Gastritis

by: mavisrueda

In: Bahrain | Personal

19 Jun 2005

I do have Gastritis. After paying 156 BD (1560SR) in Bahrain International Hospital to have another check-up, it was confirmed that I have Gastritis. It might have been brought up by stress (probably because of moving and finishing work in my current company), food (eating a lot of spicy foods), or improper diet (eating a lot of steaks, soda, greasy burgers and bratwursts). I also had a Barium Xray. The Barium should coat my stomach lining so that they can Xray it. Well, first, they asked me to take these small granules ( I think they’re Bicarbonate of Soda) on my mouth and then wash it with the Barium fluid. The granules are like the popping-candies you buy on candy shops except that the reaction with the Barium isn’t as pleasant. They fizzle a bit in your mouth and then gives out gas so you have to swallow the Barium and granules while your mouth becomes full of gas. And then you have to turn from side to side, around 360, 180 and so forth as they take the Xray. It lasted about 30 minutes. A call in the afternoon confirmed that it wasn’t bacteria which was causing the gastritis. So it could be any of the mentioned above or it could be all. In any case, I need to go on a diet!

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