I am a 38 yr old female and my latest endoscopy showed the abnormality.
They took my gallbladder out two yrs ago with a dozen stones and for a while they episodes eased up.
I believe alot of my current problems relate to a condition I had as a child where the gases in my stomach would build up and cause extreme bloating which would eventually put pressure on my heart. The best relief was achieved by drinking Coke very rapidly and releasing the pressure by belching. I can remember being pulled out of class and carried to the teachers loung to drink a Coke.
So now when I start getting the chest pains and the pain in my back I drink a coke which helps to relieve some of the pressure.
I know excess caffiene can cause some of these problems but I am reluctant to give up my cokes all things considered.
I am now waiting to find out the results of the biopsy done the other day.
My Doctor has switched me from Prevacid to Kapidex to see if that helps, so far not much difference.
I would love to prevent the attack rather than simply try to relieve symptoms.
They took my gallbladder out two yrs ago with a dozen stones and for a while they episodes eased up.
I believe alot of my current problems relate to a condition I had as a child where the gases in my stomach would build up and cause extreme bloating which would eventually put pressure on my heart. The best relief was achieved by drinking Coke very rapidly and releasing the pressure by belching. I can remember being pulled out of class and carried to the teachers loung to drink a Coke.
So now when I start getting the chest pains and the pain in my back I drink a coke which helps to relieve some of the pressure.
I know excess caffiene can cause some of these problems but I am reluctant to give up my cokes all things considered.
I am now waiting to find out the results of the biopsy done the other day.
My Doctor has switched me from Prevacid to Kapidex to see if that helps, so far not much difference.
I would love to prevent the attack rather than simply try to relieve symptoms.
I had a Whipple surgery done in July of 07, I have also been told that i have gastric mucosal erythema .I have problems with with severe pain in my upper stomach, which travels to my back and chest. My doctor have no idea what or where it is coming from. The pain pain just comes and goes without any warning. At first i thought it was related to foods that i ate but it also happens when i drink fluids.
Also have been dealing with this for many years. I have colonoscopy, Upper GI (gastric mucosal abnormality characterized by erythema), CAT Scan stomach, chest x-rays, Upper body MRI, ultra sound of ovaries, ultra sound on throat, and they find nothing to explain my stomach pain. I even have a constant pain on right lower side stomach with severe bloating (I look pregnant and named my belly Jackson). I even get very short of breath with any type of exertion. They keep finding other things, like cist on ovaries, liver, kidneys, but says this has nothing to do with stomach and is nothing to worry about. Put me on Aciphex for bloating and that does seem to help. I have Umbilical and Hiatus Hernias, also says has nothing to do with pain, but that I can no longer lift or do stomach exercises. I am 42...really I can never exercise again, move furniture, etc., please. So now I just gain weight. They also found a very large thyroid nodule on my throat. So now I am going to an Endocronologist to get that biopsied. I hope he is my saving grace cause I am through with my family doctor. He was beginning to make me feel like I was crazy and this was all in my head until I read all of these posts. There has to be an explanation for this.
Im a 20 year old female and have been having some of these symptoms as well. For the past 4 months i have been having severe pain around my bellybutton region. Sometimes the pain is in defferent locations but is almost always at the same level of pain. I have been having more and more back pain and have been having many tests done. I had some polyps and other matter removed during my colonoscopy but all the biopsies came back normal, which was the case for most of the tests I have had done. I recently just had an endoscopy and was told there was "gastric mucosal abnormality characterized by erythema" which I believe just means my insides are red. It also said they were doing a biopsy on some "bilious gastric fluid" they had found as well as biopsies on the 2nd and 3rd part of the duodenum. I think my doctor is doing a test for Celiacs disease but I'm pretty sure that isn't what it is causing the pain seeing as how i've never had a problem with gluten before.. I'm beginning to feel very anxious and frustrated about not knowing what is causing this severe pain. I was initially diagnosed with IBS and Gastritis but was later told that was not the case.. I feel a little better knowing I'm not the only one going through this, but what it is? I'm so confused and lost here.. does anyone know what seems to be causing their pain?
Ok sounds like this is common. I to have had this same diagnosis also with a small hiatus hernia. I resently had my gallbladder remover sept 2nd 2009. I have lived with pain, bloating, vomiting and diareaha. So far I have had a cat scan which showed nothing wrong and then two weeks later have such server pain I have to be taken to the hospitol by ambulance and then had my gallbladder removed. Now a month later and still in pain,the same pain I have had for years, the same pan I had before the server gallbladder pain. My dr. told my friend today that it is gastritis to continue to take Kepidex for acid reduction. He did some biopsies. My pain will come and go, I never know when I will have an atttack. It is affecting my job and just my life in general. I have already run out of vacation time and just got it the beginging of September for the year. So I guess I am not alone. I do feel for everone on here. I was hoping he would find something that would give a diagnosis that had a solution. By the sounds of it, it is something that I guess I will have to live with. You would think that if there are that many people suffer from it they would have a clue. Hoping something works in Arizona.
