Gastritis?

[Tasha2004]

Hi All: My 81 yr old Mom is having some real tummy issues. She has been diagnosed about 17 years, and had two incidents of accidentally ingesting gluten (and getting pretty sick) in those years since.

She had a recent blood panel, no gluten appears to be getting in. She had a routine colonoscopy and endoscopy two weeks ago, which showed gastritis. She is having trouble now eating foods with fat, or fruits. She can eat rice and things like bananas, but not much else without loose stools. They just today ran a blood test on her (I gather to check for all sorts of things), and they have her scheduled for an abdominal CT scan this week. I am wondering if that isnt a little drastic? Are there things that can cause gastritis? I would gather just being Celiac can make you prone to things.

Anyway, they told her no fats and no acids right now, but they also have her very upset and nervous. Like I said, they didnt even do the blood test until today, along with ordering the scan, which seems to be kind of heavy duty before you bother to check for simple things. Any thoughts?

[Guest cassidy]

I had gastritis, and my wasn't serious. It is frustrating when you can't tolerate a lot of foods, but mine went away. What helped me most was drinking aloe. You can get aloe at the health food store. I wouldn't recommend the plain because it tastes nasty but they have mango or cherry flavors which are fine. I also took, and still take, digestive enzymes.

I haven't heard of gastritis being caused by anything serious, but maybe it could be. I'm sure your mom has dealt with worse pain from the celiac and hopefully things will get under control. I would tell her not to worry.

[glutengal]

I had gastritis, and my wasn't serious. It is frustrating when you can't tolerate a lot of foods, but mine went away. What helped me most was drinking aloe. You can get aloe at the health food store. I wouldn't recommend the plain because it tastes nasty but they have mango or cherry flavors which are fine. I also took, and still take, digestive enzymes.

I haven't heard of gastritis being caused by anything serious, but maybe it could be. I'm sure your mom has dealt with worse pain from the celiac and hopefully things will get under control. I would tell her not to worry.

Hi,

I am new to the gluten free diet ( 2 months) and went on the diet even thought my blood test and biopsy came

back negative. Decided to try the diet because of symptoms of stomach pain, indigestion, headaches, earaches, congestion, bleeding gums etc., but also because the biopsy showed gastritis. All the symptoms have cleared up except for the indigestion/gastritis and someone suggested probiotics and digestive enzymes. I started the digestive enzymes and the indigestion was worse. After some research I found that if you have gastritis you cannot take digestive enzymes that contain protease as the protease can irritate the stomach lining making the gastritis worse. It was then suggested to stop the digestive enzymes and take probiotics that have at least 8-10 strains, as well as to take whole leaf aloe vera juice. What kind of digestive enzymes do you take? I was taking papaya. How long did it take for the aloe juice to help you? Did it clear up your gastritis completely and do you still use the aloe vera?