Anyone who has cured atrophic gastritis, please respond!

I don't want to upset you, but this gastritis is not curable; it's a precancerous condition. You must have an endoscopy every year, follow a strict diet, and undergo regular treatment for flare-ups.

And you also shouldn't drink green tea; it makes the situation worse.

I had erosive gastritis and for two months, I drank one teaspoon of sea buckthorn oil every morning on an empty stomach. Then, I brewed flaxseed and also drank it in the mornings. After that, I used black seed oil. At the same time, I followed a strict diet for about a year. After a year, I had another endoscopy, and the diagnosis was removed. Only superficial gastritis remained.
Everything is treatable. Wishing you luck and patience!

You could at least ask the author what kind of gastritis they have: with low or high acidity, before handing out "advice"

With atrophic gastritis, it's all the same damn thing. This gastritis is really bad. I have it myself. The doctor said it's very difficult to treat. Online they write that it doesn't get cured at all.

You have erosions, but this person has atrophy of the mucous membrane. It doesn't recover anymore. The main thing is to prevent it from progressing.

Thank you for your response and wishes! I wish you the strongest health and all the best! I just wanted to clarify: did you simply have erosive gastritis or atrophic gastritis with erosions? And how did it manifest in your case?

What are you treating it with?

When I have a flare-up, soup and jelly help me. Do you have high acidity? Were you prescribed any medication? For high acidity, De-Nol and ranitidine work for me.

Thank you for your response! I don't know how one can live at 30 years old with the awareness of having a precancerous condition... What if the immune system fails and that's it... Could surgery be done right away to remove the problematic part of the stomach instead of waiting for cancer? Hope is also given by the fact that my suspected atrophy hasn't been confirmed by biopsy. After all, it's only through histology that this disease can be confirmed or refuted. Is that right?

Just erosive. My stomach didn't really bother me much, I often had dry mouth in the mornings and bitterness during the day. Due to not entirely proper nutrition, pastries, junk food, fried stuff, smoked fish and other tasty things... one day I had a flare-up - vomiting. When I got examined, it turned out to be gastritis. The doctor said it was the first warning sign of an ulcer, so I started treating it intensively. I don't know what exactly helped - maybe the combination )) but black seed oil has phenomenal qualities as they say!
I also took the pills prescribed by the doctor. I also drank herbs from time to time. In general, don't let the situation get worse, people have recovered from even worse problems, otherwise they'll start talking here... as if it's time to die.

Yeah. I have confirmed diagnosis. I'm also 30. At first I was freaking out too, but now I just don't give a fuck.

I completed a course of Novobismol, Omez, Phosphalugel, Lactofiltrum, Duspatalin, Meteospasmil. Currently, I'm still taking Omez, Phosphalugel, and have added Pancreatin. For natural remedies - flaxseed infusion and sea buckthorn oil.

Judging by the heartburn, it's probably high acidity. I was prescribed medication.
I took a course of Novobismol, Omez, Phosphalugel, Lactofiltrum, Duspatalin, Meteospasmil. Now I'm still taking Omez, Phosphalugel, and they've added Pancreatin. For home remedies - flaxseed infusion, sea buckthorn oil, St. John's wort.

How does it manifest for you? For me, it's either ***** abdominal pain, then pinpoint pain sensations, then burning.
P.S.: I wish you and myself to overcome this affliction! To everyone who is also ill and came here to respond - I also wish you recovery! By the way, one doctor online stated affirmatively that everything will recover if the atrophy is focal and the patient is relatively young. I want to believe that.

Author, you need to go on a very serious diet, don't listen to that imbecile guest who writes about crayfish etc, There are many such crazy people, they deliberately wind you up, anyway I'm telling you as a very knowledgeable person, here 80% depends on the right diet (NOT STARVATION) you can't starve, namely diet, They exist and on the internet diet table number etc, there are many tables, diets are complex and long, but I'll tell you that those who followed them in 90% completely cured their entire system, of course you can't break it immediately afterward, and of course medications are needed but without fanaticism as auxiliary substances, there's a lot you can't eat. Regarding medications the doctor will prescribe, many different systems, many people specifically can't stick to diets, it's not that simple to sit on a system for a year but it's worth it. Wishing you health.

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When my condition flares up, soup and jelly help me. Do you have high acidity? Were you prescribed medication? For high acidity, De-Nol and ranitidine help me.
Judging by the heartburn, it's probably high acidity. I was prescribed medication.
I took a course of Novobismol, Omez, Phosphalugel, Lactofiltrum, Duspatalin, Meteospasmil. Now I continue taking Omez, Phosphalugel, and Pancreatin was added. For folk remedies - flaxseed infusion, sea buckthorn oil, St. John's wort.[/quo You're taking so many things!!! Exclude Omez for now!!! And be very careful with flaxseed, it accumulates toxins over time, stop using it, focus on your diet!

I became a vegetarian and everything went smoothly.

But my doctor told me that with atrophic gastritis, unlike hyperplastic, cancer rarely occurs, in contrast to hyperplastic, and you can live with it until old age. An important factor is also a hereditary predisposition to stomach tumor diseases.

