| Gastritis Question
Hi, everyone. About eight months ago, I ate something very spicy and had a serious case of heartburn. It lasted for days and I took a lot of OTC medication that seemed to quell it somewhat. After about a month and a half of having my stomach flare up, I went out drinking one night. The next morning I had diarrhea and serious stomach pains. I saw a gastroenterologist who did an endoscopy and said I had gastritis and a pre-ulcer. He put me on Nexium and then Prevacid (my insurance wouldn't cover Nexium) and I took the pills every day for about five weeks. I was feeling much better (actually, almost immediately upon taking the medication) although the pills constipated me. After five weeks I stopped talking them. I haven't had any serious symptoms like I had before for months, only an occasional queasiness. Within the last week, I've begun to feel very nauseous at times. I think my weight has dropped and I've also had some blood in my stools (I didn't have either when I first got the gastritis). I can't tell if my weight loss is because of something going on in my stomach or because of other factors (I haven't been able to work out consistently for months and that always makes my weight drop). Also, I think the constipation may have given me a hemorrhoid, which could explain the blood in my stool. Does it seem right that I would have a recurrence of the gastritis after feeling relatively well for so long?
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