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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lovelyone
lovelyone

Hi all


Is anyone on the road to recovery?  Has anyone fully healed and how long did it take?  What signs of healing are you having if so?  The improvements I see are so small and slow that sometimes I am not sure if it is really getting better.    I can have some good days then I feel sick again - probably something I ate thinking I was normal again..... take care everyone

leahdavid6687
leahdavid6687
Hi I’m Leah 30 years old I’m suffering from gastritis too. My GI Doctor is no good he didn’t even address my symptoms. I am diagnosed with antral gastritis, esophagitis reflux, non specific esophageal motility. He just told me to keep taking Nexium 40mg twice daily . And it seems it’s not helping so I told him about that he told me to take DEXILANT 60mg 1 tiime a day. My husband even address him about my endoscopy last March 22,2018 I have gastritis but he said I’m negative with h.pylori but suspecting that I’m suffering from hpylori due to all my symptoms . I ended up getting a new GI Doctor which is schedule next month for 2nd opinion. I am in and out of ER 3 times this MAY due to this problem. I am currently taking Xanax the very low dosage which my General Physician gave me, due to anxiety . I JUST WANT TOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT YOUR NOT ALONE. Thank you very much for this group. WE JUST NEED TO HANG IN THERE THIS SHALL PASS!! GOD IS GREAT
Oculus777
Oculus777
@leahdavid6687

My doctor thought for sure I had h-pylori, but turns out I didn't. Had the stool test done twice, once after stopping my PPI and two EGD's. So it's possible you have h-pylori and the nexium is causing a false negative.

The other possibility is the nexium isn't working. I was on dexilant for almost 5 months and after a follow-up EGD, my stomach Ph level was a 1. Doctor said I should have been more alkaline, preferably around a 5. I started taking 40mg of protonix twice a day, which definitely helps, but I still have symptoms here and there. But better than when I was last fall/winter when I was on dexilant.

The hardest part is your diet. I just recently found out the water I've been drinking is too acidic, so I'm now only drinking alkaline water. I found last month that eggs and meat are problematic. Basically all I'm eating now is skinless baked potatoes, baked carrots, boiled spinach, boiled broccoli, gluten free oatmeal with cinnamon, gluten free pancakes without syrup, gluten free animal crackers (just a snack I keep with me in my backpack if I get hungry away from home) and camomile tea with cinnamon. My best advice is try an elimination diet. I found out last fall that any foods with high sodium or salt directly on it caused symptoms along bananas and applesauce.