For those who have had gastritis (I myself had two bouts of it), I just want to know what your pain feels like.
I think I am having a third flare and I am worried I have given myself something bad by constantly stressing.
Previously I had been diagnosed twice via endoscopy and my symptoms were bloated stomach, full feeling, constant burping and generally unable to stomach food - I had occasional burning / acid / lump in throat. The first time was mild gastritis, second time moderate but no one seemed concerned just told me to stress less. I wasn't even given meds.
This time feels a little different so I am not sure. I am getting pain and it was what it started with. It was like a prickly scratchy feeling on the inside of my upper stomach (towards the left) between the ribs. I would burp and then it would get rid of it for a few days - then it started happening more often and then I started getting burning. I still have a great appetite though and except for bloating once in a while I am fine. I tried one week of Somac (which is a PPI i think) but if anything it made me worse, pains to the back on the left and right and just general sick feeling so I stopped it and seemed better. But the prickly cutting feeling comes and goes once or twice a day - also I have a more dull pain that comes and go but hangs around a bit more around the bottom of my ribs. I feel well otherwise. It has been almost a month of feeling like this and I have generally been dealing with this quite well or better than I otherwise would have.
I am going to be patient because my last bout of gastritis lasted months ... but because of the pain this time I am worried (I was stressed pretty much all of this year from the start of the year due to health anxiety and had minor surgery as well).
So long story short, those of you who had gastritis ... if you had pain can you please help me out by letting me know if it feels cutting / prickly / dull / burning. Does it come and go. How long did it last and what your experience was like generally.
Thank you.