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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Keeping Acid Down Naturally

lovinlife
lovinlife

it was mentioned in another post that if you don't go on the PPI you should keep your acid down naturally . My question would be how do you know for sure Acid is the problem and what would you do naturally to keep the Acid down naturally? 


I am scheduled to have the scope done Wednesday any suggestions or cautions would be deeply appreciated. Any questions I should be asking the GI Dr. Performing the scope? 


Im new to the forum and to stomach issues and really appreciate the incite and encouragement. I was was pain free for several weeks and to thought it would be ok to try a tiny piece of  sour dough bread . Hugh mistake OMG .....cross that off my list. 


Thanks in advance , 


Wendy 

shihonage
shihonage
You know acid is the problem when taking a Zantac 75 makes you feel better. The only way I found to "keep acid down naturally" is to eat tvorog, a Russian/Slavic milk byproduct, also maybe known as "quark". I sprinkle it with sugar and finish meals with it, and it suppresses a good deal of stomach acid that is provoked by the meal itself.

However, the whole picture of treating gastritis is far bigger than this. You may not have many options in terms of acid suppression, and may have to go on Zantac permanently.

I don't visit DailyStrength anymore, because they ruined the site.

But at some point I made a haphazard website in an attempt to help people with gastritis, at https://gastritishelp.wordpress.com

You may find it useful.
Farhadjo
Farhadjo
For the acid I also think you should see whether acid suppressors make a change or not. H2 blockers are the safer option probably, but not as effective as PPIs which can be hard to come off of and have side effects in long-term use. You can ask the doctor's opinion.

Maybe you can ask him/her whether there is a way to target the enteric nervous system (a.k.a "the second brain") specifically and make the nerves there less sensitive (countering "visceral hypersensitivity"). I think that might greatly help with gastritis, but probably someone would have figured it out by now. Maybe doctors should invent something like Lidocaine for the stomach, I dunno. Not a cure, but definitely a help with the discomfort and occasional pain.

Also, why the heck stomach heals so freaking slowly?