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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Be careful with digestive enzymes.

treeofstars
treeofstars
I had been moving in the right direction since adding Pepzin GI almost 4 weeks back and feeling better each day. I decided to confront my belching/breaking wind with the acid-ease digestive enzyme as I read the ones with protease have exacerbated, or given, them gastritis.

I took two last night right before dinner and an hour later I had a horrible stomach ache the likes of which I had not had since June when I had my original gastritis attack. It lasted for a good two hours before leveling off.

I don't have the stomach ache today but a lot of areas of my stomach which were no longer tender are now and I am not as hungry as I had been becoming. :(

I am hoping I did not knock myself too far off cross but time will tell.

Just a word of caution.
treeofstars
treeofstars
I guess I should count myself lucky my left side, where my gastritis started and was the worst for quite a while, is not tender or achy. Just my navel area and my lower right hand stomach area.
rosebrook
rosebrook
I take a digestive enzenges named Similase, Sensitive Stomach, it has NO Protease in it.
Amylase, slippery elm, DGL,marshmallow, and GammaOryzanol.
I also take PenZIn I can feel the difference.
toomuchPho
toomuchPho
ugh. hope you clear up with pain soon. that sucks!!!! It's the papaya enzymes that are brutal, very corrosive - I used to eat green papayas and the the milky sap right under the skin always burned my hands.
rosebrook
rosebrook
How about regular papaya are they good for the stomach.
TOomuch" I didn't know that about papaya Enzenges I've been taking them for quite a while. I guess you never know what good or bad.
toomuchPho
toomuchPho
The digestive enzyme comes from papain which is derived from green (unripe) papaya. It's potent stuff. You can tenderize meat with it, too...I would never know about it, but I used to make Vietnamese green papaya salad all the time and all the cookbooks warn you about the corrosive sap.

Ripe peeled papaya should be no problem for most of us, but I still wouldn't want to risk it now..
treeofstars
treeofstars
Rosebrook, gastritis and papaya enzymes seem to have a connection. It's really the protease I think that causes it though.
soretum
soretum
Mine has amylase,protease,lipase and cellulase and thankfully I'm ok and they really help me. They also help my dental health.
I know how hard it is to try something we believe will help and get pain.
rosebrook
rosebrook
When do you take your PenZIng with meals or between? The bottle says take with meals, but some have suggested to take between meals.
shihonage
shihonage
There are a thousand types of digestive enzymes, which is why I only recommend those I've been using myself for almost 2 years now, made by Source Naturals.

http://www.amazon.com/Source-Naturals-Essential-Enzymes-Capsules/dp/B000GFSVPU/ref=sr_1_2?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1412316378&sr=1-2
treeofstars
treeofstars
I think I am finally getting back to normal.

I noticed on Friday my stomach was getting back to normal and no longer tender to touch but I started getting cramps under my ribs yesterday, either due to stress or just maybe my medicine causing side-effects. Either way, I feel back on track.
rosebrook
rosebrook
Is it pain,,or just acitdty? I first get the acid then the pain follows.
treeofstars
treeofstars
I am not sure I really follow. I assumed acidity and pain are one in the same.

Still getting the cramps under the ribs but not severe so I guess I spoke too soon. :/
treeofstars
treeofstars
Going downhill fast.

My safety foods and other methods are not helping at all.

Could not sleep all night because of my flare which is going into today.

Trying to figure out what I changed and the only thing I changed was cutting down from carafate 3x a day to 2x a day 1.5 weeks ago.

So tired of all this.