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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treeofstars 04/28/2015

So I guess I caught another stomach bug as u have been dealing with diarrhea since Thursday and the worst being Sunday and Monday.

We can take Imodium and not damage our stomach further, right?

shihonage 04/28/2015

Imodium was one of the things that assisted in starting my gastritis.

I'd rather you take Mastic Gum. Jarrow and Chios are good brands.

Andy1986 04/29/2015

Are you sure its a stomach bug? I often get diarrhea just from the gastritis itself, like when I eat something that irritates my stomach on an evening, even if I don't feel it much, I will be up all night with the runs then the next day have awful nausea.

treeofstars 04/29/2015

Yeah it is. The cramps I have been getting along with nausea are nothing like gastritis. I took Imodium before bed last night and woke up feeling so much better as the cramps have gotten so much better. Not out of the woods, but running in right direction.

I have been taking mastic gum since July, 1000mg before bed, and it has been more irritating my gut since my stomach bug started.

Andy1986 04/29/2015

Yes Mastic Gum is pretty rough, I took some before bed once and woke in the night with searing pain in my stomach, and I never wake up in the middle of the night with stomach pain usually.

Its horrible when you get struck down with another illness on top of all this, hopefully you recover soon!

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