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.
I have had digestive problems through my life. I am 62. I have seen doctors had endoscope down the throat and colonscopy. Those tests were normal. But nothing previous is like what I have now. February I got sick with severe stomach pain. Diarreah and dry heaves. I went to the ER. They did a cat scan and blood work. Everything was mostly normal. My white blood cells were just a little tiny bit elevated. Gave me zofran and diet to eat for the next couple days. Then the same thing happened again in March and 2 times in April 2 yimes in May. I went to the doctor they did a ultra sound of my gall bladder, pancreas and liver. Said all looked normal. I did a stool test normal. I have an appt to see a gastero doctor. I have tried cutting out wheat products on celiac test I was normal. Have stopped dairy. Added probiotics. I have tried tracking what I eat to see if it can tell me if a food is causing it. When this happens it always starts the same way. I get stomach pressure like pain in the middle of my stomach low down. Then I get the sound of sloshing and swishing in my lower intestines. Then the D starts but is water. That goes on for a while when it stops the the swishing and sloshing sound starts up higher and then I start to dry heave. I am not looking for a diagnosis. I am just wondering if anyone else has had this happen.
There are other ones out there, too.
That would probably give you some possibilities of what you may have and if you see something you think is likely, you could go to a support group for it and see if the people there are experiencing what you are.
My daughter has Irritable Bowel Syndrome and her symptoms sound suspiciously similar to yours.
Also, I notice on a prescription medication ad on TV, they're now addressing a sub-type of it and referring to it as 'IBS-D' -- which means Irritable Bowel Syndrome that causes increased diarrhea.
You might want to look for a support group specifically for IBS and see if it sounds like that's what's going on with you.
I think that would be a good starting place!
I know what you mean about about finding others going through the same thing (although a diagnosis is always good, too!!!)
I wish you the best of luck!
anything. Sometimes can't. Many are the same. Don't let fear of pain get to you. You can take pain and learn how to deal with that when it happens. Just learn what "is you" in this context. You will! Good luck!