What are the main symptoms of intestinal ulcers

Intestinal ulcer is also a common digestive tract disease. There are many causes of this ulcer disease and many symptoms. The main symptom is pain, and this pain is cyclical, especially in autumn and summer. The attacks will be more severe. Sometimes the symptoms will worsen in the middle of the night, causing patients to experience abdominal pain, diarrhea, abdominal distension and other symptoms.

Main symptoms

The main symptom of ulcer disease is pain, which usually occurs periodically, from autumn to spring. It can be induced by cold weather or improper diet. The pain of lesser curvature ulcer usually occurs 0.5 to 1 hour after a meal, and the pain of duodenal ulcer or pyloric gastric ulcer usually occurs 3 to 4 hours after a meal. The pain is often accompanied by diarrhea.

Sometimes it may occur in the middle of the night, but the pain location in the elderly is often not fixed and lacks obvious time pattern. Suitable Chinese medicines for intestinal ulcers include: Bupleurum, Scutellaria, Lilium, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Linderae umbellatae, Curcuma aromatica, etc. The treatment principle is to soothe the liver and regulate qi, clear the stomach and promote blood circulation. Patients should use Chinese medicine with caution after seeing a doctor.

Dietary taboos

1. Greasy foods: such as fat, lard, mutton fat, cream, butter, and walnut kernels.

2. Foods rich in crude fiber: such as leeks, celery, sweet potatoes, radishes, coarse grains, and dried beans.

3. Foods that easily cause bloating: such as watermelon, cantaloupe, leek, onion, garlic, fried foods, coffee, carbonated drinks, etc.

4. Raw and cold foods: such as cold drinks, pears, watermelons, oranges, tangerines, bananas, tomatoes, clams, sea cucumbers, lily soup, etc.

5. Allergic foods: such as milk, eggs, bee pupae, silkworms, unripe tomatoes, peanuts, pineapples, grasshoppers, crabs, broad beans, snake meat and some insect foods. [1]

Daily Health

Intestinal ulcer is a chronic disease that requires active daily care in addition to timely drug treatment. Daily health care can be started from the following aspects

1. Eat less or no greasy, fried, or spicy food, eat more vegetables and fruits, drink plenty of water, and avoid overeating and eating at irregular times.

2. Supplement with sufficient prebiotics. Prebiotics such as isomalto-oligosaccharides can effectively increase the number of beneficial bacteria in the intestines, restore the balance of the intestinal flora structure, and thus restore the health of the intestines.

3. Keep exercising; maintain a regular schedule. Long-term lack of exercise and irregular work and rest schedule will also affect intestinal health and the normal functioning of intestinal function. The human body repairs and regenerates the intestines according to the biological clock. Irregular work and rest and diet will affect this process and thus affect intestinal health.

4. Pay attention to mental and stress regulation. Excessive mental stress can affect the normal function of the intestines, leading to various intestinal problems (such as constipation, abdominal pain, and irritable bowel syndrome). [3]

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