Acute Gastritis (Positive Responses)
About a two weeks ago I was incredibly nauseous and tired to force myself to puke but nothing would come up. I went to bed eventually and woke up feeling fine but then got another wave of nausea that day. Then I started feeling heart burn and acid reflux.
I went to the doctor and he prescribed me 20 mg of omezephram and told me to eat non acidy foods. I felt totally normal 4 days later so I had a tiny bite of my friends slice of pizza and a garlic knot and then hours later I had the worst heart burn of my life. I went back to the doctor and he prescribed me sucraflate. I ended up feeling a little better but I still was getting acid reflux and heartburn but keep in mind I haven’t felt nausea since day 2.
Last night I went to the ER to get an IV since I haven’t been eating much and losing weight and I’m already a skinny person and they were able to get me an immediate referral with a GI doctor after running everything else (bloodwork and ultrasound and ekg) came back normal.
I had my appointment today and he said ppis take a while to truly work and if I’m not good in a week or better than now then we’ll come back and look to see if it’s not acute but he believes it is. Anyways I’m just hoping to hear positive stories because this heart burn is so frustrating and all I want is a soda . I need to know it gets better.
Also I know anxiety plays a big stress into this and my Reddit and TikTok have made me think I’m gonna live with this for the rest of my life.
Also he did say acute takes up to four weeks to feel better and then another four weeks to fully heal without symptoms where I can incorporate normal meals again