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.
HI Good People
I'm new to this forum. I have been diagnosed with H-pylori infection through endoscopy biopsy about one and half month back
GASTRIC BIOPSIES
- ACTIVE CHRONIC GASTRITIS, MILD ACTIVITY
- POSITIVE FOR SURFACE ORGANISMS MORPHOLOGICALLY CONSISTENT WITH
HELICOBACTER PYLORI BY DIFF- QUIK STAIN.
I also had following test done
1) Colonoscopy ( Showed healthy colon)
2) Ultrasound of abdomen (showed only fatty liver)
3) CT scan of abdomen ( Normal)
I'm having pain in upper left/ upper mid abdomen for more then one and half month. The pain is kind of dull and gives discomfort. It's constant nagging pain. Pain starts from upper left abdomen and sometimes (rare case) goes to back and sometimes even to my arm in severe cases. Three weeks back my doctor put me in triple therapy with 2 antibiotics : Amoxicillin + Clarithromycin and acid reducer :Omeprazole Magnesium 20 mg. After a week of treatment , I felt little better and pain became very mild for 4-5 days. But It came back again.The pain is not severe, but it is very dull and nagging pain. I contacted my doctor again and he ordered stronger Acid reducer pantoprozole (40mg) twice a day. I have not got much relief from the pain. One day I don't feel too much discomfort in abdomen, but next day again I start feeling discomfort. I have very mild nausea after having dinner. But this is not always. My digestion is ok, but sometime I need to go 4-5 times for bowel movement. I have lost 3- 4 lbs since October. I'm eating very very simple food..non spicy..no alcohol, no caffeine, no tea, no dairy product...no meat..no fatty fried food...
I'm very worried about the abdomen pain. My GI doc says it will take time for stomach inflammation to go away and so it will take time for pain to go away. Does it take really longs to pain go away. I'm very worried...
If I could rate the pain on a scale of 1 to 10 - 10 being worse 1 being mild, it would be a 3. Pain does not getter better or worse if I eat or I don't eat. Also I have mild nausea after I finish my food and have glass full of water. I have vomiting like feeling only when I drink glass full of water after meal.
Folks, Please help with your thoughts or similar experience...
Thanks
danny
I'm new to this forum. I have been diagnosed with H-pylori infection through endoscopy biopsy about one and half month back
GASTRIC BIOPSIES
- ACTIVE CHRONIC GASTRITIS, MILD ACTIVITY
- POSITIVE FOR SURFACE ORGANISMS MORPHOLOGICALLY CONSISTENT WITH
HELICOBACTER PYLORI BY DIFF- QUIK STAIN.
I also had following test done
1) Colonoscopy ( Showed healthy colon)
2) Ultrasound of abdomen (showed only fatty liver)
3) CT scan of abdomen ( Normal)
I'm having pain in upper left/ upper mid abdomen for more then one and half month. The pain is kind of dull and gives discomfort. It's constant nagging pain. Pain starts from upper left abdomen and sometimes (rare case) goes to back and sometimes even to my arm in severe cases. Three weeks back my doctor put me in triple therapy with 2 antibiotics : Amoxicillin + Clarithromycin and acid reducer :Omeprazole Magnesium 20 mg. After a week of treatment , I felt little better and pain became very mild for 4-5 days. But It came back again.The pain is not severe, but it is very dull and nagging pain. I contacted my doctor again and he ordered stronger Acid reducer pantoprozole (40mg) twice a day. I have not got much relief from the pain. One day I don't feel too much discomfort in abdomen, but next day again I start feeling discomfort. I have very mild nausea after having dinner. But this is not always. My digestion is ok, but sometime I need to go 4-5 times for bowel movement. I have lost 3- 4 lbs since October. I'm eating very very simple food..non spicy..no alcohol, no caffeine, no tea, no dairy product...no meat..no fatty fried food...
I'm very worried about the abdomen pain. My GI doc says it will take time for stomach inflammation to go away and so it will take time for pain to go away. Does it take really longs to pain go away. I'm very worried...
If I could rate the pain on a scale of 1 to 10 - 10 being worse 1 being mild, it would be a 3. Pain does not getter better or worse if I eat or I don't eat. Also I have mild nausea after I finish my food and have glass full of water. I have vomiting like feeling only when I drink glass full of water after meal.
Folks, Please help with your thoughts or similar experience...
Thanks
danny
Please please help with your advice, experiences , thoughts..........
Thanks
danny
I use Slippery Elm to coat my stomach. It works excellent and is an herb so you can take it as often as you like ( just not within 1 hour of any meds). If you want to do the Rx route, Carafate works the same way. It coats your stomach and halts the pain.
Since yours was caused by Hpylori, yours will go away when the lining has healed itself I bet. You don't take pain meds, do you? All the over the counter and prescription pain meds and Nsaids are hard on your stomach. Try to avoid Vitamin C and peppermint too- they have caused me ulcers in the past.
I order the Slippery Elm from Our4corners.net online. I buy it by the pound and mix about 1/4 cup of boiling water with 2 Tbsp of the powder. I cover it and keep it in the fridge. I swallow a heaping Tbs of the paste a couple times a day and always before bed.
Other folks here have gotten relief with aloe vera gel and silica gel too, and mastic gum. All those herbs coat your stomach too and let the sore spots try to heal themselves.
Good luck and I hope you find something to help it to heal!
Lori
The pain is killing me. It is constant pain... ..Is it only gastritis or something else...I'm soooo much worried...
You have your gall bladder, right?
gallbladder is unremarkable.
I'm curious, why did you ask that ?