Mine isn't focal, it's throughout the entire stomach. How it manifests - there hasn't been a single day when my stomach didn't hurt. Hunger pains especially bother me in the mornings, constant heaviness, bloating, everything burns.

Yeah, my doctor also told me you can live for years and die from another disease))))

The whole principle is to create an environment in the body where pathogenic bacteria causing gastritis cannot thrive.
Vegetarianism creates such an environment, naturally, if you eat properly and don't overload on bread and pasta.
Ideally, you should eat porridges cooked in water (oatmeal, buckwheat) by steeping them (pouring hot water over them, not boiling).
Casseroles
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Stewed vegetables
The main thing is to listen to how your body reacts to different foods. If it makes you sleepy, it means you've overeaten or the product isn't digesting well.
Then, you can move on to adding milk to your porridges.
No meat, fish. Nothing fried, spicy, canned, crackers, chips, or other artificial nonsense with huge amounts of preservatives and dyes.
Good luck, Sasha! Everything can be cured! Believe me.

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Thank you for your feedback! I wish you the very best of health as well! Yes, I'm trying to stick to a diet. By the way, I've noticed that even meat causes pressing sensations and slight abdominal pain. Maybe I should exclude meat for now and only eat porridges, light soups, jelly, etc.?

Thank you for the advice! I just don't know what to do without Omez. It neutralizes the acidity in the stomach. Won't the burning acid in the stomach, supported by bile reflux, torment me...

I, on the contrary, have read that meat is essential for this type of gastritis because it's protein, the building material, and if the mucous membrane atrophies, it needs protein to recover. But with the quality of our food products nowadays, it might be better not to eat anything at all.

I sympathize with you... and sincerely hope that this illness passes for you... completely and entirely!!! By the way, I also have hunger pains and burning as well.
Let's support each other and be friends! Please write your email or your VK page address. Or, let me give you mine.

Ellie, did you cure atrophic gastritis with a vegetarian diet or was it regular gastritis without atrophy?

So what exactly are we supporting? I stopped giving a damn. Well, whatever, let's do it

Thank you very much for your advice, Ellie! Wishing you and your family the strongest health!

Sorry, Ellie, how exactly do you steep the porridges? Do they need to sit for some time?

Pancreatin should only be taken after problematic meals when it's doubtful that the stomach can handle it on its own; otherwise, the pancreas won't work independently. For prevention, pancreatin can be used for about 10 days per quarter. Look into herbs as well—they are also taken in courses.

You're giving such advice here. You should have opened a diet for this type of gastritis. How without meat, when so little is absorbed anyway, and now deprive of the minimum. You just need to cook more carefully, that's all. My stomach hurt from steeped porridges, especially buckwheat, like 10 years before the diagnosis.

My father-in-law was diagnosed with this and sent to an oncologist, apparently they can do surgery, but my father-in-law can't have it - he's had two strokes and has diabetes. The commenter is right, this is a precancerous condition

Atrophic gastritis in an elderly person and in a young person are two different diagnoses, don't cause panic. And overall, I'd advise the author to read about the psychological causes of stomach illness. For me, it matched 100 percent.

I also had gastritis, but it was more due to stress (plus diet, plus heredity). I eliminated the source of stress, started getting enough sleep, improved my diet, and everything got better. I generally believe that 90% of all our illnesses come from diet. And medications can only provide temporary relief. So if you want to get rid of gastritis for good, you need to reconsider your diet and avoid stress.

The general dietary plan for gastritis is Diet No. 5 (you can find it online). Then, observe your body's reactions—if you eat something and feel worse, avoid that product. For example, kefir made me feel bad, even though it's allowed on the diet (it also depends on stomach acidity). But I can eat thick yogurts without any issues. Meat doesn't sit well with me either, so I rarely eat it and only in minced form (meatballs, steamed patties, etc.). My stomach reacts fine to chicken and fish, so I eat those. Every morning, I prepare oatmeal with water (just pour boiling water over it and let it steep). I also try to eat buckwheat regularly—I consider it one of the best grains because, as a child, I was prescribed a diet of buckwheat and white crackers. I ate like that for about 1–2 weeks, and the flare-up went away (without medication). Gastritis usually flares up during seasonal changes when immunity is weakened. If I eat something wrong and a flare-up starts, I brew various herbs (like St. John's wort, etc.). But it's better to aim for a completely proper diet. And think positive thoughts :)

Good afternoon. So was your father-in-law specifically diagnosed with atrophic gastritis? There's also the point that only the final stage of dysplasia in atrophic gastritis is considered precancerous, and I don't know if they would operate on focal atrophy (which seems to be the early stage of the disease). I've been considering surgery myself too. It's just kind of sad living with the thought that at any moment you could develop cancer because of this illness, when you're only just over thirty... It might be better to have the surgery right away and forget it all like a bad dream...

Get tested for Helicobacter pylori.

