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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beeka90
beeka90

hi everyone


 I'm glad to have found this group!


I gave birth to my baby in Jan this year. During my pregnancy I had sharp pains in my right side and was told it was just the baby laying on my kidney tubes! Before I was pregnant I was a heavy drinker!


my nAnna died when he was a week old and I felt very stressed and sad 


when he was 2 months old I got very sick ( thought it was food poisoning first, then a parasite etc) eventually was admitted to hospital and all they could find on a ct scan was diverticulosis which is a bowel disease / it wasn't inflamed as such but because that's all they could find so they diagnosis me with that -gave me antibiotics ( which didn't work ) and a healthy diet! My symptoms were nausea, burning in ribs, fatigue and dizziness- After 2 months I felt a lot better and doctors started to tell me it wasn't diverticulitis after all and that I was fine now - don't know what it was! 


Well I stupidly had a beer and a cider a day apart and it absolutely threw me back in to the worst illness ever! Sick, nausea, burning etc


i had an endoscopy 7 weeks ago and was diagnosed with some scattered Antral erosions ( gastritis ) and possible functional dyspepsia! 


I have been eating nothing but health food since then , taking nexium twice a day 40mg

whitleyc
whitleyc
I am so sorry about your son, I can't imagine the stress you must be under. Unfortunately stress is super bad for gastritis. I was diagnosed with gastritis a few weeks ago and its been a complete nightmare. If I were you I would stay away from the alcohol completely. It may be hard but until you are completely healed it will continue to irritate your stomach lining :(
Good luck to you
lighttheway
lighttheway
I'm sorry for your loss.Yes,a huge amount of stress like that can throw you into an acute flare of gastritis i believe..alcohol will make it worse.Coffee too.all irritants to the stomach lining.i hope you can get some relief soon...
gastoff
gastoff
I agree with the above comments. I know from experience that stress can play havoc on the stomach... Constant burning/stinging. But the body can sometimes fool the mind.... Delayed physical cues and reactions are very common and it can leave you baffled as to what may have caused it. Take good care of yourself. Peace.
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