IDENTIFICATION OF RISK FACTORS FOR GASTRITIS -A COMMUNITY SURVEY
Assistant professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sri Padmavathi School of Pharmacy, Tirupati , Andhra Pradesh, India
B Chandralekha
Bachelor of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sri Padmavathi School of Pharmacy, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
Syed Farzana
Bachelor of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sri Padmavathi School of Pharmacy, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
V Shirisha
Bachelor of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sri Padmavathi School of Pharmacy, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
T Madhusree
Bachelor of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sri Padmavathi School of Pharmacy, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
J Bargavi
Bachelor of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sri Padmavathi School of Pharmacy, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
P B Pravalika sowmya
Bachelor of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Sri Padmavathi School of Pharmacy, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
In between the oesophagus and the small intestine, there is a dilated portion of the alimentarycanal called the stomach. The sac is made of muscles. It's in a J form. It takes up most of the epigastric region of the left upper quadrant and much of the space between the ribs. In between the T10 and L3 vertebrae is where the stomach is. Gastritis is a common community problem, The term ?gastritis? derived from the Greek words gaster gastros and defines every phlogistic process affecting the stomach, confirmed by histological evaluation. it is an inflammation to the mucous membrane lining in the stomach leads to dysfunction in the function and the appearance of various symptoms of the disease. In the most severe cases, there may be erosion, ulceration or bleeding or rarely a statistically significant blood loss and lasts for long periods unless the causes of the inflammation are treated successfully and the disease becomes chronic gastritis. The present study aimed to identify the risk factors for gastritis through an community survey. In our study many of the gastritis infection patients belongs to the age >50 years (27.3%) followed by 41-50 years (33.3%), followed by 31-40 years (21.6%) followed by 21-30 years (17.6%) patients respectively. Our community survey includes demographic details like age distribution, gender distribution and social habits like alcoholic, smoking, beetle chewing and co- morbidities like hypertension, diabetes, anemia, tuberculosis. And symptoms like heart burn, regurgitation, bloating, abdominal discomfort, constipation, and life style habits like junk food consumption, physical exercise, water consumption, usage of NSAIDS, skipping of meals, sleeping patterns, abdominal fat, intake of high sugars and spices, stress. The most challenging risk factor for gastritis was found to be stress and it can be reduced only through some sort of therapy that includes yoga, meditation and music therapy. Stress can only be reduced but not modified completely. On the whole, government should take measures to reduce the patients number by implementing awareness campaigns to urban areas about the role of physical activity, and stress levels that are contributing to the deterioration of patients health
12 , 1 , 2022
16 - 21
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