Gastritis

[Raeanne Dimick]

Inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucuos
membrane.

[Couch Potatoe]

Gastritis is inflammation of the stomach lining.

• The inflammation can be caused by many factors, including infection, stress resulting from severe illness, injury, certain drugs, and disorders of the immune system.
• When symptoms of gastritis do occur, they include abdominal pain or discomfort and sometimes nausea or vomiting.
• Doctors often base the diagnosis on the person

[Tanya Shivari]

an illness in which the stomach walls become swollen and painful