Agents that may damage the gastric lining and cause gastritis include
A) medications (for example, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs [NSAIDs]), poisons, alcohol, and infectious diseases.
B) mechanical injury.
C) allergic reaction or irritation from foods.
D) all of the above.

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The main cause of gastritis is inflammation associated with H. pylori. Many agents damage the gastric lining, including common medications, such as aspirin and other antiinflammatory drugs; poisons; alcohol; smoking tobacco or other substances; infectious diseases; stress; and mechanical injury resulting from the swallowing of a foreign object. The repeated ingestion of irritating foods or allergic reaction to foods irritates the gastric mucosa.

Agents That May Damage the Gastric Lining and Cause Gastritis