I realize this is not relative to the goings-on in the world, but I believe it is a direct result of the stress we have all endured since 2020. This site has been a saving grace for me. I've saved and archived lots of health and wellness posts over the years, which I refer to often. This time, I am asking this community if anyone here has had any experience with Gastritis and Intestinal Metaplasia? I was just diagnosed with both as I have had a lot of silent reflux over the years and it damaged my gut. I do not want to take PPI's. I also tried the baking soda route for pH balance, but I need to watch my salts. My goal is to reverse the damage, if possible, in time for my follow-up endoscopy in a year. I loathe taking medicine, so any advice is appreciated!
Side note: I drink way too much coffee and sparkling water, so will be limiting that going forward. I exercise daily, eat healthy, take Ivermectin once or twice a week for good measure along with a handful of high quality supplements daily.
Another possible cause is Ileitis, which the AMA says only animals get, not humans... but humans are animals, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqHzu_wGAjI
And, another tool that natural health people advocate is enemas. The average person has something like 14 lbs of poop backed up in their digestive system. Sometimes the reason why you are uncomfortable is because of the back up, and helping your body eliminate the back up leads to everything moving down the digestive tract better. It's another one of those "no harm in trying" kinds of things. I'd do one a day every day until no more old poop comes out (which can take a week or more!).
Thank you for both recommendations! Have you done the first one? I thought I had clogged bile ducts and started taking Tudca, but then the endoscopy revealed it looked like I had an ulcer at one time and was healing. Hence the abnormal cells.
Also, I am all for colon cleanse! Those make you feel light and free.
The "first one being the stone flush" (from comment above)? Yes, I have done a stone flush. It wasn't fun, but it wasn't as bad as I expected it to be in terms of discomfort.
Or, if by the "first one" was ileitis, that is treated with an antibiotic.