Giant folds of tissue grown in the wall of the stomach

Tissue may be inflamed and may contain ulcers.

May also cause glands in the stomach to waste away and cause the body to lose fluid containing a protein called albumin

Cause is unknown.

Increases risk of stomach cancer.

It’s a rare and chronic disease.

Men between the ages of 30-60 are more prone to get Menetrier’s disease.

Pain or discomfort Tenderness in the

top middle part of the abdomen

Loss of appetite Nausea Vomiting Diarrhea Vomiting blood

Swelling in the abdomen

Ulcers

X-rays Endoscopy Biopsy of

stomach tissue

Medications to relieve ulcer symptoms and treat inflammation and high-protein diet

Part or all the stomach may need to be removed if the disease is severe

This disease is unknown and they assume at this time that the disease is genetic

You will live with chronic pain the rest of your life

The only complications from this disease would be side effects from the medications given to you.

There are no preventions at this time because it is an newly found disease

Only way to find this disease is from getting tests