What is complete intestinal metaplasia of antrus?

Hey,

What is complete intestinal metaplasia of antrus and what is the  treatment  ???  i had chronic gastritis, Helicobacter+., now the biopsy for Helicobacter os negative but with chonic gastritis, atrophic...Please can tell me wath should I do next??
Thanks..

[CalGal]

You need to sit down and have a long talk with your doc. Intestinal metaplasia typically begins in the antrum- that's kind of the bottom portion of your stomach. And it occurs in response to chronic tissue injury. The cells lining that portion of the stomach change to resemble intestinal mucosa— the lining of the intestine. So the usual cells that are there don't do what they should be doing. Instead they can even assume some functions found in the intestine - absorptive characteristics.

Intestinal metaplasia is classified histologically as complete (most common) or incomplete. With complete metaplasia, gastric lining in that area is completely transformed into small-bowel mucosa - both in the way it looks and the way it functions.  Intestinal metaplasia may lead to stomach cancer, so you need to find out all that you can about your condition.

The atrophic means that it would appear that you're not putting out acid. So if you're on PPIs, it may not be the wisest prescription - talk to your doc.