How many days does gastroenteritis usually take to heal?

In daily life, improper diet or failure to do personal prevention work can lead to colitis and gastrointestinal inflammation, which can cause great discomfort to people. Common symptoms include loss of appetite, poor digestion, and may even cause nausea and vomiting. Generally, as long as you pay active attention to treatment and recovery, you will be fine in about a week.

How long does it take to recover from acute gastroenteritis?

In general, if acute gastroenteritis is treated with Western medicine, it usually only takes about two to three days, but this only treats the symptoms and not the root cause. It is recommended to use Chinese medicine for treatment. Chinese medicine treatment can generally cure it in about five days. Chinese medicine can effectively regulate your gastrointestinal tract, thereby achieving the effect of curing the root cause.

During the treatment of acute gastroenteritis, you cannot eat spicy and irritating foods, because acute gastroenteritis is caused by eating foods containing pathogens and their toxins. If you take excessive amounts of irritating and indigestible foods at this time, it will cause acute inflammatory changes in the gastrointestinal mucosa, leading to serious illness.

Acute gastroenteritis is generally caused by Salmonella infection. Patients will experience symptoms such as nausea and vomiting. Gastrointestinal reactions will promote the rapid excretion of pathogenic bacteria in the intestines. Patients can recover on their own in a short period of time. The recovery time depends on the individual's physical condition. Generally, it is about three days. If the vomiting is severe, the diet will be seriously affected, which will cause electrolyte imbalance. Intravenous rehydration therapy is recommended.

Patients with acute gastroenteritis must eat a light diet during the illness. It is best to drink some white porridge, which can help gastrointestinal absorption. In general, acute gastroenteritis can be treated with a combination of gentamicin and montmorillonite powder, which can significantly alleviate symptoms within 2 to 3 days.