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.
so i've been diagnosed with gastritis for nearly 2 years now & i have never been more frustrated with a condition... especially something so severe. Especially when diagnosed after never having any conditions for 23 years of my life. every couple of months (including yesterday) will i randomly have an episode that almost always lands me in urgent care, where they then tell me that all my test results look fine & to "rough it out". The nausea is always horrible, the stomach pains unbearable, vomiting is self explanatory, and my ANXIETY has worsened tremendously... I had to find a support group online bc I need any type of encouragement, tips, or ANYTHING... it's literally making me hate my life :(
I know it can be difficult. I was diagnosed Gastritis recently (two months ago). The morning pains and nausea is what gets me most. So far, I haven’t taken any medication other than Pepcid which has helped. I am trying to avoid other meds but may not have a choice if conditions worsen. The all day feeling of having to gag is bad for me. I am figuring out what foods trigger certain reaction so thats helping. Obviously spicy foods and I am noting fried foods (which I don’t eat much of already) as foods to avoid. I think everyone is different. Right now I am on a trial and error stage. I can only imagine how difficult it can be to go to urgent care and walk away with really no resolution.