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.
Good morning,
I just joined the gastritis support group. I fell ill with acute gastritis on 31st dec 14 (no joke :( ). The acute gastritis eventually healed but I started to suffer from chronic gastritis (type C) and duodentitis accompanied by reflux (acid reflux and bile reflux!).
Duodenitis has fully healed since the end of March, and gastritis made a huge improvement when I started taking sucralfate while NOT taking pantoprazole at the same time! I would say I am about 90% healed now ... but not fully. I started eating higher fat foods, bigger meals, ... just because it was possible without getting a huge relapse and feeling too bad afterwards, and also because I wanted to gain weight! (which I did!) But this meant that the gastritis stopped healing about 3 months ago ... how stupid of me. (Even though I now look like a normal human being, having gained 9 kg again ;))
However, I have to go back to the very strict gastitis diet/rules to get fully rid of it now.
At the moment I am only taking pantoprazol as the bile reflux has nearly fully stopped and I don't need to take sucralfate anymore. I am not too happy with the pantoprazol so I am going to try an old Germany remedy called "Azupanthenol". It contains panthenol and chamazulen and was developed for treating gastritis. In Germany it's famous for being the best "natural" remedy when it comes to stomach inflammations ... you take it with water and then roll yourself around :D Lying 2 minutes on the belly, 2 on each side, and 2 on the back...
One more question for you: How do you eat? How long do your meals take? Can you speak during the meal? What are you doing after the meal?
I am asking because I have noticed that speaking while or after eating makes me bloated and puts a pressure on my stomach :( Also typing on the laptop after eating is not good for me.
How about you? Have you noticed something like this?
Best
Lou
I just joined the gastritis support group. I fell ill with acute gastritis on 31st dec 14 (no joke :( ). The acute gastritis eventually healed but I started to suffer from chronic gastritis (type C) and duodentitis accompanied by reflux (acid reflux and bile reflux!).
Duodenitis has fully healed since the end of March, and gastritis made a huge improvement when I started taking sucralfate while NOT taking pantoprazole at the same time! I would say I am about 90% healed now ... but not fully. I started eating higher fat foods, bigger meals, ... just because it was possible without getting a huge relapse and feeling too bad afterwards, and also because I wanted to gain weight! (which I did!) But this meant that the gastritis stopped healing about 3 months ago ... how stupid of me. (Even though I now look like a normal human being, having gained 9 kg again ;))
However, I have to go back to the very strict gastitis diet/rules to get fully rid of it now.
At the moment I am only taking pantoprazol as the bile reflux has nearly fully stopped and I don't need to take sucralfate anymore. I am not too happy with the pantoprazol so I am going to try an old Germany remedy called "Azupanthenol". It contains panthenol and chamazulen and was developed for treating gastritis. In Germany it's famous for being the best "natural" remedy when it comes to stomach inflammations ... you take it with water and then roll yourself around :D Lying 2 minutes on the belly, 2 on each side, and 2 on the back...
One more question for you: How do you eat? How long do your meals take? Can you speak during the meal? What are you doing after the meal?
I am asking because I have noticed that speaking while or after eating makes me bloated and puts a pressure on my stomach :( Also typing on the laptop after eating is not good for me.
How about you? Have you noticed something like this?
Best
Lou
When I first got gastritis I couldn't even move for ages after eating. Living alone at the time talking wasn't much of an issue but I believe anything can cause an issue.
I should definitely stop talking while eating! I couldn't do that either when my gastritis was so bad at the beginning. But now more than half a year later, it has become much better and I am not that strict with myself anymore. I should go back to my old routine and not do anything after and while eating!
For the longest time, I've actually found that I will feel decent until I get up and move around.
Is this similar to your case?
hmmm