Hi, I have been belching for more than half a year now. Before belching has started, I had a burning sensation in my mouth, also for more than half a year. Now the burning sensation is rare, but belching occurs everyday, after each meal. This change happened after they detected helicobacter and after I was treated with antibiotics. A couple of months ago I had an X-ray of my stomach. The results were mainly ok. Here is the most important part: - There are subtle erosions involving the gastric mucosa within the gastric fundus compatible with gastritis. No large ulceration or mucosal mass is seen. So, it seems I have a mild gastritis. In what way gastritis causes belching? I saw a gastroenterologist several times. He had me on Nexium, on and off over that period. Recently he said that I can try with sucralfate. Given that I was on Nexium quite a lot over the last year (perhaps even half the time in total), does it make sense to treat gastritis with antibiotics? If not, why is sucralfate a better choice? Also, I strictly avoid spices and greasy since this all has started. At some point I realized that milk increases belching, so now I avoid milk products as well. In general I try to take a lot of care about the food I consume. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you. Best,
I suffered from painful Gastritis for years. Over time I knew roughly what foods to avoid but without fully understanding cause and effect etc. I just about got by but was mostly miserable with the discomfort. I had an endoscope test and was diagnosed then prescribed Omeprazole. Omeprazole helped marginally but it didn’t resolve the Gastritis. I realised the only resolution was going to be by dietary changes. Finally I resolved it by eating oats most mornings, and by replacing normal milk with oat milk. Now I eat oats/porridge twice a week in the morning but I have oat milk every day in muesli and cereal etc. After years of pain, the recovery was astonishing and quick, within 2 weeks. I need to use the oat milk brands without added vegetable oil, so oats, water and pinch of salt only. There are a couple of brands on the market you can use from the supermarket. I also eliminated normal tea but I have an occasional white tea in moderation which is less acidic, milder and can be drunk alone or with added oat milk. This is my experience, hope it is of use to fellow sufferers.
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience! I will try with oats/porridge. I used to eat them (with cow milk though), but then I have been told that milk might be bugging my stomach, so I stopped. Will try your way, with oat milk.
Out of curiosity, did you ever realize why oats and porridge were so helpful in your case?
My issue right now is that I belch after any kind of meal, even when I only have water on the empty stomach in morning.
Just look out for the organic versions which have no oils added. I think oats and oat milk coat the stomach and must be anti inflammatory. There is some information out there to that effect. I used to have a lot of wind with Gastritis also, I guess the stomach inflammation produces lots more than normal. Hope you get some relief.