Gastritis Support Group

Gastritis is a medical term for inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It means that white blood cells move into the wall of the stomach as a response to some type of injury. Gastritis has many underlying causes, from infection with the bacterium H. pylori, bile reflux, or excessive consumption of alcohol or certain foods or drugs like aspirin.

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A couple questions

larz77
larz77
I've been wondering a couple things. I was Dxed with Chronic Mild Gastritis. They felt that it could have been brought on by the baby aspirin I took every day. Wouldn't my stopping the baby aspirin, stop the gastritis? So you'd immediately start healing, etc.?

It's been many months since this hit me. The stomach pain and the morning nausea have stopped, so does that mean I'm "cured" of this infliction. In other words, can you still have gastritis without the pain? I have other symptoms that have lingered from this time though, still have the lost weight, fatigue, lightheaded thing.

Thanks for the input!
johngreen
johngreen
I would say if you are still feeling fatigue and light headedness you are not healed.

Personally I will be very careful, when i feel that i am healed, i will still take a lot of precaution and be very wary. I won't go back to regular foods, and exercise and what not for at least several months after i feel 100%

this thing is awful and I don't ever want to lose 3 years of my life like this again!
littlemart
littlemart
I was dx with mild, chronic gastritis too. My doctor told me there would be good days and bad days. And he was right. Some days I feel like I'm back to normal then I'll get a terrible day or two in between feeling good. Some people claim that it can be healed or cured. But I think it's a permanent annoyance.
larz77
larz77
So you are sayng pain isn't a factor in this? I don't have the pain like I had initially. But I still get headaches and a lightheadedness. Achy. I lost a bunch of weight initially, but stabilized. But can't put any back on. Seems like I feel better not eating, but then hunger overcomes me.

The exercise comment surprised me. It s like my body does not like the exercise.

Curious, did anything help the lightheaded feeling?
goodenos
goodenos
HI Larz77,

Pain was never a factor for me. I was DX'd with mild gastritis via endoscopy in Feb this year. Only symptoms were nausea, loss of appetite and a general "nervous" feeling in the stomach.
The nausea and appetite loss are gone, but i still feel tight and nervous in the stomach particularly for the first hour or so after food or drink. I also get lightheaded occasionally after a large meal but this is rare. Eating and exercise both bring on this feeling. But...the good news is i am improving but it is very very slow - now 9 months on...
jim229
jim229
My experience has been to achieve healing to the point of being almost free of any dietary restraints. Once there though, I have to be cautious and very aware of signs that a setback could be close. I'm in a set back now. I think that even after healing we are always vulnerable to it again. My GI say's that once the lining has eroded, it will never completely be what it was before, thus the susceptibility for a relapse.
soretum
soretum
No matter what has caused the gastritis in terms of healing the inflammation. That may still take a little time.