I am 85 yrs old, and , after an esophagoduodenoscopy, was diagnosed with a large hiatal hernia, and was biopsied for gastric erythema and atrophic mucosa. although I haven't had the violent symptoms. when I find out what all this means, I'll let you know. I have also experienced back pain and pain in the upper right quadrant ,just under the right ribs. from what i am reading here, it must be quite common, and not deadly. Just uncomfortable. Eating small meals several times a day, and chewing your food very very well, might help too.
reading your complaints made me feel better, as it says I'm not alone. and it is not a "young disease" as I said , I'm 85.
reading your complaints made me feel better, as it says I'm not alone. and it is not a "young disease" as I said , I'm 85.
Hi everyone...I have just read all your posts and feel some relief that I am not crazy! I have been having attacks and pain for about 11 months now...I have had my gall bladder removed and the doctors thought this was the problem but unfortunately no i am still getting pain. I do have mild Chrons disease but the symptoms I am feeling are different to this.
I get pain in my chest, in my shoulder blades, nausea, and upset stomach feeling, constipation/diarrohea, fatigue, shortness of breath and these random attacks were it feels like acid is burning my stomach and then I get this pain in my chest like what I would imagine a heart attack to feel like. I have been taken to the emergency several times and nobody is sure about what is going on.
I had another colonoscopy/endoscopy on Monday and my results so far say that I have "Gastric Mucosal Abnormality Characterized by Erythema", obviously I am still waiting on biopsy results but I was just interested to see if anyone has been put on a medication/antibiotics for this disorder?? I need some hope....Im 26, young, healthish and about to go to Thailand for a 2 week holiday and I do not want to end up in a Thai Hospital!!! Any info would be so appreciated!
Cheers,
Kristen (26)
Adelaide, Australia
I get pain in my chest, in my shoulder blades, nausea, and upset stomach feeling, constipation/diarrohea, fatigue, shortness of breath and these random attacks were it feels like acid is burning my stomach and then I get this pain in my chest like what I would imagine a heart attack to feel like. I have been taken to the emergency several times and nobody is sure about what is going on.
I had another colonoscopy/endoscopy on Monday and my results so far say that I have "Gastric Mucosal Abnormality Characterized by Erythema", obviously I am still waiting on biopsy results but I was just interested to see if anyone has been put on a medication/antibiotics for this disorder?? I need some hope....Im 26, young, healthish and about to go to Thailand for a 2 week holiday and I do not want to end up in a Thai Hospital!!! Any info would be so appreciated!
Cheers,
Kristen (26)
Adelaide, Australia
Hi everyone...
I have just read all your posts and feel some relief that I am not crazy! I have been having attacks and pain for about 11 months now...I have had my gall bladder removed and the doctors thought this was the problem but unfortunately no i am still getting pain. I do have mild Chrons disease but the symptoms I am feeling are different to this.
I get pain in my chest, in my shoulder blades, nausea, and upset stomach feeling, constipation/diarrohea, fatigue, shortness of breath and these random attacks were it feels like acid is burning my stomach and then I get this pain in my chest like what I would imagine a heart attack to feel like. I have been taken to the emergency several times and nobody is sure about what is going on.
I had another colonoscopy/endoscopy on Monday and my results so far say that I have "Gastric Mucosal Abnormality Characterized by Erythema", obviously I am still waiting on biopsy results but I was just interested to see if anyone has been put on a medication/antibiotics for this disorder?? I need some hope....Im 26, young, healthy-ish and about to go to Thailand for a 2 week holiday and I do not want to end up in a Thai Hospital!!! Any info would be so appreciated!
Cheers,
Kristen
Adelaide, Australia
I have just read all your posts and feel some relief that I am not crazy! I have been having attacks and pain for about 11 months now...I have had my gall bladder removed and the doctors thought this was the problem but unfortunately no i am still getting pain. I do have mild Chrons disease but the symptoms I am feeling are different to this.
I get pain in my chest, in my shoulder blades, nausea, and upset stomach feeling, constipation/diarrohea, fatigue, shortness of breath and these random attacks were it feels like acid is burning my stomach and then I get this pain in my chest like what I would imagine a heart attack to feel like. I have been taken to the emergency several times and nobody is sure about what is going on.
