What are the Risk Factors of Gastritis?
Gastritis is fairly common medical problem these days due to certain risk factors which are very common. Risk factor may be modifiable (such as alcohol abuse, infection in stomach, regular intake of pain reliever medication etc,) or non modifiable (such as old age). If you have any of the risk factors, you have a greater chance of gastritis in compare to individuals with no risk factors for gastritis.
The risk factors that can increase the risk of gastritis include bacterial infection (by Helicobacter pylori), regular intake of pain medication, excess alcohol consumption (alcohol abuse), stress, older age, reflux of bile to stomach, autoimmune disease, other medical conditions etc.
Categories: Diseases Tags: gastritis, Helicobacter pylori
Signs, symptoms and Causes of Gastritis
Gastritis is inflammation of mucosal lining of stomach. Gastritis can be acute (that occurs suddenly) or chronic (develop slowly over time) in nature. In majority of cases of gastritis the condition is generally not serious and improves with appropriate treatment. But some (although only few cases) cases may lead to development of ulcer in stomach as well as may result in stomach cancer. The most common cause of gastritis is chronic alcohol consumption.
Causes of gastritis:
There are some common causes of gastritis as well as some less common causes.
Categories: Diseases Tags: gastritis, Helicobacter pylori, NSAIDS
Categories: Diseases Tags: Helicobacter pylori, Salmonella
The Global Magnitude of the Problem of Cancer
Cancer afflict all the communities throughout the world. At present more than 11 million people are diagnosed with cancer and more than 7 million people die due to cancer every year, throughout the world. More than 30 million people are living with cancer at present. In term of incidence, the most common cancers are Lung cancer (12.3% of all cancer), breast cancer (10.4%) and colorectal cancer (9.4%). In terms of death from cancer the most common cancers is Lung cancer (17.8% of all deaths due to cancer).
For a disease, the relationship of incidence to mortality rate is an indication of prognosis. Similar incidence and mortality rate is indication of essentially fatal condition. That is why lung cancer accounts for most deaths from cancer (1.1 million) in the world annually, because its incidence and mortality rate is similar and it is invariably associated with poor prognosis. On the other hand for breast cancer appropriate management can be effective in avoiding fatal out come. That is why although it is second in term of incidence but in terms of mortality it is ranked 5th .
Categories: Cancer Tags: Helicobacter pylori, Lung cancer, Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)
