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- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
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Acute gastritis
Symptoms
Dark stools - Indigestion
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea
- Vomiting
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Vomiting blood or material that looks like coffee grounds
Signs and tests
Tests that may be done to diagnose acute gastritis include:
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Complete blood count (CBC, showsanemia ) Gastroscopy - Stool test for bleeding
Upper GI and small bowel x-ray series
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Gastritis Treatment
Review Date: 10/20/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of
Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San
Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
