How to distinguish chronic gastritis from acute gastritis

Chronic gastritis and acute gastritis can be distinguished by observing clinical symptoms, disease course and gastroscopy.

1. Clinical symptoms

Chronic gastritis mostly has mild symptoms, which are hidden, and can repeatedly appear symptoms such as abdominal discomfort, stomachache, stomach distension, etc., while acute gastritis mostly has severe symptoms,

which may be as long as several months or even years, while acute gastritis has a relatively short course, generally lasting 3~7 days.

3. Gastroscopy

Chronic gastritis Gastroscopy can find gastric mucosa congestion, edema, generally mild, while acute gastritis gastroscopy often shows erosion, bleeding, etc., mostly serious.