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    How is gastritis diagnosed?

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    Dr Marios Efthymiou

    Gastroenterologist

    Gastritis is a pathological diagnosis referring to inflammation of the lining of the stomach.  This means that tissue needs to be obtained from the stomach and sent for pathology testing to define the presence or absence of gastritis.

    The latter is most commonly done during a procedure known as an endoscopy or gastroscopy.  Here while the patient is sedated, a fine camera is passed into the stomach, allowing examination of the stomach and the taking of samples from the stomach.  Sometimes during an endoscopy, inflammatory changes are seen in the stomach and these may correlate with gastritis, however strictly speaking the diagmosis of gastritis should be made only based on the results of biopsies.

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