Can someone please help me to understand Intestinal Metaplasia... I did an endoscopy on July and found out that I have Antral-type muscosa with intestinal metaplasia... No HP are identified...I found this out from patient portal....the doctor didn't even mention that I have IM...he just said that the biopsy result was ok... had anyone here been diagnosed with the intestinal metaplasia of the stomach and if so, what did you do? I am very worried ...Please help
Hey, the first thing is to stay calm. You will be treated for it ask your doctor about it. I do not have been diagnosed with intestinal metaplasia but I can assure you there must be a treatment for it. Hopefully you get int touch with your doctor as soon as possible. Are you having any other symptoms?
They told me there's no treatment. we just have to watch and wait .They will do endoscopy every year . I have 2 small ulcers, gastritis and acid reflux
You have to be strongs, yes you have these condition but you gotta remember if you give up, you are giving up for everything you fought. Pain is temporary it may last for a minute, a month, a year but eventually it will go away. If your already in pain right now why give up. Fight through it. I wish i could know more on your condition to help you out but sadly I can't.. Stay strong!!
I have not heard of that. What are you symptoms
Have them check your gallbladder by doing a hida scan
Hi, I also diagnosed with gastric intestinal metaplasia last December. I'm very worried person and had to know exactly what is this problem and how I can treat it, so I talked to 4 gastrointestinologists and 2 pathologists . First, you need to know if you have h pylori (my result was negative with biopsy but I asked for the breath test and it was positive, so ask you doctor to do different tests). This is important because you want to know if the cause is h pylori or it is autoimmuneatrophic gastritis (ask your doctor to measure vitamin B12 level as well, low level of B12 is a indication of autoimmuneatrophic gastritis). Of course treatments will be based on the cause.
Best,
Hi lila. How are you treating the problem? I was just diagnosed today and I’m scared! 
Hi jessica47249. I saw two more doctor for a second opinion. I had two more endoscopy. this time they found no intestinal metaplasia.. Please seek for second opinion
I was diagnosed with focal intestinal metaplasia of the oxynic mucosa with chronic gastritis. It’s really hard to understand this sickness with not much info on it.
Hi,
I've also been diagnosed as intestinal metaplasia. How is your life after 8 months?
I know this is an old post but I wanted to find out how things are going with the Intestinal Metaplasia. I was just diagnosed it was found in the biopsy in the antrum just a little redness and mild gastritis. I am so scared. Can you let me know how often you have had to have scopes and if the IM went away. Thanks!
I know this is an old post but I wanted to find out how things are going with the Intestinal Metaplasia. I was just diagnosed it was found in the biopsy in the antrum just a little redness and mild gastritis. I am so scared. Can you let me know how often you have had to have scopes and if the IM went away. Thanks!
I'm not a doctor but I also have metaplasia. So the followings are not medical advices, just my findings, as an "engineer".
The treatment procedure is not really discovered yet. But there some works are done.
1st : and the most important : Choose an healthy life sytle.
2nd : NO ALCOHOL, NO SMOKING.
3rd : LESS Meat, MORE Vegetables.
4th : Use Supplements (Ascorbic acid / Vitamin C) + (Antioxidants / I use Solgar)
5th : Do endoscopy every year. (No less).
IF they found metaplasia using biopsy, there certainly is metaplasia. Doctors must be gastroenterology doctors. It is possible for second doctors to miss the region with metaplasia in stomach. Do endoscopy with latest techniques (Such as NBI).
It is not a fast progressing issue. If you have metaplasia today, you might have gastric cancer some years later. But you also might NOT have cancer for another 30 years. The mechanism is not exactly known yet...
So, there are things that you can interfere and there are things that you can not.
Go on with what you can. Choose an healthy life. Use vitamin C-ascorbic acid (1g/day), use antioxidants.
Hi, I was diagnosed in November. I was told that I had a lot of redness in the stomach and some of the esophagus. My symptoms were lots of acid reflux, a lot of stomach rumbling and burning in the stomach. After the diagnosis I stopped eating everything that triggered reflux and eating healthier, after about a month, the reflux was completely gone and I no longer had the burning sensation or the rumbling. I overall feel better now that I am eating better and not skipping meals. I don’t know if it’s helped the metaplasia issue, I have an endoscopy until November this year. I’ll post more then. I learned that it does no good to worry, it is what it is and if I’m meant to live my life this way, oh well. I’m 27 and have 3 children under 5 all I want is to be healthy for them. I’ve put my life in God’s hands.
Wish you the best!
Try not to worry too much.
Keep in touch
Hi, I was diagnosed in November. I was told that I had a lot of redness in the stomach and some of the esophagus. My symptoms were lots of acid reflux, a lot of stomach rumbling and burning in the stomach. After the diagnosis I stopped eating everything that triggered reflux and eating healthier, after about a month, the reflux was completely gone and I no longer had the burning sensation or the rumbling. I overall feel better now that I am eating better and not skipping meals. I don’t know if it’s helped the metaplasia issue, I have an endoscopy until November this year. I’ll post more then. I learned that it does no good to worry, it is what it is and if I’m meant to live my life this way, oh well. I’m 27 and have 3 children under 5 all I want is to be healthy for them. I’ve put my life in God’s hands.
Wish you the best!
Try not to worry too much.
Keep in touch
I’ve had gastric metaplasia since mid 2016. Mine was caused by h pylori and had to treated it with antibiotics. Then I completely changed my diet and took different supplements. I had another gastric mapping this year and my doctor took 16 biopsyes. He told me that there was NO sign of metaplasia in my stomach and I don’t need to take PPI. I still eat healthy and use supplements until I do another endoscopy next year (just to be sure). The main thing is to know what causes the metaplasia and solve the problem. It seems metaplasia is reversible and can be treated so don’t lose hope.
How often do you get scoped? My doctor wanted to wait 2 years but I had uterine cancer before and I wanted to do it every year so she said fine. It is scary to read things on the internet thank you so much for your reply it makes me feel less alone!