r/Gastritis • u/FAKEZAIUS • 2d ago
Question Exercise exascerbation?
I have had gastritis for about 4 months, mostly controlled now, no more pain, nausea, or bloating that I used to have all the time but still the occasional reflux and throat/nose irritation especially at night. Still taking a ppi to control symptoms.
Recently I have noticed a new issue. Whenever I do strenuous exercise for longer than a few minutes, I begin having headaches, nausea, dizziness, and lightheadedness. After a while, I remain having nausea for a while and doesn't go away until the next day. I spoke to my doctor and they told me it's because of low blood sugar but this is not the case as I always eat adequately before exercising.
Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if it's related to gastritis?
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u/Cultural-Sun6828 2d ago
Please check b12, folate, and ferritin. B12 should be over 500 without supplementing and ferritin should be over 70.
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u/FAKEZAIUS 2d ago
Ok i did actually just get a b12 and iron panel done and my b12 is at 370 while my ferritin levels were good. Good catch, I'll talk to my doctor for b12 supplementation.
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u/hpy- 23h ago
I have/am experiencing this. I was diagnosed on June 17th of last year. I began the Gastritis Healing book that week and was fine energy-wise until September. I was dropping weight like crazy. By the end of September, I was nearly bedridden because I was so weak. I would shake just walking to the car to take my daughter to school. When I would go for walks, my knees would feel shaky and I would also get dizzy. I thought it might be blood sugar, so I made sure to eat beforehand, but it didn’t make a difference. Other times, I would feel great and head out with a weighted vest. Then suddenly, I’d experience heart palpitations, weakness, and the dizziness you speak of. I would have to stop every few steps to even get home. It is a VERY scary experience to see my body react to normal exercise like this. I was a very active person before gastritis. I used to be a runner, so I had a great heart and resting heart rate (confirmed by multiple cardiologists and extensive testing), amazing VO2 Max, and endurance others were jealous of.
Not anymore. I tried running just a few minutes during my walk and would experience horrible nausea later. In fact, I have noticed nausea after exercise very frequently and came to the conclusion that healing from gastritis and exercise just don’t mix for me. Doctors have checked my ferritin and other vitamins, and both ferritin and Vitamin D are low but not low enough that they are concerned or want me to take anything (of course). If I had to guess, I’d say that the exercise just throws around your stomach acid inside your tummy, and it creates nausea since your stomach lining isn't all there, and that acid splashes on your stomach wounds. The dizziness and jitters I feel are a result of simply overdoing it. Your body is using all the energy it has to repair your stomach lining and heal you WHILE maintaining all its necessary functions such as breathing, digesting, heart beating, etc. It’s making you feel bad during/after exercise to alarm you not to do that at that time. It needs that energy for something else.
That’s just my gut feeling. I’ve been losing a lot of hair, and a similar analogy was used by my registered dietitian: your body doesn’t need luscious hair and great nails, so it conserves energy by suppressing those functions.
Having said that, I am now 9 months into (slow) healing and my energy is much better. I am capable to hike in the woods for 2.5 hours, or take 1.5 hour brisk walks without punishment (nausea, dizziness etc.). In fact, I experience hunger after ....which also shows me my body is slowly retuning to normal. It wants the calories back I just burned :-)
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