Gastritis – inflammations of the stomach lining (gastritis) are known in everyday language as stomach inflammation.
Gastritis can be acute (food infection/food poisoning, damage caused by acids or alkalis, drug-induced stomach damage [non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs], damage caused by radiation or heat, viral infection/herpes zoster, fungal infection [candidiasis]) or chronic (chronic active gastritis [associated with Helicobacter infection], a chronic form with atrophy of the lining [autoimmune or caused by Helicobacter pylori infection]).
Special stomach-disorders include chronic erosive gastropathies (Helicobacter-dependent and -independent types, the type caused by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), exudative gastropathy (Ménétrier's) and portal hypertensive gastropathy (seen mainly in alcoholics).
The main complaints may be cramping or dull pain in the stomach-area, indigestion, bloating, nausea and vomiting.
