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.
Hey people,
so after 3 months with gastritis I'm trying to find why I'm not recovering. I'm still on a very bland diet and still have issues. I've noticed recently that whenever I eat fibers I end up having issues. I tried eating squash a week ago and ended up with a very swollen stomach for 2 days. Yesterday I tried oatmeal and potato and I got flared up as well. So I'm wondering if this is just a coincidence or maybe fiber actually does something to me.
I've been eating bananas since almost day one as I read the BRAT diet recommends it. Now I'm wondering if by eating this I've just been harming myself. I'm planning on literally cut out all fibers consumption, which at this point is just steamed carrots, bananas and toasts.
I was wondering if anyone's had similar experiences? Everywhere online I read that diets high in fiber actually help with gastritis so I'm not sure if this is a valid theory.
I do not eat fiber-rich foods - I read they are very difficult to digest and we need to "baby" the angry stomach. There are some conflicting info such as eat whole wheat bread ,etc. So I tried whole wheat bread two days in a row and on both days my sx got out of hand. Absolutely no fiber for me. Makes sense, if you think about the load we are putting on the stomach :)