How long does it take to recover from digestive disorders?

There is really no unified standard answer to this question. Among the patients I have contacted in the outpatient clinic, they can fully recover in the shortest week or so. There are also many patients whose disease lasts for half a year or a year before gradually stabilizing. There are even people who relapse from time to time due to repeated work and rest schedules and irregular diet.

Nowadays, there are two opinions on the Internet. One is that digestive disorders are "made" and can be cured by controlling the diet within a week. The other is that the disease is a "chronic disease" and cannot be cut off. In fact, both opinions are only half correct. If you have problems such as abdominal bloating, unformed stools, and excessive farts that have only appeared in the past week or two. Your gastrointestinal function has been fine before, but you are either eating too much, staying up late for a few nights, or being under a lot of stress temporarily. After a checkup, there are no organic problems such as ulcers, polyps, or inflammation. Then it is really quick to fix it, just like too many APP cards are temporarily opened on your mobile phone. You can clear the background and clear the problem. Last month, a young girl who had just graduated came here. She had hot pot barbecue and cold beer with her classmates for a week. She had diarrhea for three days and became bloated after eating. She was prescribed some probiotics and gastrointestinal mucosal protectants, and told her to eat something easy to digest for three meals and not to eat spicy food. She went back and followed the doctor's instructions. On the 9th day, she sent me a message saying that she was completely fine and it tasted delicious.

But if your symptoms have lasted for two to three months or even longer, and you have recurring acid reflux and bloating, or you have not had bowel movements for several days, or you have diarrhea when you eat something cold, and even a colonoscopy and gastroscopy can’t find any major problems, then it is most likely that the autonomic nervous system of your gastrointestinal tract has been disrupted - it is equivalent to a bug in the entire gastrointestinal "scheduling system", which cannot be fixed by eating two less spicy meals. Many people are also suffering from anxiety and insomnia at this time. The more nervous they are, the more likely they are to have stomach aches and want to run to the toilet. There was a young man who worked as an auditor. He stayed up for 4 months in a row in preparation for the annual review. Later, whenever he got the report, he had a stomachache and had to go to the toilet. During the treatment, he had to adjust his gastrointestinal function and guide him to slowly adjust his habits of coping with stress. It took him almost 7 months to finally stop going to the toilet as soon as he got to work.

I generally don’t pat the patient’s chest and say how long it will take to get better. After all, the gastrointestinal tract is working every day. During the treatment period, you will still eat spicy food, stay up late every day, and be so anxious that you can’t sleep when something happens. Even if you get temporarily better, it will relapse within two days. Instead of counting the days every day to figure out when you can recover, it is better to do small things such as eating three meals on time and eating seven to eight times full at each meal. Once your stomach is comfortable, your recovery will naturally not be slow.