What happens to stomach lining in Acid Peptic Disease?
An imbalance between protectors and aggressors, results in breakdown of the barriers, and the acid with pepsin starts digesting the stomach lining. In the first stage it is just a mild inflammation with redness and swelling of the lining which is called acute gastritis. Short term stresses like a very intense examination anxiety or an acute illness like accidental burns, are known to cause acute gastritis which gets completely cured once the stress situation is over. When such insults happen repeatedly gastritis recurs again and again, lasts longer and longer leading to chronic gastritis. The inflammation which was superficial and generalised starts becoming localized to one small area and penetrates deeper and deeper called peptic ulcer. (Stage II of psychosomatic illness). Due to many wonder drugs that may work by creating a protective coating or prevent acid production and kill H-pylori, these ulcers can completely heal up, only to recur because of the same imbalance produced by you
