Acute Gastritis (Stomach Inflammation) | Causes, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Acute Gastritis (Stomach Inflammation) | Causes, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Acute gastritis is a condition involving inflammation of the gastric (stomach) mucosa. A wide variety of factors can cause acute gastritis including some bacterial infections, consumption of certain beverages and some medications. This inflammation of the stomach lining leads to a variety of symptoms. In this lesson, we discuss a large list of causes of acute gastritis, including all of the signs and symptoms, complications of acute gastritis, and how clinicians diagnose and treat acute gastritis.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: I forgot to mention that in the case of B12 deficiency caused by gastritis (which can be from atrophic gastritis or autoimmune gastritis), B12 INJECTIONS are required as oral supplements will not be absorbed efficiently!*

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[msa]

here we go again with my gastritis attack together with anxiety attack. deadly combo ever. makes me want to give up everything. i cannot breathe properly because of the uncomfortable feeling of fullness in my stomach, trapped gas, uncontrollable anxiety, and my freaking cold which makes me even more anxious whether i have covid or not. It gets worse right after i eat my meal. i have been experiencing acid reflux and heartburn ever since the pandemic started i remember being so terrified back then when i was so clueless. and i am still now tbh..

thank you for your helpful information and thank you to all these people that shared their experiences, you've no idea how much it makes me feel a lot better knowing that i'am not alone in this.

whoever you are reading this,
I know what you're feeling and I want you to know that YOU are not alone in this. It really sucks i know but we'll get better.

[rodrigovergara]

for those who are experiencing this.. You are not alone, we can survive!

[thomasoxford]

I'm almost a year in now. It's so depressing. I haven't had a drink in over a decade, I eat well and exercise religiously. I have no idea what is causing this illness. I have trouble sleeping and I can have chest pains that feel like a heart attack.

It's strangely comforting to know it's reasonably common. Stay strong...

[aquatarot]

I was hospitalized for gastritis 3 times the past year.. I'd throw up bile uncontrollably for 7 days straight. God I don't wish that on anyone. Thanks for this video

[MothaFaknJEEZUS]

Thank you for making this video. I been suffering very badly the last 3 weeks from this due to a stomach flu I got from contaminated food. Now I feel a lot of gas only but sometimes I feel like it makes my heart beat faster. I have an appointmentwith the gastritis doctor in a few days but I’m happy to see there’s ways to treat it. It honestly makes me feel so lifeless and riddled with anxiety. I just want to feel normal again.

[chuck]

Figured since I finally healed my erosive gastritis after 3 years of hell, I'll post a comment for any future lurkers looking for answers and tips. First, I took 40 mg PPI once in the morning, 30 minutes before breakfast. 20 mg Pepcid in the evening and then another one before bed. Reduce to one Pepcid after a month. 1000 mg Tums when needed. If I felt any discomfort, I took tums. What finally did it for me was removing fiber from my diet. That was the last culprit. Then I only ate 4 things until I was healed. Plain toast (white bread), rice cakes lightly salted and watery white rice with 2 salmon fillets. That's it. I usually cook about two cups of rice, put it in a plastic container, add the salmon and mix it all up. Baked, no seasoning. The key was easy to digest foods and small, frequent meals. Your digestive system needs a rest, but you have to eat. Your body needs amino acids aka protein to repair the damaged tissue, hence the salmon. Eating this in the evening is best because our bodies can't store amino acids, supposedly. So I ate my protein late so by the time I went to bed, the amino acids were now in my blood ready to be used to heal the damage and our bodies do all its healing while we sleep. Drink plenty of natural spring water in between meals, not with your meals. Sleep elevated, get good quality sleep, improve your posture which will aid in the digestion process along with walking after eating. Anything to make digestion easier on your body. Reduce stress, get some sun for vitamin D.

What I found to be the best thing to do for pain, place a cold bottle of water on your stomach, takes away the pain almost immediately. I would also wear a heating pad while I slept. I called it heat therapy. The idea was that heat improves blood circulation and promotes blood flow to the area the heat is applied to. So by placing the heating pad on my stomach, the heat would increase blood flow to my stomach along with the recently added amino acids, thus allowing the body to do a better job at healing the damage to the lining. Another thing, if you have pain while out of the house like at school or work, go buy one of those heat pads used for back pain but place it on your stomach. Works very well and can help get you through the day. But that's about it. The diet is rough, and you will feel miserable at the beginning, hungry a lot. Don't cave into the cravings, STICK to the diet, it's the only way. Over the next couple of weeks, you'll start to notice the pain get better and better, and before you know it, you'll be close to being symptom free, but don't think you're healed just yet. You're getting there, but give it more time, you need to fully heal and then give time for your lining to go back to full strength if you want to go back to the good foods. This is what I did, and it took a few months, but it was worth it. My horrible gastritis finally healed (confirmed via endoscopy) and it was bad. The doctor said it was the worse he's ever seen, like someone who abused alcohol their whole life. Now, I can eat anything, chocolate, fried foods, pizza, soda and even a small amount of spicy foods, but I don't do that very often.

Good luck.

