Try mineral water the one with minerals in it, i find it more soothing than regular water. minerals are alkalizing.

I've tried mineral water before but its the same thing. I've got some of those alkaline drops too but still the same. It doesn't appear to be acidity as I can be feeling perfectly fine in the morning, then I drink some water and it feels like its burning. Yet when I eat something I feel better.

Really strange and worrying as I need to stay hydrated but cant take much of the pain it makes me so depressed :(

Am I the only one that has a problem with water?

You call the sensation burning, but perhaps it is not 'acidic' burning.

Perhaps you are hypersensitive to distention & stretching of the stomach & duodenum which can occur more with consumption of liquids than solids.

What about soup? Does that hurt?

Personally I have to be careful not to overfill my stomach. Stomach distention stimulates acid production. Also my motility goes a bit crazy if I mix eating & drinking together. I have to do them separately. ie, not drink at mealtimes.

On days when I am lazy & don't drink "enough" I actually feel a lot better. Stupid digestive system.

How much are you drinking at a time? Lots or just a few sips?

Thats the thing, I dont drink a lot when it happens, and I can eat quite huge amounts and have less pain than just having 200ml of water :S

Any problems with the valve at the bottom of your stomach (pyloric sphincter)? Or do you have a hernia? I'm sort of thinking solids might 'sit' differently in parts of your stomach compared to liquids.

What about gastroparesis or some other motility dysfunction?

What about if you just drink 100ml or 50ml at a time?

My valve is normal but I have a HH which slides up and down. Liquids do tend to make my reflux worse as well, but this pain im talking about is definitely in my stomach.

Dont think I have gastroparesis, my anti-depressent is supposed to help with that plus I've tried domperidone in the past but it doesn't make much difference.

At the moment I am just taking tiny sips between meals, and then drinking about 200ml each time I have food. I also try to have watery food like stew and or porridge to make sure Im hydrated and I seem to be ok with it.

I find it so strange, cant think of a reason plain water would do this, maybe it is just washing away my stomach lining, like if you drink lots of water your mouth gets a bit dry and coarse?

I've just bought some soy milk, Im going to try drinking that instead of water and cut plain water out completely, and see if it makes any difference.

I had this problem too, and i usually drank warm water, or what really helped me was coconut water. even now that My stomach has been feeling somewhat better i still drink it once a day just because it soothes my stomach and has electrolytes in it

Get a Brita filter (one of those jugs). And ditto on the warm/lukewarm water, that's what I drink. Sometimes I forget and I pour it for like that for other people and they're so disgusted (eww, this water is warm!!!) lol. welcome to my life.

I always drink warm water too!

I can't drink Brita filtered water though. The filtration reduces the pH of the water ie, makes it more acidic! It can hurt & do damage by activating the nasty enzyme pepsin.

Andy - I think you may be worrying unnecessarily. I just reread your post & saw that you've only had this problem for a couple of days! Plus you've had diarrhea. You've probably got a bug or virus of some description & currently got increased inflammation. I get crazy symptoms when I get any bugs. I'm sure once you recover then this problem will calm down. Obviously if it doesn't then go see a Doctor.

Water can't wash away stomach lining. Although filtered (acidic) water might do damage via pepsin activation. I guess water might wash excess acid further along the system. Whereas food consumption would likely buffer the acid somewhat.

Actually Andy I'm clutching at straws. I have no idea. Gastritis is simply crazy. I can eat avocados in the morning, but not in the afternoon. I can eat banana cake, but not bananas.

I can eat roasted almonds, but not unroasted ones, lol. I know, it's nuts. (haha, sorry!!! lol)

LOL. :-)

same here, but its difft days hours..I cant drink a pop say 45 min do good with it..try this you need to stay hydrated and keep your PH levels wear they need to be

Just updating another old thread for anyone thats interested or comes across it. it was the licorice tea that was giving me stomach pains and the diarhhea. Once i stopped that i eventually felt better again and could drink water again fine. Water being painful is just a sign that the stomach is very inflamed and sore

I had a problem with water too when I was really bad. I've healed lots though and now i guzzle water.

Coconut water was the answer for me. It has to be the right kind though. No sugar added, no pulp, all natural. It really soothes my stomach when its bad, and it was the only thing i could drink when I couldn't even have water.

Thai heritage coconut water - 100% natural is what i get at dollarama. i love this stuff.

it's also 120 calories per can so if you can't eat right it's a good answer

I know this comment is late but

Toomuchpho you are allergic to nuts. You need to check of its all nuts or just certain ones. When they are cooked, it hydrogenates the proteins or something and so you can eat them. Allergic to nurlts and seeds but can eat roasted peanuts. Was tested to confirm it.

Smilelikeyoumeanit - it seems your allergic to bananas.