Cow and goat's milk with erosive gastritis with high acidity

Milk is a product conceived by nature to nurture born babies as a means of prolonging life on Earth. It is produced by female mammals, including humans, and contains nutrients that provide everything necessary for the growth and development of offspring. The production of the product has long been put on an industrial basis and plays an important role in human nutrition. The chemical composition of cow milk, which dominates the trade networks, has more than 50 mineral substances. Of these, we can identify the main macroelements: calcium, potassium, magnesium, chlorine, phosphorus, sodium, sulfur and trace elements: copper, zinc, iron, manganese, iodine, fluorine, aluminum and many others. This convinces us of the usefulness of milk, but has it been shown to everyone and is it possible to drink milk with gastritis?

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Indications

Gastritis is an inflammatory process of the gastric mucosa. This is the general name for various pathological conditions characterized by increased or decreased acidity, the presence of erosion, superficial mucosal damage or deeper, local or extensive, suddenly manifested or persistent. Any of these conditions requires a certain diet and the place in it of dairy products is different. Let's consider some of them and indications regarding milk:

• milk with gastritis with high acidity - pathology is accompanied by intensive synthesis of hydrochloric acid, which leads to inflammatory processes of the mucosa. In this case, milk is a neutralizing agent for acidity;
• milk with erosive gastritis - the disease is manifested by the formation of defects on the surface of the gastric shell and is a more complex form that can lead to serious complications - gastric bleeding. The reason for this - an aggressive environment, including the violation of secretory processes. The problem requires long-term treatment and strict adherence to the diet. Milk must be present in the diet of the patient;
• milk with atrophic gastritis - such a variety develops against a background of reduced production of hydrochloric acid, replacement of the glands that produce the gastric secret with a connective tissue occurs, and the peristalsis of the organ decreases. Necessary food, stimulating its production, and milk does not belong to it;
• milk with exacerbation of gastritis - occurs due to malnutrition, poisoning, injuries. In the first few days of exacerbation milk is prohibited, with improvement and the absence of diarrhea, small portions of fresh goat milk are allowed;
• milk with acute gastritis - occurs suddenly, manifested by pain during palpation in the epigastric region, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, weakness. This condition is caused by damage to the sinewy apparatus, sometimes deep in its layer and requires the first two days of generally refusing to eat, followed by a strict diet in which there is no room for milk. When the condition is stabilized, you can start with adding it to the tea, cooking porridge on it.

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Benefits

For a patient with a stomach it is important to take sparing food that would simultaneously give useful substances for vital activity. In it, not only vitamins and trace elements, but also easily digestible protein. In the case of gastritis with high acidity, the use of milk is that it envelops its walls with a thin film, thus creating a barrier to the acidic environment, prevents inflammation, relieves pain, protects against pathogens, normalizes the digestive process. For this purpose, it is best to use whole-fat homemade milk.

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Contraindications

Useful or contraindicated milk for gastritis depends on the variety of pathology, which as a result of the survey is able to determine only the doctor. Gastrites with a low acidity, atrophic ones, prohibit fatty whole milk, but allow the preparation of cereals on a diluted one. In an acute period, milk is contraindicated in all cases.

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Complications

The reaction of each person to milk is individual. Possible complications in the form of allergic manifestations: itching, swelling, rashes on the skin are associated with intolerance of the product. Immunity of lactose can cause flatulence, upset stomach, and lactose sugar in it can lead to fluctuations in blood sugar levels.

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