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jknnej
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Well, I had my test done yesterday. He took several biopsies of my stomach and intestine for celiac disease and H.Pylori.

What he noticed with the naked eye was:

Antral Gastritis-mild AND

Schatzki's Ring, so he dialated my esophagus.

He also said I had mild patch erethyma in the antrum.

I was too out of it to ask questions and he told my hubby all was fine?

How could all be fine? What is gastritis? What is erethmya?

I just woke up but I'm going to see if my dr or his nurse will call me back.

I have to call for biopsy results in one week, meanwhile I won't see him again until June 29.

Any thoughts on what these are?

I'm still weak today..they had to give me double the demerol, I don't know why.

I get weak and sick when I exert myself.

Have a bit of a sore throat...

I got cool pictures of everything to keep...now I can take the pictures of my vocal cords to my ENT to see why I can't sing.

I'm going to the regular dr. today to find out why I get so shaky and I can always hear my own heartbeat-it's weird. Also feels like I can't breathe....

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I'm not sure what all that means, but are you sure they said erethyma or arhythmia, because arhythmia (dont know how to spell it) is an abnormality with then rhythm of the heart. If he siad all was fine then I doubt there was anything serious, unless they just ment that the prosedure went well?

good luck with the results!

cat x x x

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PreOptMegs
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I just had a biopsy done last week and the Dr. told me I had gastritis as well. I now take a Prevacid OTC each day. I have never had acid reflux or heartburn problems, so it was news to me.

jknnej Collaborator
jknnej
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I asked my dr. today; not the GI doc, but my regular dr. He said erethyma is simply redness, like maybe because of all of the acid my stomach was irritated.

He took blood to test my thyroid, so we'll see what happens. I'm feeling a bit better now.

William Dickey, PhD, MD Newbie
William Dickey, PhD, MD
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Well, I had my test done yesterday. He took several biopsies of my stomach and intestine for celiac disease and H.Pylori.

What he noticed with the naked eye was:

Antral Gastritis-mild AND

Schatzki's Ring, so he dialated my esophagus.

He also said I had mild patch erethyma in the antrum

Gastritis- inflammation of the stomach

Antral gastritis- gastritis affecting the lower part of the stomach (the antrum)

Often caused by the bacterium- H pylori.

Erythema is a red appearance of the stomach lining, usually indicating gastritis.

Schatzki ring is a narrowing of the lower gullet just above a hiatus hernia which can cause a sensation of food sticking on the way down.

Hope this clarifies.

srdover Newbie
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I work for a GI group (not a nurse or a doctor so this is not medical advice) and all those things are very common and not any cause for you to worry. They may give you an acid blocker or suppressor if they think the gastritis is causing you pain. You also might have to have the Schatzki's ring dilated from time to time if you notice that you have any difficulty swallowing or food getting stuck.

Some thoughts on the shakiness is low blood sugar. You also might want to see if your magnesium is low. Low magnesium can cause your heart to beat irregularly or pound (which can also make you feel short of breath).

Hang in there! I hope you feel better soon!

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