What medicine should be taken to treat digestive disorders

There is no universal "special medicine" for digestive disorders. The premise is that you first rule out organic problems such as ulcers, inflammation, polyps, etc. through gastrointestinal endoscopy and abdominal ultrasound. After confirming that it is a functional disorder, you can then choose medicines based on your most prominent symptoms of discomfort. Moreover, all medicines can only relieve symptoms in the short term, and there is no way to "cure" disorders by taking medicines. Don't hoard Internet celebrity stomach medicines and probiotics. There are really too many people who fall into this trap.

I just helped my Internet operator Faxiao solve her problem last week. She has been working on a project for three months in a row and eats takeout until 1 a.m. every day before going to bed. Recently, she either feels bloated to the point of her throat after eating, or she goes to the toilet to have soft stools when she is nervous. She has gone to the hospital to check for any organic problems. None, it was just a typical functional disorder. She had bought several probiotics from Internet celebrities before, but after taking them for almost a month, they had no effect at all. She also had black stools twice and was frightened to think that she had gastric cancer. In fact, the probiotics contained iron supplements and were not suitable for her.

Speaking of probiotics, there is now a lot of controversy in the industry. One school of thought believes that targeted supplementation of specific strains (such as Lactobacillus reuteri and specific subtypes of Bifidobacterium for irritable bowel) can indeed improve abdominal distension and abnormal bowel movements caused by intestinal flora disorders. The other school of thought believes that most common probiotics on the market can The number of live bacteria is simply not enough. If it cannot pass the gastric acid barrier, it will be almost destroyed. Ordinary people eating it is equivalent to paying an IQ tax. My experience after being exposed to this is that if you really want to eat it, it is best to ask a gastroenterologist to prescribe medicinal type. Don’t buy blindly on the e-commerce platform with the "health" brand, as the purity and strain are not guaranteed.

If your discomfort is mainly acid reflux and heartburn, and you always feel that your stomach is full of acid and water reaches your throat after meals. Chewing two tablets of antacids such as aluminum magnesium carbonate can provide quick relief. However, do not take them continuously for more than a week, otherwise it will disrupt the rhythm of gastric acid secretion and aggravate the disorder. If the main problem is that you feel full after eating a small amount, or are bloated and you burp non-stop, you need to consider using gastric motility drugs. This needs to be evaluated by a doctor. After opening, don’t take Domperidone when you have bloating. If you take it for a long time, you will easily become dependent on it, which will make the stomach’s own power worse and worse. If you always feel pain around the belly button, get anxious or have diarrhea when you eat cold food, it is mostly irritable bowel disorder. When the pain is severe, you can use antispasmodic drugs to relieve it. The key is to adjust your mood. Don’t always focus on the discomfort in your stomach. The more you pay attention to it, the easier it will be.

Many people also ask whether they can take Chinese patent medicines for conditioning. At present, there is no unified conclusion in the industry. Some clinical data show that using corresponding stomach-warming and qi-regulating patent medicines after syndrome differentiation has a good effect on deficiency-cold disorders. There are also views that Chinese patent medicines lack clear clinical control data and may aggravate internal heat if they are not symptomatic. , for diarrhea, my suggestion is that if you want to take traditional Chinese medicine, it is best to consult the traditional Chinese medicine gastroenterology department of a regular hospital before prescribing it. Don’t read online celebrities’ recommendations to buy stomach nourishing pills or spleen strengthening pills. I once had a patient who had a stomach heat and always had dry mouth and bad breath. After half a month of blindly taking stomach-warming proprietary Chinese medicine, his mouth blistered and he was constipated for a week.

To be honest, I have come across so many people with digestive disorders, and more than 90% of them are not cured by taking medicine. They slowly change their habits of staying up late, eating too much, and sitting still for long periods of time, and they get better gradually. Medicine is just a tool to help you when you are uncomfortable. Don't use it as a life-saving straw. If it is really frequent, go to the hospital to see a doctor first, and don't delay things by taking medicine blindly.