Hi,
Noted your history and understood your concerns.
It is good that
gastritis has been settled well with Dexilant and Sucrafate.
The Bloating is usually due to gases in intestinal tract and can be due to the following reasons:
Aerophagia if you have stress and anxiety.
Gas producing bacterial overgrowth as you have well mentioned.
Get the stool tests for three consecutive days and if there is any evidence of an intestinal infection then a course of an antibiotic active against intestinal infection,
metronidazole and probiotics should help you.
Also get an
ultrasonography of abdomen and if there are any
gall stones you may need a surgery.
Also watch for which of the restricted foods and beverages is giving gases as seen with nuts and so on.
Avoid stress and/or anxiety.
Diabetes needs to be well under control.
Take care.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. T Chandrakant,
General & ENT Surgeon