A Current Clinical Overview of Atrophic Gastritis

Chronic atrophic gastritis(CAG), as a subtype of chronic gastritis, refers to the loss of gastric gland function in the inflammatory background caused by Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) infection or autoimmune factors, with or without intestinal metaplasia(IM) , and is a precancerous disease. The main clinical manifestations of CAG are upper abdominal distension, early satiety, belching, decreased appetite, and irregular dull pain in the upper abdomen. As a clinically common and refractory disease, CAG can go on a long time. Traditional Chinese and western medicine in CAG are cut both ways, and this article provides a detailed description of the research progress on CAG to and provide some reference for clinic.