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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Andy1986 06/28/2015

Is it just me, or do other people have a big problem with fruit and veg? Im going through another damn flare at the moment and i think its because I ate some mango. I can seem to eat steaks, chips and even some peppery food but as soon as i reintroduce more fruit and veg it sets me back. I avoid all the obvious acidic stuff but it seems everything gives me problems

bethelbee 06/28/2015

I have had no difficulty with fruits and veggies. Some things bother some people more than others.

Lesleygm 06/28/2015

I think that is common Andy. There was a post about it a week ago by smile

soretum 07/01/2015

I can eat vegies cooked in any quantity and raw in small amounts. Fruit has never been an issue. It did take a few years for mango and oranges to be okay. I eat them now but in small amounts.

Andy1986 07/04/2015

I think there is something else going on here, perhaps in my bowels. I can't seem to tolerate much fibre at all. I had been taking slippery elm and last Wednesday I ended up in absolute agony, my entire left side was in pain, radiating through to my back, ribs and down in my bowels. I quit taking the slippery elm and its nowhere near as bad now, but whenever I have anything with fibre such as fruit, quinoa, oats I get the pain back worse.

Various cameras have shown inflammation in my bowels but Drs always said its minor and shouldn't cause symptoms, but Im wondering if that is causing some of this pain and anything fibrous is just aggravating my bowels. Trouble is I cant take any meds for it as they all make my stomach so much worse.

The pain has reduced now but still quite bothersome and my stomach is very off, so nauseous I can't even stomach soy milk which I had been having quite frequently, can just about manage with boiled potatoes and pasta and a little bit of fish for some protein. :(

Danny27 07/05/2015

Try papaya mate, its a mid 5 pH. Just make sure its very yellow all around, because non-ripe fruits are acid producing.

Everyone I've talked to hates it but I really like cold papaya.

22Lynn 07/05/2015

I can eat certain vegetables, some raw, and they don't bother me at all. But I can't eat a steak or I'm in pain for about 24 hours. No coffee either. But I can eat a hamburger. It doesn't make sense to me. I'm just starting to reintroduce foods now that my stomach is better. But it really is a crap shoot trying to figure out what you can and cannot have each week when trying new foods.

If you have been on a restricted diet for awhile I would have your vitamin levels checked. I'm doing this in the next few weeks for my neurologist.
Hope you feel better.

soretum 07/05/2015

Some vegies and fruit are higher in fibre. Mango is very high. The juice can be good but until I could eat mango I didn't try the juice. My IBS wants the fibre and the gastritis says not too much.

jenniferrsanchez 07/06/2015

I had a slice of watermelon and seems to be ok on my stomach. Sometimes I can have an apple and other days I cannot. Its annoying!

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