How to treat chronic gastric mucosal erosion? Dietary conditioning is also needed

The most obvious symptom of patients with chronic gastric mucosal erosion is stomach pain when hungry, and they get hungry very quickly. The important thing in the treatment of chronic gastric mucosal erosion is dietary conditioning. The diet should be regular, and spicy, irritating and hard foods should be avoided.

1. Avoid irregular eating: You should eat regularly, avoid being too hungry or too full, and eat small meals frequently. Especially for the elderly and weak, or those with diminished gastrointestinal function, it is best to have 4 to 5 meals a day, and eat until 60% to 70% full each time.

2. Avoid smoking, drinking, and spicy food: Ethanol can dissolve the lipoprotein layer of the gastric mucosal epithelium, which can cause great damage to the gastric mucosa. When people smoke, the harmful substances in the smoke dissolve and adhere to the mouth and throat, and enter the stomach with swallowing. These harmful substances can also cause great damage to the gastric mucosa. Therefore, it is important to quit smoking and drinking to avoid aggravating the condition or even causing malignant changes.

Foods or beverages such as chili, mustard, pepper, strong tea, coffee, cocoa, etc. are irritating to the gastric mucosa, can cause congestion of the mucosa, and aggravate inflammation, so they should also be avoided. Do not eat foods that are too sour or too salty.

3. Avoid eating too cold, hot or hard food: Ingesting too cold food and drinks can cause stomach cramps and constriction of blood vessels in the gastric mucosa, which is not conducive to the disappearance of inflammation. Long-term inflammation can cause damage to the mucosa. Ingesting too hot food and drinks can directly burn or irritate the gastric mucosa. Foods that are too hard and rough, vegetables high in crude fiber, and foods that are fried or grilled can increase the stomach's mechanical digestion burden, causing friction and damage to the gastric mucosa, and aggravating inflammatory lesions of the mucosa.

4. Avoid unclean food: Patients should pay special attention to food hygiene, especially in summer, wash raw fruits and vegetables, and do not eat spoiled food. Because contaminated and spoiled food contains large amounts of bacteria and bacterial toxins, it has a direct destructive effect on the gastric mucosa. It is better to eat slowly: chewing slowly can reduce the irritation of rough food to the gastric mucosa.

5. Eat fine food: Try to eat fine, easy-to-digest and nutritious food.

6. Eat light food: A light diet has less irritation to the gastric mucosa.