Gastritis is an inflammation of the lining of your stomach. Normally your stomach has a mucosal barrier that protects it, but when this breaks down, inflammation ensues. Acute gastritis tends to resolve on its own, but it's chronic gastritis I'm focusing on today.

Can you have a hiatal hernia and has gastritis? Yes. In fact, endoscopies that diagnose hiatal hernia often mention gastritis as being present. There are common root causes to both which I want to discuss.

Common causes of gastritis include H. pylori infections, which can also result in acid reflux symptoms, drugs use such as NSAIDs, alcohol excess, stress, bile reflux, smoking and autoimmune disease. We're going to come back to stress in a moment.

The symptoms of gastritis can include a gnawing or burning sensation in the stomach, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, bloat and belching. These symptoms are common in Hiatal Hernia Syndrome as well.

Treatment involves removing the source of inflammatory triggers, which include food sensitivities, H. pylori infection, identifying nutritional sensitivities, making specific diet and lifestyle changes and reducing stress.

A stress response where your nervous system is in fight or flight is something that Hiatal Hernia Syndrome does cause, and this can also be a cause of gastritis. The stress response can come from a spasm in the diaphragm which triggers your nervous system or it can occur from vagus nerve irritation. At the root of these is physical, not mental imbalance and both can be successfully treated naturally.

Your gastritis DOES have a root cause that can be identified. And it may be aggravated by Hiatal Hernia Syndrome.

Regardless, both can be treated and you don't need to continue suffering.
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