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.
Im now taking Aloe Vera and Slippery elm a couple of times a day. I also have been taking one probiotic a day. Ive even tried Silicol gel off and on. Mostly I try Sucralfate and at night and in the day Gaviscon. However nothing seems to be working so Im sceptical about the supplements. I have just bought some Papaya enzymes but I have a bad flare up again and am sitting up at night in pain. All the doctors give me is paracetamol and codeine which doesn,t take away the pain. Im at my wits end. What do you do when its too painful to sleep? What should I take more of? I don,t know what to try next to be honest. Ive not tried Pepzin GI yet so don't, know how that would go with the other supplements? I can,t take too many things together.
I take:
Slippery elm
enzymes with food
probiotics in the am
marshmallow root tea and flaxseed tea mixed at night near the bed (warm, not hot), and also during the day. I can't drink plain water, it just hurts! I need to change the ph a bit and the tea does that. I don't add anything but the herbs.
tums if things get bad, gaviscon if they get worse...
I use heat packs, a lot. All night in bed. I use the ones you put in the microwave and put it on my stomach at night before I go to sleep, sometimes I need to reheat it at 2 am. I sleep sitting mostly up on pillows most nights.
When it's too painful to sleep, personally I sit there and cry. After 2 full years... it's too much some days.
Aloe vera made me worse, too acidic I think.
I stay away from enzymes as they can be irritating from what I read.