After having the dubious pleasure of having gastroscopy and colonoscopy on the same day two weeks ago (hope they used different cameras lol), I had a call from the surgery to say I had severe gastritis and doc wanted to see me to put me on a ppi.
I have read posts on here that suggest giving these to people with Hypo is not good.
I have had no symptoms whatsoever, well not until they took biopsies.
Any ammunition to say to doc will be welcome, as I really do not want to take yet another medication.
Cheers Mary
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If you don't have symptoms, why did they do a gastroscopy and a colonoscopy? They must have had some reason for doing them, or am I being dim and missing something?
Sorry, can't comment on ppis as I don't take them.
Ok - I see. You need to find someone who can work with you to find out why you have gastritis and absorption issues. I can't recommend anyone. Maybe try the ppis, as clutter says below in case your issues are due to excess acid. The problem is - if you have few symptoms how would you know if they are working?
Mary, the reason PPIs aren't recommended for hypothyroid patients is that PPIs inhibit production of stomach acid and most hypo patients have low stomach acid. If your gastritis has been caused by excessive stomach acid then short term use of a PPI may be appropriate as reducing excessive acid will reduce damage.
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