How long does it take for gastroenteritis to heal?

Gastroenteritis is a very common gastrointestinal disease, which can be caused by factors such as viral and bacterial infections. If the food is not clean or the water source is polluted, it can also induce gastroenteritis. Once the disease occurs, it will cause lasting harm to the patient. Many patients try various methods to treat gastroenteritis, but the results are not very good. So, how long does it take for gastroenteritis to heal? Let’s take a closer look below.

1. The patient should be suffering from chronic gastroenteritis due to irregular diet and long-term mental stress. The time to cure chronic gastroenteritis depends on the severity of the patient and whether the patient follows the doctor's instructions during the healing process.

2. Generally speaking, if it is not a serious chronic gastroenteritis, as long as you follow the doctor's instructions and take medicine on time, it will usually take half a year to recover slowly, and after recovery, you must maintain regular work and rest and eating habits.

3. When treating chronic gastroenteritis, the patient's diet should be based on warm, soft, light, vegetarian and fresh food. Eating small meals frequently will not burden the stomach. Do not eat too cold or too spicy food. Maintaining a good mood will help the treatment of chronic gastroenteritis.

How to treat chronic gastroenteritis

In addition to drug treatment, chronic gastroenteritis also depends on daily maintenance. Chronic gastroenteritis does not require you to avoid many foods like acute gastroenteritis, but you should also be careful to avoid spicy and irritating foods, do not overeat, eat small meals frequently, eat on time and in the right amount, and reduce the burden on your stomach and intestines. Tobacco, alcohol and carbonated drinks are prohibited.

If gastric acid secretion is reduced, such as in atrophic gastritis, you can eat delicious foods such as thick broth, fish soup, chicken soup, etc. to stimulate gastric acid secretion and promote appetite. You can eat a few hawthorns at each meal, preferably fresh hawthorns, to stimulate the secretion of gastric juice. You can eat sour fruits or juice, or drink yogurt. Yogurt can inhibit harmful bacteria from breaking down protein and producing toxins, while protecting the stomach from toxins, which is beneficial to the treatment and recovery of gastritis. Therefore, it is recommended to drink yogurt in moderation regularly.

For those with excessive gastric acid secretion (hyperacid gastritis), broth, fish broth, chicken broth and excessive amounts of umami foods should be avoided. The meat can be cooked and the soup can be removed before cooking. The food should be cooked finely, minced, soft and rotten. Avoid frying and other cooking methods, and try to use steaming, boiling, braising, stewing and simmering as much as possible. You can drink milk, soy milk, eat steamed bread, noodles, and bread to neutralize stomach acid.

During the care period of chronic gastroenteritis, pay attention to consuming more high-protein and high-vitamin foods to ensure that the body has adequate nutrients and prevent anemia and malnutrition. For people with anemia and malnutrition, they should add foods rich in protein and heme iron to their diet, such as lean meat, chicken, fish, as well as animal offal such as liver, kidney, and gizzard. Dark-colored foods are generally fresh vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins, such as green leafy vegetables, winged beans, tomatoes, eggplants, red dates, okra, purple okra, carrots, purple sweet potatoes, purple cabbage, purple cauliflower, etc.

Whether it is the late maintenance of acute gastroenteritis or the daily maintenance of chronic gastroenteritis, diet therapy can be used. There are many dietary recipes. You can look for them online or consult a doctor. Here is a recipe that has been proven effective by many friends and relatives. The operation is simple: 25 grams of ginkgo nuts, 200 grams of fresh pork stomach (try not to use pig stomach). First put the ginkgo nuts and water into the pot, bring the soup to a boil over high heat, then add the pork stomach, and then simmer over low heat until the pork stomach is soft. Take once a day, on an empty stomach or half full. If you have beeswax, you can add 2 grams of beeswax when the soup is cooked. The soup with added beeswax should be drunk while it is hot, otherwise the beeswax will solidify and precipitate, making your mouth greasy.