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Posted 5/3/2012 3:38 AM (GMT 0)

Hello,

 

I am 19 years old. Last summer my stomach started to burn really bad on my upper abdominal. It started one day and I swear to you it didn’t stop for a good three months. It burned 24/7 and then I finally went to the doctors and they said I had acute gastritis. They gave me ranitidine which didn’t help and I was so desperate to make the burning stop I went to another doctor who gave me Nexium. That made the burning stop but still constantly gave me this pain that felt like hunger. I have to say that I got this problem by eating spicy food all my life. Nothing tasted good enough to eat unless it was spicy so my mom made things spicy for me. I believe that’s why I have gastritis. Anyways it’s almost a year later and my stomach doesn’t burn 24/7 however burns at least once a day. Usually when I wake up in the morning and drink water or eat anything. Anytime I drink soda or just anytime in general it burns. I got an ultrasound and that came back fine. Also a stool test that came out fine I believe. I am back on Ranitidine whenever I feel like I need it, I take that pill. Will I ever get rid of this burning sensation? Will like stomach lining ever become has it used to be before I got gastritis? Any tips on diet and food I know I’m not supposed to be eating spicy food but I seriously can’t help but cheat once in a while.

-I don’t smoke or drink

-Over all healthy other than gastritis issue I really want to get rid of it.

P.s my mom keeps getting scared and thinks i might get or have ulcer and get cancer from it because she knows someone that had ulcer and got cancer. I think my doctor would know? Im not pooping blood or anything just stomach burning.

Thank you

Post Edited (everblue) : 5/4/2012 1:11:48 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/3/2012 5:51 AM (GMT 0)
Nice.... here's a tip take the ranitidine aka zantac daily as it is prescribed. You don't take a preventive medication when you get the symptoms - you take it daily. And you have acid reflux with gastritis. You take the medications like Tums, Pepto Bismul, Maalox when it bugs you.
Pay attention to what you eat.. take a note book and write down what and when you eat and drink then when a attack hits (burning, upset stomach so forth) and what it is alike but remember the times on both. Look for something in common after a few weeks. For example: If I had burning after drinking soda within an hour I would try an experiment and not drink soda for a week. If it gets better I know I cant have soda. But only take away one thing at a time or it will be hard for you to find out which is triggering the symptoms.
You can see a GI doctor too.
Posted 5/4/2012 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Everblue,

Smurfy Shadow has provided some excellent advice.  Ranitidine is prescribed to take daily.  It takes consistent treatment to keep your stomach feeling good.  It's not helpful to get better for a few days and get bad again over and over again. 

Eat carefully.  If you know something triggers your stomach, avoid it.  Whatever you do has to be done consistently and over months not days. It takes a long time for stomach tissue to heal and get feeling better.  When I've gotten gastritis the very shortest episode lasts over a month.  Generally it's more like three months of very careful eating...no spice, no acidic foods, no roughness (like raw veggies or popcorn, etc.) that can irritate when your stomach mashes food.

You probably have to always be careful with your stomach.  Those were the cards you were dealt, and you'll have to make the best of it.  It wasn't likely to have been bought on by the spice, but since your stomach is sensitive, the spice took its toll.

Hang in there!

Denise

Posted 5/4/2012 2:40 PM (GMT 0)
I know you're 19 and it sounds like a death sentence. But put in the 3 - 6 months now and you can figure out how to live the rest of your life. This really bad stuff won't last forever. It's just that you have to take a little time now to take care of your stomach.

If anybody gives you a hard time just ignore them. THEY don't have to live with the burning. It's not worth a burning stomach to shut your friends up. If you were diabetic they wouldn't give you grief about insulin or watching your diet. You just have to act like it's THAT important to you.

And treat it like an interesting science experiment - because it is. You keep a log of your food intake and how it makes you feel. You experiment by dropping a food for a few weeks and see how it makes you feel. And repeat the process.

YOU get to decide that you CAN conquer this and then you will. It just takes a little time.

In the grand scheme of things you can calculate out how many months you plan to be alive --- probably until you are 90 years old. That's planning to live for another 840 months. So, you can take 6 months to figure out what's going on so that means that you'll spend less than 0.7% of your life figuring out what makes your stomach burn. Not that big a deal, right?

And keep taking your daily medication. It really helps.

I lived in Germany for 4 years in my 20's and had TERRIBLE problems with my stomach. It was two years before I was allowed to drink a German beer and have any German wine! Believe me when I say that I know it sucks!
Posted 4/15/2016 6:33 AM (GMT 0)
Hello everblue,
I know this is many years later but, what had ever became of your issue?
Did it go away?
if so, how?
I'm going through something really similar and would like some feedback please :(
Posted 4/15/2016 9:46 PM (GMT 0)
I too am experiencing the same burning sensation. Acute is the best way to describe it. It's not all over. It's basically in one spot. I am also very worried I have an ulcer or something worse. Going to the doc at the beginning of the month to get checked for H. Pylori, the cause for 90% of ulcers and can lead to other, scarier gastric issues.

The sensation I get is just to the left of my sternum, right about where the actual stomach organ is. It's been bugging me since the middle of February, so almost 2 months. I've had blood work done which came back fine and normal. I'm a 26 year old male with a history of gastritis, possible GERD and a WHOOOOOLE bunch of stress, depression and anxiety.
Posted 4/18/2016 4:20 PM (GMT 0)
Anyone have anything else to add to this? Maybe similar experience? I'm still struggling with it and it's really, really difficult.
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