Eggs and Eggwhite intolerances...
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Eggs and Eggwhite intolerances...
I have finally taken the plunge and stopped eating Egg whites, in addition to going GF/DF/SF. I am down to 1 budesonide every 5-7 days and would like to be completely off but something is still causing burning, etc. and it seems as though alot of people here are intolerant of them? I also have a follow up appt. with my GI this Friday and will be asking her about the burning in my gut and the bad taste in my mouth. From what I have been reading, this may be a stomach issue rather than a colitis issue? I do find that taking a Zantac helps so that tells me it is acid. This is a new syptom for me. Could the colitis have caused the lining in my stomach to get destroyed?
Hi Cathy,
The lining of your stomach hasn't been destroyed, because without the mucosal lining, gastric acid would eat through the stomach wall into your body cavity within a matter of hours. It's certainly possible that it may have become infiltrated with lymphocytes (gastritis), and it might even be accompanied by thickened collagen bands (collagenous gastritis), similar to LC or CC, respectively, in the colon. Those are medically classified as discrete conditions, but IMO, they are more likely satellite issues of MC.
Remember, Zantac is an H2 antihistamine, which means that it ties up H2 histamine receptors so that they can't be activated by histamine (IOW, it prevents histamine from causing inflammation in the stomach and possibly other sections of the GI tract. It's possible that sinuses might also be affected (which would contribute to a bad taste in the mouth).
Tex
The lining of your stomach hasn't been destroyed, because without the mucosal lining, gastric acid would eat through the stomach wall into your body cavity within a matter of hours. It's certainly possible that it may have become infiltrated with lymphocytes (gastritis), and it might even be accompanied by thickened collagen bands (collagenous gastritis), similar to LC or CC, respectively, in the colon. Those are medically classified as discrete conditions, but IMO, they are more likely satellite issues of MC.
Remember, Zantac is an H2 antihistamine, which means that it ties up H2 histamine receptors so that they can't be activated by histamine (IOW, it prevents histamine from causing inflammation in the stomach and possibly other sections of the GI tract. It's possible that sinuses might also be affected (which would contribute to a bad taste in the mouth).
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.