Gastritis/h.pylori without pain (but with worsening shortness of breath)

[DaveT81]

Hi guys, I've been having a number of symptoms for the past 4-6 months which have increasingly become worse.

Most notably, I've had gastritis-like symptoms, including bloating, wind, stomach discomfort and reflux, which often comes with a sort of 'lump in the throat'/tightness in my throat that comes and goes. It can be helped a little bit by esomeprazole or ranitidine, and I'll often take wind-eze for the bloating.

The worse symptom for me though, is the shortness of breath. My private physician believed this was caused by the reflux but I'm still experiencing it without reflux symptoms and it's also become slightly worse since I last spoke with him. We've looked at a number of causes, I'm had a whole host of blood tests, chest x-ray, spirometry, heart echo and CT scan of neck, chest and abdominal. Only thing of note was some small abnormalities on my liver which the doctor performing was not concerned about. Said it's likely just cysts.

I've taken it upon myself to undergo a - mostly - gluten-free diet, I'm drinking lacto-free milk, mostly avoiding alcohol (and drinking gluten-free beer on the rare occasions I have a few).

The same GP I'm seeing has diagnosed me with general autoimmune disorder.

At this point, I'm not sure what the next step will be. I previously saw a discussion about h.pylori or gastritis causing quite bad breathing issues, and a lot of the symptoms I can tick. However, I'm having little stomach pain. It's a general discomfort, with occasional pain across breast-bone, lots of bloating and wind, and some severely foul-smelling farts. My insides appear to have really turned against me in such a short space of time.

I should point out that I've not been tested for h pylori yet but I'm considering this.

Any of you guys experience similar symptoms/experiences?

Cheers

[b1b1b1]

The h. pylori test is very easy - just a quick breath test. If anything is found from the breath test then you may have to have an endoscopy. Check if you are worried.

[hjewest]

Hello Dave, exactly the same ..it also feels like I have an upper tract cold, a stuffed nose and sinusses..Not so much acid reflux but terrible wind problems, even burping sometimes doesnt give relief...

[HLeamon]

Hi Dave,

This sounds similar to what I experienced. I ended up having a gastroscopy camera down my throat and everything was completely normal. Before that the doctor gave me some acid reducing medication which got rid of the reflux and bloating after a few weeks and some medication fora possible stomach ulcer. One doctor thought it was dyspepsia. In the end they diagnosed me with just a very sensitive stomach. I think the more you concentrate on these symptoms the worse they get. I’ve just done the York food test to see what foods I’m sensitive to, I’m hoping this will help my tummy issues. Might be an idea to try the test if you think it could be diet related.