In recent years noted an increased number of patients with autoimmune diseases (AID), and the special attention deserves combination of several autoimmune pathologies collected in one patient, because such patients requires special tactics of management. Autoimmune diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are less researched and, nevertheless, prognostically unfavorable. Autoimmune gastritis (AIG) has a special place in other stomach diseases, which develops in the aggregate with type 1 diabetes. AIG is a chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the body of the stomach, leading to the appearance of atrophy and hypoxecretion. AIG is found in 510% of individuals in general population, with a higher incidence of AIG in patients with diabetes and other established autoimmune pathology. AIG is asymptomatic at the early stage of the disease and clinical manifestations appear after the atrophic changes in the mucous membrane of the stomach develop. Since autoimmune gastritis does not have pathognomonic signs, it can manifest itself in hematological and oncological complications at later stages. This is why screening, early diagnosis, prevention and treatment are very important. Early diagnosis and prevention of AIG and its complications play the main role. This article provides an overview of the worldwide data dedicated to this issue.

Aim.  to assess the occurrence of autoantibodies characteristic of autoimmune pancreatitis and gastritis in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), and to analyze clinical features of positive subjects. Materials and Methods.  84 patients (39 male, 45 female) with T1DM were subdivided into two groups and underwent biochemical, immunologic and instrumental examination. Results.  Markers for gastrointestinal autoimmune disorders were found to be highly prevalent in patients with T1DM, even in those asymptomatic according to instrumental diagnostic methods. Conclusion. Our data suggests that T1DM patients are at higher risk of corresponding, possibly asymptomatic autoimmune disorders.

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