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==Risk Factors==
==Risk Factors==
*Risk factors for Gastritis include:
*Risk factors for Gastritis include:
**Consuming excessive amounts of [[alcohol]] (acute gastritis)
**Consuming excessive amounts of [[alcohol]] ([[acute gastritis]])
**[[Cigarette Smoking]]
**[[Cigarette smoking]]
**Consuming excessive amounts of [[caffeine]] or acidic beverages
**Consuming excessive amounts of [[caffeine]] or acidic beverages
**Taking medications such as aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ([[NSAIDs]])
**Taking medications such as [[aspirin]] or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ([[NSAIDs]])
**Cocaine addiction
**[[Cocaine addiction]]
**[[Stress]] resulting in excessive gastric acid secretion
**[[Stress]] resulting in excessive gastric acid secretion
**Bacterial infection such as [[Helicobacter pylori]] (H. pylori)
**Bacterial infection such as [[Helicobacter pylori]] ([[H. pylori]])
**Autoimmune gastritis predisposing to vitamin B-12 deficiency and  other autoimmune disorders such as Hashimoto’s disease and type 1 diabetes
**Autoimmune gastritis predisposing to [[Vitamin B12|vitamin B-12]] deficiency and  other autoimmune disorders such as [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis|Hashimoto’s disease]] and [[Diabetes mellitus type 1|type 1 diabetes]]
**Stress as a result of Major surgery or trauma or other illness
**Stress as a result of major [[surgery]] or [[Physical trauma|trauma]] or other illness
**Traumatic injury, [[burns]], or severe infections
**[[Traumatic injury]], [[burns]], or severe infections
**Bile reflux
**Bile reflux
**[[Pernicious anemia]]
**[[Pernicious anemia]]
**In elderly people the stomach lining thins as the age progresses making them more prone to H. pylori infections or autoimmune disorders
**In elderly people the stomach lining thins as the age progresses making them more prone to [[H. pylori]] infections or autoimmune disorders
**HIV/AIDS
**[[HIV AIDS|HIV/AIDS]]


==References==
==References==

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