Ukwelashwa kuqala ngokuphatha izici ezibangela ukuqala kwe-gastritis (lapho sizazi!). Ngakho-ke, udokotela angase asikisele ukumisa ama-NSAID ahilelekile kuze kube yilapho izimpawu ziphela. 

Nge-gastritis eyingozi, ngokuvamile ehlala izinsuku ezimbalwa kuphela, udokotela angase akhuthaze isiguli sakhe ukuba sidle ukudla okuwuketshezi, okuvumela isisu ukuba siphumule. Ama-antacid anganikeza ukukhululeka. 

Uma kwenzeka i-gastritis engapheli, ukuphathwa kuhlukile. Uma kungenxa yokuba khona kwamagciwane Helicobacter pylori, ukwelashwa ngama-antibiotic kuyaqalwa (isb. i-amoxicillin ne-clarithromycin). Kulokhu kungangezwa ukugqoka kwesisu, imithi yezinhlungu noma izidakamizwa ezinciphisa i-asidi yesisu njenge-histamine H2 receptor inhibitors ebizwa nangokuthi i-H2 antihistamine noma i-proton pump inhibitors (ama-PPI afana ne-esomeprazole, i-lansoprazole, i-omeprazole, i-pantoprazole ne-rabeprazole).