I had another colonoscopy/endoscopy on Monday and my results so far say that I have "Gastric Mucosal Abnormality Characterized by Erythema", obviously I am still waiting on biopsy results but I was just interested to see if anyone has been put on a medication/antibiotics for this disorder?? I need some hope....Im 26, young, healthy-ish and about to go to Thailand for a 2 week holiday and I do not want to end up in a Thai Hospital!!! Any info would be so appreciated!
Cheers,
Kristen
Adelaide, Australia
Im a 21 yr old male currently deployed in Afghanistan. They Medevaced me from my COP in Afghanistan because they were afraid my appendix had ruptured. After CT scans and blood work they said nothing was wrong with me. I returned to my FOB after a few weeks of light duty. After being there for a few days i started to vomit on a daily basis at about the same time a day, and at least 3 or 4 times a day. My squad leader noticed and kept an eye on me, and after one day of vomiting 7 or 8 times made me go visit our medic. this went on for about 6 or 7 days straight, so they sent me back to the Hospital. They flew me to Germany where I currently am. The doctor preformed an endoscopy yesterday, and noted gastric erythma, and my GEJ was at 42cm. He took biopsies and ordered another CT scan which i had preformed today. I go back on friday to get the results of the Biopsies and CT scan. My only question is, why have another CT scan preformed if it isnt anything serious? I have been reading up on different internet sites to try and gather more information for myself. Symptoms I am having and a lot of you here who have posted are having sound like BE (Barrets esophagus). Im not pretending to know what I am talking about, but if your doctors are at a loss, maybe you should have them look into that. BE can turn into something very serious (cancer) and can have devastating outcomes. As I said im only 21 years old, so this isnt just an "old mans" disease.
Ok this is the 21 yr old male from Afghanistan again. Just got my results back in and the doc said that I had a bad bacterial infection. The damage to my esophagus cause a condition known as dysplasia, which can be resolved on its own, or if not resolved can turn into neoplasm. So I dont know if any of this will help any of you guys but I hope that I could have shed a little more light for some of you guys who have posted on here. Good luck
Hi Kristen83, My symptoms sound most similiar to yours. I had an upper GI Endoscopy this morning with the sme thing gastric mucosal abnormality characterized by erythema. Did you get the results? And what is this?
Hello, I have been dignosed with the same results as all of you. I have not had my follow up visit yet. What is the treatment for this? Thank you.
hi. this must be a very common thing. Yesterday I to had abnormal gastric mucosa at the whole stomach. Saysa Erythema in whole stomach and did a biopsy. Had ultra sound and have to go nxt week for ct of pancreas and gallbladder because of abnormality.Seems no one is posting their results on here though. At lease i see its not just me.Will post results soon as i hear.
Barbara (51)
Barbara (51)
Wow, I have finally found others with symptoms similar to mine. I am a 45 year old male who has had chronic stomach pain since I was 19. I just had an Endoscopy and found a Haitus hernia and biopsies of Gastric mucosal abnormality with erythema and nodularity.
I had severe pain almost all the time from diferent areas of my stomach. I was diagnosed with IBS.
I also have the middle back and shoulder pain. Weird.
Almost a miracle. I started taking a drug called Skelaxin for the back pain and it got rid of 90% of my stomach pain. I take an 800mg pill in the morning and before bed. Hasn't fixed the problem, but I have a life again.
Any way, I will post the results of the biopsies when they come in. Good luck!
I had severe pain almost all the time from diferent areas of my stomach. I was diagnosed with IBS.
I also have the middle back and shoulder pain. Weird.
Almost a miracle. I started taking a drug called Skelaxin for the back pain and it got rid of 90% of my stomach pain. I take an 800mg pill in the morning and before bed. Hasn't fixed the problem, but I have a life again.
Any way, I will post the results of the biopsies when they come in. Good luck!
Wow. I am a 23 yr. old female that just has a colonoscopy/upper GI yesterday, because of abdominal pain, acid-reflux and black-blood mucous abnormalities from the rectum. The findings were gastric mucosal abnormality characterized by erythema, so I googled it. Finding all these other people, and seeing the complaints of the burning in mid-back where stretching doesnt help... I had no idea were connected to that... I thought it was just too many years of being a server. I have also been to the hospital on two different occasions because of horrible pains in my chest that run down my left arm after feeling of acid eating away at my stomach. Why is everyone suffering from the same things with different variations? The weird thing is, I could say at least I'm not alone, I know there are others out there like me... but thing is, I already knew. Almost everyone I know has these, or similar issues. What could it be from? The way we live now, the things we eat: i.e. chemicals that they have been putting in food products in the past 100-75 years? Could it just be a part of our bodies growing older, could it just be a form of deterioration? The worst part for me is that we will never figure it out until doctors stop trying to throw drugs at us... and find the source.
Luck to all
Mewela
Luck to all
Mewela