
Obesity (
• Absence of Hp Risk Factors
infection • NSAIDs (ibuprofen,
• 60-69 yrs old aspirin)
• Obesity (BMI ≥30) • Chemicals
• Hp infection

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Treatment & Options
• • (Ca(HCO3)2, NaHCO3,
Antacids Treatment Options
• 3, Mg(OH)2)
Al(OH) • Antacids
• Discontinuing injurious drugs
• • modifications
Lifestyle • Weight loss • Smaller meals & soft, bland diet
• • Avoid alcohol, • Avoiding alcohol and aspirin
• smoking, tight • Antibiotics
clothing • Vitamin B12
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• Clinical Manifestations
• Heartburn
• • Acid
• Abdominal
• regurgitation discomfort
Clinical Manifestations
• • Epigastric
• Typical
• tenderness
• Atypical
• • Dysphagia • Gastric bleeding
• • Chronic
• coughs
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