What is gastritis?

Gastritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It may be come on suddenly (acute gastritis) or may be a chronic inflammation that persists for a long time.

How do members experience gastritis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with gastritis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for gastritis*

*Data from patients with gastritis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with gastritis*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Protonix)
Perceived effectiveness
for gastritis (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
gastritis (9)
Treatment

(Nexium)
Perceived effectiveness
for gastritis (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
gastritis (2)
Treatment

(Ranitidine OTC)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
gastritis (2)
Treatment

(Tagamet)
Perceived effectiveness
for gastritis (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
3
Tried for
gastritis (1)

*Data from patients with gastritis, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has gastritis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 3
20s 90
30s 233
40s 278
50s 257
60s 210
70+ 78

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 303
Female 841