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| Definition: | A sudden inflammation of the lining of the stomach.
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| Alternative Names: | Acute gastritis
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| Causes, incidence, and risk factors: | Causes include medications, alcohol, ingestion of corrosive substances, extreme physiological stress, and infections. Acute gastritis is often associated with a severe, acute illness, or trauma. The risk factors are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use (NSAIDs), recent heavy alcohol use, or physiological stress such a major surgery, head trauma, renal failure, liver failure, respiratory failure.
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Review Date: 12/3/2001
Reviewed By: Andrew J. Muir, M.D. M.H.S., Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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