STRESS-INDUCED GASTRITIS

Course overview

GASTRIC ACID PRODUCTION IS NECESSARY FOR THE BODY TO DIGEST FOOD AND BREAK DOWN NUTRITIONAL COMPONENTS INTO ABSORBABLE AMINO ACIDS, CARBOHYDRATES, AND FATS. MOST OF THE ACID IS PRODUCED WHEN GASTRIC PH STIMULATES THE RELEASE OF GASTROINTESTINAL USING THE RELEASE AND ACTIVATION OF VARIOUS DIGESTIVE ENZYMES. THE STOMACH IS A RELATIVELY ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT WITH A PH OF LESS THAN 4.0, WHICH CAN DROP TO 2.0 WITH PARIETAL CELLS. PARIETAL CELLS LIVE IN THE FUNDUS AND THE BODY OF THE STOMACH AND SECRETE HYDROGEN IONS. THIS ACTIVITY EXPLAINS WHEN THIS CONDITION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ON A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS, ARTICULATES HOW TO PROPERLY EVALUATE FOR THIS CONDITION, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.