Child health · UKMLA & AKT
Gastritis
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
Key high-yield points
- Epigastric pain - burning/gnawing, often postprandial
- Nausea and vomiting, bloating, early satiety, belching
- Haematemesis or melaena - indicates mucosal bleeding
- Many patients (especially H. pylori) are entirely asymptomatic
ALARM symptoms requiring urgent OGD: Anaemia (iron deficiency), Loss of weight, Anorexia, Recent/rapid onset symptoms, Melaena or haematemesis, Swallowing difficulty (dysphagia). Also urgent OGD: age ≥55 with new dyspepsia + weight loss/upper abdominal pain/reflux, or new dysphagia at any age.
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