[meaghanmaria]

This was seriously the worst pain I have ever felt. I thought I was dying- I had a flare up from alcohol but turns out I had built up a LOT of damage over time due to a lot of factors, some lifestyle some not. Having GERD as well is never a good thing either and can complicate things further but please, if someone says they are experiencing this- it is seriously one of the most debilitating things one can go through.

[popularr.xvidz.]

Do to anxiety, my stomatch gets inflamed in my stomatch often. Your video was so correct. The reason i say this is because i have an aunt that can speak to God (she is mexican). You may not believe me, but i do. I asked her about what i was feeling. She told me something i can do if im inflamed. I want to share with you guys💗. Get a bucket or bowl with warm water. Then, get a BAR of soap and while laying down, rub your belly gently. After, get a planket and lay down for a couple minutes. You can ethier lay down for about 10, 30, 20 minutes. It really doesnt matter it just matters how much u feel ur belly inflamed.

[autumnanddiane]

My husband has to miss work Sunday night cause he got so bad I had to take him to the ER Sunday. He says the same thing it feels like your dying!

[aquarenajess]

I really appreciate this video! Has anyone else with gastritis had severe cramping? Like mine is on the upper left side and feels like a bad "charlie horse" cramp!! The severe cramp comes and goes especially if I lean over or sit the wrong way. I can't lay on my left side because it hurts. I have a lot of other symptoms, but this scares me so bad. I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy last week. Doctor came to recovery and said I had gastritis. Had a biopsy, waiting on results. If anyone else has experienced something like this, I would really appreciate hearing about! 🥺

[alxk]

When i get an attack, the pain starts in my stomach and then about 8 hours later it moves to my back and the only thing that numbs the pain are hot showers. I started doing whim hoff breathing and 6/ 10 times the pain goes away. I do about 4 sets of that breathing excersice.

[borleyboo]

I suffered an attack yesterday and the pain in my upper back was excruciating. It moved to my stomach and by that time, I was almost gnawing my pillow in an effort not to wake the house up with my moaning and crying. The antacid I necked took an age to work.
My sympathy to anyone suffering this regularly. I’ve only had two such attacks in the last two years and wouldn’t wish them on anyone. 😖

[ellataylor]

After a couple of months of this. I did my own remedy. Lucky I had antibiotics leftover. So Sunday July 3… I brought some probiotics.. took some… still in pain. later that evening, after researching. I started the antibiotics and Omeprazole treatment. July 4… I start the Brat diet ( Banana, plain rice, applesauce and wheat toast.. with a glass of rice milk only) I stayed on the antibiotics for the full 7 days. Today July 9 my last day with the brat diet and antibiotics and Omeprazole combination. So far so good. I started to sleep better after the 3rd day… and today I notice a spike in my energy. I went completely plant based on July 8. Life changer. No more pain in upper belly.. no more nausea feeling after I eat or drink…. No more fullness… no more heating pad. And bloating went down and I lost a few pounds this week. The only thing I need to do is get back into working out. But yes… I will be careful and watch for triggers. But overall. I’m a happy camper. We all in this together… be strong.

[annarickards]

From someone who has cured gastritis ( caused by taking too much Ibruprofen) - change your diet! I took Omeprazole for months and months and it was only when I decided enough was enough and removed all acidic things from my diet that I was almost instantly cured. You need to give your stomach time to heal without irritating it again and again. I now only drink water and tea, no juices, no lemons, no oranges, no spicy foods, no coffee etc. My diet is fairly plain but not too plain as I have figured out what my stomach can cope with.

[OGBigBob]

I have H Pylori which causes my gastritis.. some days are cool and the issues are limited.. then days like yesterday happen where my stomach is inflammed for 12 hours.. vomiting.. acid reflux like isses.. its horrible.. i pray for anyone who is facing this issue

[AL-elbl]

I just recovered after 10 days. Wow sent me to the shadow realm never experiences such agony. Ride it though guys! God speed!

[BopWalk]

Had symptoms for a week already and still have the problem, upper stomach hurts after eating ANYTHING and the pain can last for hours with the urge of heavy feeling and vomiting acid and mucus. Only medicine that's really helped was the packets of Gastricell which still gave me bloating but eliminated the aching pain.

[staccsamilltv]

Great video, I've been suffering from gastritis since 2007 and I still get monthly flare ups. I've been to a specialist but still have same problems till thus day. Just had a flare up 3 days ago.

[glasgowbhoy]

I’ve had it a week first time ever it came on suddenly I don’t smoke or drink it seems to be improving with omeprozol… will there be a chance it will go away and not come back?

[xthatswhatsuppx]

So I've been struggling with horrible gastric symptoms since 2019 that heavily impact my ability to sleep. Laying down, even elevated, can sometimes create the most horrific chest pains imaginable leaving me unable to sleep for the whole night. I recently went to a gastroenterologist and got an endoscopy that revealed I had a small hiatal hernia along with gastritis. I typically don't feel any pain throughout the day, only sleep debilitating cramps/chest pains while trying to sleep at night. Has anyone else with confirmed gastritis experienced these symptoms??