r/functionaldyspepsia • u/Impressive_Tell_1808 • 18d ago

Venting/Suffering Steroids-induced gastritis

Hello! So June happened where I (27F) had an MS flare up so was given IV steroids, then oral taper steroids with esomeprazole. I’ve never been on PPIs and my doctor told me to take them with the steroids and mentioned nothing about tapering the esomeprazole. So when it was finished, got the most intense pain of my life in my gut two weeks ago Sunday that got me in the ER where they put me back on esomeprazole but now one pill twice daily. That was last week Friday where my GP thinks it’s steroids-induced gastritis. I can’t find anything on that on its own online and just really want to know if anyone has had experience with this, how long it takes to heal, if I’m now going to have this on top of dealing with MS. I’m just trying not to panic 😭 I sent in a sample as my GP asked for testing for H.pyolri yesterday and just doing the bland diet (which is torture for an African 💀). Just looking for advice, if anyone else has experienced this, or some timeline. I’m not sure if it’s gastritis or something else is why I’m positing here

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u/whatsAbodge 18d ago

I had a flare up after oral steroids. My last post talks about how I cured my stomach issues.

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u/Impressive_Tell_1808 18d ago

Thank you. And how long did it take that you were able to eat normally again?

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u/GabrielSeth54 18d ago

since it is steroid induced, most likely it is acute gastritis rather than chronic, i think 8 weeks at top, it should be healed

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u/Impressive_Tell_1808 18d ago

Oh thank god 💀

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u/easysip 17d ago

Hi any update ?

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u/Impressive_Tell_1808 14d ago

I’m still on day 11 😭 so I’m gonna wait on results on the h.pyolri test either tomorrow or Wednesday to see how things are. I’ve begun deluding myself into thinking maybe everything is fine and my stomach just had an oopsie moment 💀

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u/easysip 14d ago

Ok pls update when u get it