Gastritis...what to do?

Hi all,

It's been an extremely rough week and I'm feeling pretty horrible.  A couple days ago the severe pain near my left abdomen got so severe I haven't been able to eat much.  Finally went to GI doc and I have an endoscopy on Monday.  He thinks it's either an ulcer or gastritis. I tested negative for H. Pylori.

This would explain why I have been sleeping so horribly the past two months, my skin has been breaking out, and I've been feeling feverish at night, waking up in pain.  I didn't realize it could possibly be an ulcer.

My question is- can Lyme cause gastritis?  OR- is it possible Candida could have caused it?  Coincidentally, my tongue has been coated white the past two weeks and I have just recently been doing a strict Candida diet.

I think it all has to do w/ the amount of stomach acid and digestion.  I believe I had low stomach acid to begin with and I was eating an extremely high protein diet which exacerbated the issue.  That, coupled with stress may have caused this problem.

Now I don't know if I should take a break from my herbal protocol to try and fix my gut.

What do you guys think?  Should I continue w/ the herbs or will that make things worse?

Would appreciate ANY advice on what to do.

I'm surprised that the GI doc didn't run the blood work to check for Celiac. That is usually one of the things they look for.

When I went all through this, my doc did both the endoscopy and colonoscopy at the same time. He did and found that I had the longest colon he had ever seen. Great! Like constipation isn't bad enough, lets make sure that there is a long way to go a long the way. My endoscopy showed that the cells in my esophagus were damaged likely due to acid reflux. He put me on Prilosec 20 mg daily and after a year he had me repeat the endoscopy no difference.

There are lots of other issues with our digestive tracks. If you have Candida, the diet alone may not be enough. Pirouette is the expert in the forum, but she has been dealing with her own health right now and has been absent from the forum. Traveler just put a post to another thread that took a bunch of Pirouette's posts together in one place. If Traveler doesn't see this post you might want to email her. I know it was just recent.

One thing I am sure of is that each time she posted about Candida, Pirouette was very sure that sugar and bread cravings along with previous yeast infections (even very far back) was an indication of yeast over growth. She also said the Candida takes over and causes the body to crave sugar. Part of our discussion was alcoholism runs in my family and she said that one of the reasons alcoholics relapse is this sugar craving. She feels the only solution is Nystatin Powder. But again check her posts.

One thing I did read recently (not sure if it was on the forum or another resource) was that if candida takes hold it can kind of grow "roots" and this contributes to food molecules leaking out of our digestive systems and causing food sensitivities.

Add to all of this food sensitivities (including binders, dyes and things found in our meds). There are many different reactions our bodies have including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pains, rashes (really anywhere) and the list goes on. Generally, we tend to have sensitivities to more than one food (or other things we ingest) and it is almost impossible to narrow it down by removing one thing at a time. An elimination diet is necessary, but not just removing one or two things at a time. If you want more info, let me know and I'll go into more detail but this has come up on several threads recently.

So unfortunately many of us have to deal with multiple things at once,
Hope you have a good day,
Kim

For those that are interested, here is the link to a large amount of Pirouette's posts about yeast/fungal issues: goo.gl/4r3gmv

One of the things that Pirouette insisted on was that one of the medications (sorry, I can't remember which one!) had to come from a compounding pharmacy so that you could avoid (drum roll please!) added sugar!! In the meds for yeast issues!! Be sure to go through her posts for confirmation on which one it was - Not sure if it was the nystatin or the other one.

Thanks for sharing your personal stories. I've been miserable! I feel like the Prevacid he prescribed is giving me anxiety...there truly is a "gut-mind" connection. I'm going to try some natural things to ease the pain, starting with low acid diet, DGL licorice, and slippery elm.

Staying on my Lyme protocol. I got off it one day and symptoms came flooding back. Back to the grind.

Hi Kenvh!
Welcome to our community!

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