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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Pain or sickness every day

littlemart
littlemart
Does anyone else have pain every day? I haven't been symptom-free now for a few weeks. It's something every single day. Nausea, pain, spasms in the esophagus, BACK PAIN, trouble sleeping, no appetite... you name it.

Is anyone having pain in the center of your back, from the point where your abdomen meets your esophagus, right thru to your back? And then there's the lower back pain and sciatica.

I lay down to try to sleep, start to drift off and the reflux pain will make me sit up... so... no sleep. Getting more and more of this "gassy" type feeling in the center of my chest ( esophagus? ). It was almost over at one point.. hadn't felt it in awhile.. then it all hit again.

I tried the vinegar/honey/water thing today. A couple sips did me in. So that went down the drain.

I"m trying to stay on the Omeprazole just long enough to give it time to try to work. And taking Carafate when I can fit it in the schedule. This stuff is making me think I am going to die any minute. Is it supposed to be this bad when they say you have "mild gastritis"?

Please someone tell me this is all "normal" and will clear up someday!!
herrlehmann
herrlehmann
What are you eating?
littlemart
littlemart
Very little. I don't have much appetite so I eat what I can, when I can, which isn't much. But I'm pretty sure that NOT eating can cause some of this pain.
herrlehmann
herrlehmann
It's also not good when you have nothing in your stomach.
Try to eat 4 or 5 small meals a day, only with rice or potatoes for a week with no sault or anything. To drink only still water or chamomilla tea. Then you can see if you're feeling better!
littlemart
littlemart
Thanks for the suggestions. Is this common to have daily pain and sickness with gastritis?
poorlygir4l
poorlygir4l
Hi Ive been dealing with gastritis for around five years. Im sick of it. I get pain almost everyday. I don,t know what to do anymore. The past two years its been more painful. I sometimes eat the wrong things though so need to be more consistant. I don,t know the cause of it though as Ive not drank or smoked or took drugs. I don,t have H pylori and have not had anti inflammatory drugs. I had my gallbladder out so I think it may be bile but it has not been confirmed otherwise I can only put it down to stress. How about you? Do you know a cause for it?
littlemart
littlemart
I absolutely do NOT know what caused this in me. But I suspect Stress from all my other illnesses and my husband has many serious health issues. Also, I had a small bowel resection 6 years ago and have not been the same since.

I'm sorry for all of us. We do not deserve this. I can't imagine dealing with this kind of pain and sickness for 5 years! You'd think modern medicine would have come up with a treatment by now.

I've never taken drugs and don't drink or smoke... never have. My gallbladder is gone also. So is my appendix, female parts and part of my small bowel. Not much left to go wrong. But, I have MS, Graves Disease, IBS, degenerative disc disease etc. Lots of stuff against me. My body is fighting itself.

Hoping for better days for all of us.
Azalea35
Azalea35
When I'm very sick, the only thing that saves me is rice. I boil it for a long time, 30-40 min with lots of water, and a tiny pinch of salt, then put it through the blender. I make it the consistency of cream, and eat only that for several days until I feel better. I start like with a teaspoon at a time, every half an hour or so, and increase slowly when I can tolerate it.

It is very soothing for the stomach. Try it, it should help your stomach heal. Eat as often as you can, don't let your stomach sit empty.

Hope this helps you.

Also, whatever medication you are taking, drink lots of water with it. It will help it dissolve faster. Most pills irritate the stomach. I just read an article about this, thought I should mention it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes pain in the back, pain in the stomach and it's every day and without PPI it's all night too, so doesn't sound out of carachter for gastritis. I second chamomile tea, it's helping me at this moment, plain water actually hurts me when I swallow it, it feels heavy but the tea doesn't . I also make a lavender cordial and lavender tea, this also helps. Never have an empty stomach for too long otherwise your body will eat itself and the acid will erode away burning and doing damage, eat little and often, it's difficult to know what to eat and we all relapse now and then I think, not intentially but by mistake, but then it's a lesson learned!
herrlehmann
herrlehmann
Have you been checked for bile reflux? That can cause this pain, otherwise it should get better with a very blind diet with only rice and potatoes for a few days.

Stress and anxiety is also a huge trigger for Gastritis, that's my problem.
Maybe we should open a Topic about Meds used for that.
herrlehmann
herrlehmann
By the way when was your last scope?
This sounds all like an ulcer
littlemart
littlemart
herrlehmann are you asking ME about my last scope or one of the other people in this discussion? My last scope was just done a little over a month ago. That was when I was dx with gastritis. But I am sure that my intestinal surgery in 2008 had something to do with this. I remember having tests right after the surgery that showed a "thickening in the stomach" with no explanation. So I believe it was already firing up back then. These doctors never tell you the whole story... especially surgeons.