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.
Hello I am new to the forum. I have recently been diagnosed with chronic gastritis, Barrett's esophagus, hiatal hernia and I had GERD. I have had ablation treatments for the Barrett's and just had a biopsy and it was clear. The ablation is a new treatment for the Barrett's and data isn't in for long term so I have to have another biopsy in 3 yrs, which I am fine with. I am still struggling with the gastritis and hiatal hernia, the last biopsy has shown the gastritis is still there but "mild" now.
Can anyone offer any suggestions for diet, what they have found to help etc. I take Protonix 40mg once a day. My gastritis was not caused by the pylori H...I am sure it was from stress.
Any tips would be most helpful..I don't eat hot, spicy, greasy food, only one ice coffee a day if that, no soda, I am overall a pretty good eater, I just don't understand why this gastritis is taking so long to heal. Some days I feel great and others I am blah, bloated, stomach pain etc.
Thank you for your time.
Can anyone offer any suggestions for diet, what they have found to help etc. I take Protonix 40mg once a day. My gastritis was not caused by the pylori H...I am sure it was from stress.
Any tips would be most helpful..I don't eat hot, spicy, greasy food, only one ice coffee a day if that, no soda, I am overall a pretty good eater, I just don't understand why this gastritis is taking so long to heal. Some days I feel great and others I am blah, bloated, stomach pain etc.
Thank you for your time.
For now maybe ditch the coffee altogether. Sadly there is no one fix diet with gastritis. Are you eating smaller meals more frequently? This is a good place to start.
Try keeping a food diary to learn you safe and unsafe foods.
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I'd suggest starting with Gastromend and seeing if you have a notable improvement in a week or two. Watch out for potential constipatory effect, but it's only a hazard if you already have constipation from something else.
Drop coffee completely. Avoid tomatoes, bell peppers, grapes, apples, orange juice, ketchup, that sort of thing.
Consider finishing a meal with Farmer's Cheese (TVOROG) with sugar sprinkled for edibility. It is a natural antacid and probiotic and over the course of several weeks it helped me stabilize.