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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robles8711
robles8711

So I'm pretty new to this gastritis .. it just happened a week ago and I just went to the hospital Tuesday.. they told me I might have gastritis because I told them that I was burping a lot and that's the only symptoms I have and the light burning in my stomach but I don't have no crazy pain or feel like I have to throw up .. I'm so new to this and kinda scared .. they gave me medicine for the acid reflux but will that help ? It's pantoprozle? But yeah .. I just need some good advice on how to handle this. 

whitleyc
whitleyc
Hi there,
Did the doctors have you follow up with a gastro? Without a diagnosis you won't really know how to relieve the symptoms. My advice would be to find a gastro and see if they want to do any further testing. You may not have gastritis at all (fingers crossed) and it could be something minor. Usually with gastritis there is nausea and lots of pain so maybe its something different. Either way, get a diagnosis so you can figure out how to heal :) Good luck!
robles8711
robles8711
But I seem to always burp a lot
whitleyc
whitleyc
That could mean a ton of diff stuff. Try to chew your food like 100 times before you swallow. It sounds terrible but it will help. Also, don't drink anything 30 mins after eating, it'll help the gas. No spicy foods, carbonated drinks, caffeine, chocolate...anything that will irritate. Try that for a week and see what happens
robles8711
robles8711
Can an injury cause gastritis? I read that it could or something ?
whitleyc
whitleyc
I don't know about injury, most is caused by stress, bad eating, alcohol, etc. Mine was caused my taking too much Advil after breaking my toe! Talk about bad luck :(
lighttheway
lighttheway
I also got gastritis from years and years of taking advil for headaches.My gastritis is also alot of burping and stomach pain (burning mostly)with tenderness and bloating.Ive been taking pantoprazole(also called protonix) for years.It works the best for me of all the PPI's..but gastritis has been a life long disease for me and I had to make some life style changes that included no coffee,no advil(ibuprofen),no alcohol,,and little to no spicey foods and none to little medications that i can tolerate.If i am careful it keeps it at bay..good luck to you let us know how it goes.oh and yes it is caused by injury to the stomach lining ,that injury could be an ulcer or medication like advil eroding the stomach lining.
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