Someone asked Huazi, I heard that stomach disease is "three points to cure, seven points to rely on maintenance", is this statement correct? Huazi said that treatment is only an auxiliary role, in fact, stomach diseases are "well-nourished",
The mucous membranes of the human digestive tract rub against food every day and are easily damaged, so the epithelial cells of the digestive tract have a strong regenerative ability. People with peptic ulcers cannot rely on drugs alone to treat diseases, but more importantly, they must know how to protect themselves and avoid continued damage to the mucous membranes of the digestive tract.
First, pay attention to the diet
People with stomach problems should pay attention to eating digestible and nutritious foods as much as possible in their diet. Do not eat sweet, too salty, too sour, too spicy and other irritating foods, as well as raw, cold, hard and other indigestible food.
People with stomach problems should avoid drinking coffee and strong tea. Coffee contains caffeine; tea contains tea polyphenols, caffeine, tannin, these substances will promote gastric acid secretion, but also will stimulate the central nervous system, reflexively promote the gastrointestinal mucosa vasoconstriction, blood supply reduction, reduce the barrier function of the digestive tract mucosa, will aggravate ulcers, resulting in worsening of the disease.
In terms of staple food choices, thin porridge and noodles are easy to digest, but it is not recommended for long-term consumption. Because the thin porridge and noodles are boiled at high temperatures, the starch contained in them has a high degree of gelatinization and is easy to digest, but when eating for a long time, it will be because of "use and waste", resulting in the degradation of the digestive function of the digestive system itself.
Therefore, people with stomach problems can choose thin porridge and noodles when the disease is acute. But after the symptoms have eased, the daily staple food can choose steamed buns. Steamed buns need to be fermented, which will convert some starch into small molecule sugars, and will also reduce the content of phytic acid, which is less irritating to the stomach. When eating steamed buns, chew carefully and swallow slowly, and do not overeat.
Soda biscuits can be used as a daily snack because baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is added to the biscuits to neutralize stomach acid, and patients with duodenal ulcers can relieve the pain by chewing a few soda biscuits when they have hunger pain. But the effect of soda biscuits in relieving pain cannot last, and it contains more oil itself, which is not very healthy, so don't eat more.
People with stomach problems can replace part of the staple food with yam. Because yam is rich in polysaccharides, it has a protective effect on the gastric mucosa. But yam is not very digestible, can not completely replace the staple food, the amount of replacement is best not more than one-third of the staple food.
In the choice of vegetables, you can choose orange-red vegetables such as pumpkin, papaya, carrot, tomato, etc., which contain more carotene, which will be converted into vitamin A after entering the human body, which helps the repair of the mucosa of the digestive tract. This type of vegetable contains more dietary fiber, which is easier to digest after cooking.
People with peptic ulcers, do not drink milk for pain relief. Milk can temporarily neutralize stomach acid and relieve pain, but milk contains a lot of protein, which will stimulate gastric acid and pepsin secretion, which will make ulcer symptoms more serious.
It should be noted that you can't "complement what you eat", eating food such as pork belly and fat intestines cannot nourish your gastrointestinal tract. Animal offal contains more fat, and eating more is not good for health.
Second, develop good eating habits
In addition to paying attention to food choices, develop good eating habits. Do not eat before going to bed to avoid inducing ulcers due to excessive gastric acid secretion caused by eating.
Chew fully when eating, let the teeth and tongue replace part of the function of the stomach, and reduce the burden on the stomach. Try not to eat crude fiber foods such as bamboo shoots and bacon to avoid mechanical damage to the friction of the gastric mucosa.
Eat less and eat more meals in moderation, and when hungry, stomach acid and pepsin will directly stimulate pain at the ulcer. So reducing fasting time and neutralizing stomach acid with food can reduce pain. But it should be noted that food will also stimulate stomach acid secretion, so you can not eat frequently. It is recommended to keep the total number of meals eaten in a day unchanged, and change the three meals to five meals.
Do not overeat, eat a lot in a short period of time, will cause acute gastric dilation, easy to damage the stomach's self-protection mechanism, resulting in stomach ulcers.
Do not smoke and drink alcohol, harmful substances in cigarettes can promote the constriction of blood mucosa vessels, reduce prostaglandin synthesis, stimulate gastric acid and pepsin secretion, causing damage to the gastric mucosa. Alcohol has a direct stimulating effect on the gastric mucosa, weakens the barrier function of the gastric mucosa, and can stimulate gastric acid secretion, which will also cause damage to the gastric mucosa. For people who have already suffered from peptic ulcer, drinking alcohol is an important factor inducing gastric bleeding and gastric perforation.
Third, we must maintain emotional stability
The number of nerve cells in the digestive system is second only to the central nervous system. Fluctuations in human emotions have a direct impact on the digestive system. When people are nervous, afraid and angry, they will "sleep and forget to eat"; when they are anxious and depressed, they will "eat and drink", which is the most intuitive manifestation of emotions affecting the digestive system.
Acute anxiety can cause abnormal secretion of autonomic neurotransmitters, resulting in an imbalance between the attacking and defense factors of the digestive system, which is an important cause of stress peptic ulcer. After the occurrence of peptic ulcer, the various discomforts and pain symptoms of the body will bring negative emotional experiences. Therefore, emotional problems and peptic ulcers will cause and effect each other, and a vicious circle will be formed.
Therefore, people who are easy to get angry, often anxious, and depressed should do a good job of emotional management, and consciously cultivate their own hobbies such as reading, calligraphy, art, mountaineering, chess, making friends, and instrumental music. Stabilize your emotions and enhance your psychological ability to resist stress.
However, some people may suffer from depression, it is difficult to get out of bad emotions on their own, and they need to be treated by a psychologist, and antidepressants can be used under the guidance of a doctor to relieve symptoms.
Fourth, the rational use of drugs
If there are other diseases that require medication, before using the drug, read the drug instructions carefully to see if there are any adverse reactions that cause damage to the digestive tract.
For example, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for antipyretic, analgesic, rheumatism, as well as glucocorticoid drugs, tetracycline antibiotics and other drugs, have adverse reactions that cause damage to the digestive tract. Before use, actively communicate with the doctor and try to replace drugs that have no effect on the digestive tract.
If you must use such drugs, in the process of taking the drug, you should pay attention to the monitoring of adverse reactions, and when abdominal pain, melancholy, vomit and other symptoms appear, you should seek medical treatment in time. If long-term or high-dose application of drugs that damage the digestive tract is required, it is recommended to use them in combination with drugs that inhibit gastric acid secretion under the guidance of a doctor to protect the mucosa of the digestive tract.
To sum up, the mucosa of the digestive tract has a strong ability to repair itself, and people with stomach problems can recuperate after reducing the damage factors. In addition to using drugs under the guidance of a doctor, it is more important to master the correct way to nourish the stomach in life, and persistently adhere to it in order to recover from stomach diseases. I am a pharmacist Huazi, welcome to follow me and share more health knowledge.