What to do if the stomach hurts due to medication

People who take medicine or have infusions will have a common experience, that is, the medicine will cause stomach discomfort. This is caused by the stimulation of the medicine, which makes patients very distressed, but what should you do if you have stomach pain caused by medicine stimulation? People who are receiving an IV can drink more water and see if they can switch to another medication. Some medicines will cause a larger stomach reaction when you first take or inject them. As the medicine enters the body, the stomach will also adapt and there will be no pain.

Six measures to quickly improve your stomach

(1) Eliminate the cause of the disease, rest in bed, and stop all foods and medications that may irritate the stomach. If appropriate, short-term fasting should be implemented, and then an easily digestible, light, low-residue liquid diet should be given to help the stomach rest and the injury heal.

(2) Encourage drinking water. Since patients lose too much water due to vomiting and diarrhea, they should drink as much water as possible to replenish the lost water. It is better to use sugar and salt water (made by adding a small amount of sugar and salt to boiled water). Do not drink beverages high in sugar to avoid excessive acid production and aggravate abdominal pain. Patients with frequent vomiting can drink a small amount of water (about 50 ml) after each vomiting, and drink it multiple times to avoid vomiting. .

(3) Pain relief. Belladonna tablets, atropine, 654-2 and other drugs can be used. You can also apply local hot compress to the abdomen to relieve pain (not necessary for those with gastric bleeding).

(4) For patients with diarrhea and fever, antibacterial drugs such as berberine and norfloxacin can be used appropriately. It is generally not used by patients with mild conditions to avoid further irritation to the stomach.

(5) Patients with severe vomiting, diarrhea, and obvious dehydration should be sent to the hospital for intravenous infusion treatment in a timely manner. They will generally recover within 1-2 days.

(6) Prevention is the priority. Drink in moderation, avoid overeating, and use with caution or not use drugs that can damage the gastric mucosa. Acute simple gastritis must be treated promptly and recurrence must be prevented after recovery to prevent it from turning into chronic gastritis and becoming unrecoverable. (II) The following are some foods and Chinese medicines that can strengthen the spleen and warm the stomach, which are very suitable for spleen and stomach health care in this cold season. You can make them into a variety of delicious dishes, or cook them into porridge or soup, it all depends on your personal preference.

Silver carp: used to relieve stomach pain, often used to treat weak spleen and stomach. It is especially suitable for stomach pain caused by cold or chronic gastritis caused by indigestion.