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Gastrolith formation

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Introduction

Introduction After the formation of stomach stones, it can be asymptomatic, and there may also be upper abdominal discomfort, fullness, dull pain, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and the like.

Cause

Cause

The stomach stone is a stone mass formed in the stomach after eating a certain substance. The shape is mostly round or elliptical, and the size is different. The small one is like a ping pong. According to its composition, it can be divided into three types: vegetal, hairy and mixed. The most common in the clinic is the vegetable stomach persimmon. In persimmons or black dates, there is something called enamel, which is high in immature persimmons. When people eat raw persimmons, the tongue has a feeling of bun, that is, the enamel is at work. In addition, the persimmon also contains gum and pectin. After people eat the mature persimmon, the tannin can combine with protein to form a protein that is not easily soluble in water under the action of stomach acid, and precipitate in the stomach, while citrate protein, gum, pectin can The vegetable plant fibers are bonded together and the stomach persimmon can be formed in the stomach. People with more stomach acid eat persimmons and grow stomach stones. Some people eat a persimmon to form a stomach stone.

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Related inspection

Fiber endoscopy

Diagnosis: upper abdominal discomfort, fullness, dull pain, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, etc.

Diagnosis

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis: patients with chronic gastric persimmon, due to long course of disease, symptoms are often similar to chronic gastritis, ulcer disease or gastric cancer, but it is easy to distinguish with the above diseases by X-ray barium angiography or gastroscopy.

Most of the stomach stones are vegetal gastroliths, mostly caused by eating a large number of persimmons, black dates or hawthorn on an empty stomach. Because these fruits contain a strong astringent tannic acid, especially the immature fruit content is high, and it is in contact with stomach acid. After the formation of citrate protein, it is difficult to dissolve in water, and then coagulated with pectin and plant fibers to form a stomach stone.