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.
My family is driving me crazy. They think I'm sick because I won't eat. They just don't understand that I CAN'T eat and when I can I have to keep to small meals.
I've lost a lot of weight and I kind of think some of my body pain is because of the weight loss. I need to try to explain to my family that I really want to eat, just don't know what to eat. It seems that everything I tried today gave me heartburn. Usually food is not a trigger for me.
I'm trying to limit meds... not using any supplements right now. I'm off the PPI and might quit the Carafate too. It seems to upset my stomach. Maybe that's just a side effect.
Anyway, my poor family think that I'm starving to death. Maybe they're close to being right. But there are just certain days that nothing sounds good or safe. I do try to eat something in spurts during the day.
Does anyone have trouble with a low appetite? What's the best thing to do to try to gain some weight and some strength??
Thanks
I've lost a lot of weight and I kind of think some of my body pain is because of the weight loss. I need to try to explain to my family that I really want to eat, just don't know what to eat. It seems that everything I tried today gave me heartburn. Usually food is not a trigger for me.
I'm trying to limit meds... not using any supplements right now. I'm off the PPI and might quit the Carafate too. It seems to upset my stomach. Maybe that's just a side effect.
Anyway, my poor family think that I'm starving to death. Maybe they're close to being right. But there are just certain days that nothing sounds good or safe. I do try to eat something in spurts during the day.
Does anyone have trouble with a low appetite? What's the best thing to do to try to gain some weight and some strength??
Thanks
for me i feel extra sick when i dont eat. i eat every two and a half hours.
i have just found a very few foods that dont make me sick and i stick to them.
i dont really have an answer for you, my best advice would be to try and eat small meals often
are there any foods that you CAN eat?
the only things i found that i can eat are:
crackers
eggs (boiled or microwaved)
bananas
plain oatmeal made with water, no salt , no nothing
if you're very sensitive, you may simply make the broth out of the chicken carcass only. the wontons are just the wrappers and a mix of ground turkey and shrimp. I boil them in water until they come up to the surface and eat with warm broth.