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====Epidemiology==== | ====Epidemiology==== | ||
Associated with:<ref>ALS. 5 February 2009.</ref> | |||
*Excess acid. | |||
*EtOH. | |||
*Bile. | |||
*H. pylori. | |||
*Drugs:<ref name=pmid16939055>{{Cite journal | last1 = Genta | first1 = RM. | title = Differential diagnosis of reactive gastropathy. | journal = Semin Diagn Pathol | volume = 22 | issue = 4 | pages = 273-83 | month = Nov | year = 2005 | doi = | PMID = 16939055 }}</ref> | |||
**Iron (brown pigment on histology). | |||
**NSAIDs - synergistic effect with corticosteroids. | |||
Drugs that cause erosions and/or ulcers -- adapted from ''Genta'':<ref name=pmid16939055>{{Cite journal | last1 = Genta | first1 = RM. | title = Differential diagnosis of reactive gastropathy. | journal = Semin Diagn Pathol | volume = 22 | issue = 4 | pages = 273-83 | month = Nov | year = 2005 | doi = | PMID = 16939055 }}</ref> | |||
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! Drug | |||
! Comment | |||
! Indication for Rx | |||
|- | |||
| NSAIDs | |||
| common cause | |||
| pain, reduce cardiovascular risk | |||
|- | |||
| Corticosteroids | |||
| synergistic effect with NSAIDs | |||
| rheumatologic diseases + others | |||
|- | |||
| Potassium (KCl) | |||
| common cause | |||
| renal failure | |||
|- | |||
| Bisphophonates | |||
| uncommon cause | |||
| osteoporosis | |||
|- | |||
| Ferrous sulfate | |||
| very common if symptomatic | |||
| iron deficiency anemia | |||
|- | |||
| Chloroquine | |||
| uncommon | |||
| only in the context of malaria | |||
|- | |||
| Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) | |||
| rare | |||
| renal failure patients | |||
|} | |||
====Relation to gastritis==== | ====Relation to gastritis==== | ||