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Good afternoon! Thank you for your response! But what gastritis are you referring to (what kind do you have)? You see, if I had simple superficial gastritis without atrophy or even erosive gastritis or with ulcers, I wouldn't be so worried. You treat the ulcer and that's it, and in principle, it's not scary anymore. But here, this atrophic one, on the background of which cancer can develop. However, it's comforting to think that some doctors say that focal atrophy is temporary and goes away.
I wish you that your gastritis bothers you as little as possible, or better yet, goes away completely :)

Hello. I had a blood test for Helicobacter. They didn't find it. They say that if there's no H. pylori, the risk of developing cancer due to mucosal atrophy is minimal. What do you know about this?

Hello! I had a blood test for H. pylori. The result was negative. They say that if there's no Helicobacter, the risk of developing cancer due to mucosal atrophy is minimal. What do you know about this?

You're wrong to think you can just forget it like a bad dream. The problem can appear in a new location, and then what? Get surgery every time? If it appeared once, it means there were certain factors in your life that contributed to it (poor diet from family habits, bad habits, serious heredity, body malfunctions). So if you remove one area and keep living without figuring out which factor was influencing it (and it's usually 90% diet), everything will come back.
Tell me - what was your diet like before the disease developed?
Did you eat fried foods, like spicy stuff, smoked foods? Were there periods of fasting or poor nutrition in your life that could have damaged your GI tract? You need to evaluate everything very critically, otherwise you won't get out of this.
And even if you have surgery, you'll need to be on a diet forever until the end of your days, and any attempts to return to your old lifestyle will only lead to relapse. Only radical permanent change. Only mild gastritis cases - 1 month of diet and then everything recovers, and they can relatively return to their previous lifestyle... For serious gastritis cases, that won't work, unfortunately. That would just be a path to cancer. Every gastritis relapse is one step toward oncology, because each time there's healing, cell changes, something transforms, etc. So it's very important to keep your stomach in constant remission, without relapses. You need to come to terms with this..

I'm not spreading panic, I'm saying that surgery might help.
And atrophic gastritis is the death of stomach cells, a precancerous condition, and it doesn't depend on age. Here you need a consultation with an oncologist too. Actually, during the gastroscopy they should have already taken a biopsy sample.

Yes, Sasha, he was specifically diagnosed with atrophic gastritis of the posterior wall of the stomach, and right during the endoscopy they took a biopsy for cancer cells and sent him for an oncology consultation—we're waiting for the results. I'm not saying it's cancer, I think you still have every chance to recover, you're young. But my father-in-law's stomach never hurt before—one night he had a sudden attack and immediately got this diagnosis. Because of his diabetes, he's been on a strict diet for a long time—no fatty, salty, smoked foods, alcohol, etc. for about 15 years, my mother-in-law is very strict about this.
Good luck to you, get well soon.

To Katya.

Thank you, Katya, for your feedback! Yes, I have been eating improperly for a long time: often eating dry meals, consuming unhealthy food, taking long breaks between meals, going to bed on a full stomach, and on top of that, I get very stressed, which contributes to bile reflux into the stomach, intestines, and so on. Additionally, for the past three years, we have been in a state of war (though it has calmed down a bit now), which naturally adds to the stress. The most intense stress I experienced was almost two years ago when my father was hospitalized and passed away. So, these are the circumstances that led to the onset of my condition.

As for having to stick to a diet for a long time—I fully understand and support it, just to reverse this atrophy... Thank you for listening.

Eat your porridges and broths - and you'll have happiness. And if you get too nervous and can't handle your own nervousness, then it's worth visiting a psychotherapist.

They did not take a biopsy. Here is the text of my endoscopy:
"The device was passed into the esophagus. Its mucosa is pink, smooth, and shiny. The lumen is of normal size. The folds are longitudinal and easily straightened with air. The cardia rosette periodically opens and closes. The stomach contains a moderate amount of transparent foamy content with whitish mucus lumps and bile. The gastric mucosa is bright pink, moderately hyperemic, and smooth. In the antrum, the mucosa is red, focally hyperemic, smooth, partially thinned, with some areas showing the contours of the wall vessels, covered with flakes of foamy mucus. Gastric peristalsis is normal, with deep waves. The mucosal folds are longitudinal, tortuous, thickened, and straighten with air insufflation. The gastric angle is unchanged. The pylorus is round in shape and easily passable. The duodenal bulb is of regular shape and straightens with slight air insufflation. Its lumen contains a small amount of foamy secretion stained with bile. Its mucosa is pink and velvety. In the bulbous section, the mucosa is pink and smooth. Conclusion: Chalasia of the cardia, grade 1. Focal gastritis. Superficial duodenitis."

I understand that "partially thinned mucosa with contouring of the wall vessels in some areas" are signs of atrophy. Although I'm still hoping until the last moment that the biopsy won't confirm atrophy.

Thank you for your wishes! I also wish your father-in-law a speedy recovery! Health to you and your loved ones!

I will let you know as soon as we find out what your father-in-law's cell analysis shows, okay? Wishing in advance that everything turns out well there :)

Sasha, look up the psychological causes of stomach diseases online. This is something we definitely need to work on as well!