Not me, so I can't say if there's a connection

thanks. there is a form of gastritis called herpetic gastritis and its caused by a herpes strain. Shingle is in the herpes family and since I had that last year it got me thinking. Maybe 10 years from now they'll make a conncection.

I have to provide an answer on this question about shingles. Shingles is a form of herpes zoster virus, that lays dormant in the rib cage area until stress or illness activates the virus. Any who has had chicken pox carries this virus. Most common form includes severe pain, a rash and sometimes tingling and numbness, that can occur from the face to mid abdomen. Stomache and Diarrhea are symptoms of shingles, but no studies have ever linked gastrisis and shingles. Gastritisis is a chronic inflammation of the stomach and shingles is a form of herpes virus.

there is a version of gastritis called herpetic gastritits which is a link between herpes simplex and gastritis. It may be a long bow but if one form of herpes can have a connection why not another. Having had shingles I know all about it. Until I got this nightmare I thought shingles was the worst thing to suffer but at least it has a beginning, middle and an end. I don't know if gastritis ever ends. Doctors rule ou the connection but who knows in 10 years from now maybe there is one. I'm only curious to know if anyone else has had both.
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Wow in all my research I have never seen anything called herpetic gastritis until you mentioned it. I googled it and have you ever read this case report

http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=u740056m12k737nk&size=largest
I swear there is some much sickness out there no matter what you look up it leads to about 50 other conditions.

I am glad to say I have not had both.

The problem with gastritis is that many of us who have it, also have other conditions that either led to the cause of the gastritis or lead to further complications. I know shingles can re-occur in someone who carries it, so maybe the gastritis is a trigger? Have you spoken to your doctor about this yet? I hope for you things work out, for the better, soon.

the specialist dismissed any connection out of hand. I haven't spoken to my gp about it. To be honest I have little faith in western medicine and this illness only confirms how in the dark they are about so many conditions. Without my naturopath I'd be in the wildnerness. This group also helps me so much and I hope every one else gains strength from it too.

I would talk to your GP. There may not be a link, but as shingles deals with the nervous system- and we all know gastritis plays into that, I could see where it has the potential to be somewhat connected or at least, where it could cause complications. As much as we all hate going to the doctors, I find at least keeping everyone in the loop does help.

I hope for your sake, they find an answer and get your health back on track soon.

soretum--has your naturalpath recommended colloidal minerals and essaic tea? If so have you used them and what results did you have?
I haven't used either yet only because I want to get through this test first.

Oh also do you use slippery elm and if so in what manner?

hi sowle,
I take two slippery elm capsules three times a day. You can take them as close to or far away from food as possible. I'll ask her about colloidal minerals today. She hasn't mentioned them or the tea. As to anything fluid, I struggle drinking the wate I need to swallow my tablets. I've also been told by the dietician at work to avoid any fluid that is very cold or very hot. I'm sure your body has told you that anyhow. I'm not in as much pain but my tummy is revisiting it's gurgling phase and takes longer to settle after eating again. I was going well for 2 weeks and am sure I will start improving again. It seems I improve for a while then stand still for a while. Does anyone else experience this?

awwww you use capsules, that makes since, the tea i attempted was disgusting. Please ask your natural path because I would like her opinion on it.

I have to have room temperature liquids as well, but that's nothing new for me I realized that years ago. I live on water, my herbal tea bothers me, except for chamomile. One of the nurses at my GP's office asked me about milk--YUCK, my mother said I would never drink it as a kid, and I still don't. How I survived a car crushing my face is beyond me.

I actually had a great day today. I was actually able to eat without misery. Of course its still one food at a time but hey its still a Great day for me. Now tomorrow will be another story, I seem to have one good day out of the week. I wish for a 2 week span of no issues.

Do you think you may have eaten something that you might be intolerant to, which could have caused a relapse? I have to be so careful any tiny amount of cross contamination from soy or gluten will cause even more misery then what I am already in.

I wish I could say whether I experience what you do but I still can't tolerate much of anything without something screaming at me. If its not my stomach its my intestines, and when they are screaming, it's rather embarrassing.

i asked my naturopath about he colloidal minerals and she hasn't added that at this stage. I am now taking acidopholus tablets. I forgot about the essaic tea but will fly her off an email and let you know.
I don't know what has cause my little relapse. I had two good weeks and now wham. My naturopath also taught me eft. (the link below)
http://www.emofree.com.au/
It has helped me in the past and I'll try it again now. It works on the physical and emotional. I'll try just about anything at this point. I'll see how the eft and new tablets go and see if anything settles. I'm not in pain just more gurgling and tightness in the tummy.
thanks for the acidopholus tip by the way.

good luck on the acidophilous tablets I can't use them in tablet form, they we making my stomach feel worse. Different from food intake, so once I stopped it got better, i just took a few days. AmyLyn in another post said that the capsule form of acidophilous is better, but to empty the capsule take it that way. I am going to try that. Let me know how your tablet works for you.

So she didn't say the colloidal is a bad thing, well thats good, I know my naturalpath wants me on them because I am so deficient in minerals/nutrients. Maybe you haven't reached that point, nor do I hope you get to that point. My previous dr's did not do anything about what I was telling them, and at first the symptoms were pointing towards Candida so my naturalpath was focused on that. I was getting worse and that was when he suggested I find a GP that will do the testings I needed. So now my journey continues to see if I have gastroparesis on top of the gastrisis.

Hi Sowle,
I meant to say I'm on acidiphilis capsules, sorry. I already take magnesium, fish oil, vitamins c,d b multi and glucosamine so my minerals are probably ok. My white cell count was low so I started taking echinacea and am now thinking they may have caused my tummy to become unsettled again. It's so hard to know isn't it. I may rest them for a few days. Let the acidophilis kick in and then re-introduce the echinacea but not take the full amount. I didn't take any supplements for the first few weeks but manage them ok now. I give myself two days off each week and only take the slippery elm and now the acidohpilis. Taking over 15 tablest a day is tiring.
Good luck.