Problem description: My grandma has experienced stomach acid reflux and pain these days. I went for a gastroscopy and found that it was gastric erosion. Is gastric erosion a gastric ulcer?
Question date:2020-10-07
Patient information:Age: 60 Gender: Female
Stomach erosion is not a gastric ulcer.
Stomach erosion refers to the erosion of the gastric mucosa, which is confined to the mucosa and submucosa. Gastric ulcer refers to the inflammatory ulcer defect reaching the mucosa, and the muscularis even exceeds the muscularis mucosa. After a patient with gastric erosion is diagnosed, if it is not treated in time, it may develop into a gastric ulcer, which is more serious than gastric erosion and may lead to cancer.
Patients with gastric erosion should take drugs to protect the gastric mucosa in a timely manner after their condition is diagnosed, and during the treatment of their condition, they should also perform appropriate aerobic exercises to enhance immunity and disease resistance.
Recommendations are for reference only. If the problem is serious, please go to the hospital for detailed inspection