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've found eating gentle foods with soluble fiber to be helpful for both. I can't handle metamucil and such, so I try to get it in food.
Also, taking slippery elm keeps things moving. I tend towards IBS-C after having IBS-D from age 5-40 it suddenly switched over about then, no clue why except that I did get my celiac diagnosis then and cut back on wheat.
At this point there is a list on the fridge and in my phone of the foods I can eat without either acting up. It's limited but it is what it is....
For gastritis I follow a low acid (nothing below ph level 5), bland, low fat, low fiber, non irritating diet.
For my teeth I use a sensitive toothpaste and a sensitive mouthwash (elmex, green).
Also, since you have MS and you're on PPIs, you should really consider sublingual methylcobalamine, the most effective form of B12. It could make random nerve-ending sensitivity go away. Get the 5000mcg version from Jarrow (on Amazon).
Soretum, I was wondering. The problem with B12 is that we don't process it because of the low acid in the stomach. I saw the sublingual B12 at the store, but I was wondering if it solves the problem. Does the sublingual B12 go directly through your system by the mouth, or does it have to go through your stomach too and so we are back with the same problem of low absorption because of low acid? I could not find any scientific study about this or anything convincing really.
The sublingual B12 liquid that you put under your tongue is the way to do it. It gets absorbed way more effectively.