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Can stress and anxiety cause chronic gastritis?

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Dr. Andrew Seibert answered

Specializes in Gastroenterology

All those stress and anxiety can cause upper G.I. symptoms such as dyspepsia, they do not cause actual gastritis. The most common causes of gastritis are H. pylori and medications such as NSAIDs. Good luck.

Answered 6/3/2023

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