That a gastroenterologist can tell his future and real patients? The same as other doctors: the disease is better not to be treated, but to prevent.
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Prevention of diseases of the digestive organs, in general, the case is not easy, since a huge variety of factors can cause a breakdown of the digestive apparatus. Unambiguous and ambiguous.
Enemies are ambiguous
It is believed that the cause of absolutely all gastroenterological diseases is «wrong» food: Fastfunds, chemical soups, meal irregularity. This is wrong.
For example, gastritis and peptic diseases are much more connected with the bacterium Helicobacter Pilori than with errors in a diet.
Oddly enough, due to nutrition, it suffers mainly not a stomach and intestines, but a liver and gallbladder. The diet consisting exclusively of high calorie food, sugar, sweets and animal fats — One of the main causes of stones in the gallbladder and steatohepatitis («Breased liver»).
The limitation of these products (and, accordingly, a decrease in body weight) may in some cases not only prevent the exacerbation of the disease, but also lead to recovery.
Keep in mind that the digestive tract of a healthy person is able to digest anything without much difficulty. But there are some products (spices, oily and fried food, citrus, coffee, chocolate, carbonated drinks), which cause digestive organs to work in «Emergency mode».
Now about fast food. The attitude towards it has always been difficult: how much is heavy high calorie food. Do not be afraid, she will not kill you. A healthy person can afford to eat fast food from time to time. It is better to use a quick cooking product than to starve, because long breaks between food meals lead to the stagnation of bile and provoke education «sand» In the bustle bubble. And this is serious.
The enemies are unambiguous
one. Alcohol (any, including beer) — Real enemy of the digestive system.
For women, damaging doses of alcohol twice as smaller than for men.
In our country, up to 80% of all diseases of the liver and pancreas are associated with the reception of alcoholic beverages. What is not surprising, since the minimum damaging dose leading to the development of liver disease is only 50 grams of ethanol per day. In the US, this dose for some reason less: there is a rule «seven drinkles per week» (in one drill about 20 grams of ethanol).
Especially harmful to the use of large doses of strong alcohol in combination with oily or fried food. This can lead to acute alcohol hepatitis, to acute pancreatitis or exacerbation of chronic.
As a rule, after festive dates, there is an influx of visitors to the gastroenterologist.
2. Medications. It is no secret that regular reception of nonspecific anti-inflammatory drugs (Aspirin, Analgin and DR.) May cause the loss of the gastric mucosa and duodenum. Medicine manufacturers are mandatory warn about it in the instructions (when it is attached). If you have appointed a new unfamiliar drug, be sure to ask the doctor about his side effects.
And now a terrible secret: so as not to be stamped, you should not take Bades with unspecified side effects. In addition, it should be very careful about the means of traditional medicine. For example, there are a lot of cases of a toxic hepatitis after the use of Boligol.
3. Diet. It should be remembered that long starvation leads to the formation of concrections (stones) in the gallbladder.
4. Travels. Gastroenterological diseases, for example, irritable syndrome, may be provoked by food toxicoinfections obtained in tourist trips, including in our country. Unfamiliar food can cause failure in digestive organs. For such cases, the term is invented by gastroenterologists «Diarrhea travelers».
Take with you on the trip enzyme preparations and an intestine antiseptic, for example, Intotrix.
When contact your doctor
If the errors in the diet begin to regularly cause unpleasant sensations, it means that the digestive authorities are not all right. It means it's time. Symptoms of digestion problems: stupid abdominal pain, bloating, feeling of gravity after eating, heartburn.
Unfortunately, most of our patients seek help after several years of meaningless self-treatment. Whether doctors are afraid, or do not trust — Forgot that in the yard of the XXI century, and not all diseases are treated with activated carbon and soda.
No one argues, adherence to the diet (without acute, bold and fried) yet no one hurt, but it is better to first examine, so as not to miss anything serious.
Gastroenterol
Ohic examination
Symptoms of many gastroenterological diseases are similar, so in our time the diagnosis is made only after a comprehensive examination.
Required at least in the first handling: EGDS (gastroscopy), ultrasound, biochemical blood test. If necessary, colonoscopy, X-ray study and general blood test are prescribed.
Gastroscopy, perhaps, one of the most unpleasant diagnostic procedures in medicine. What is wondering that women carry it much more persistent than men. Here you can advise only one thing: if you are not a woman, bring patience, do not be nervous and not extinguished. Unpleasant, but you need to pull.
Diet for patients
By the 1980s, the development of diets reached the highest degree of sophistication. Diet therapy was called the leading factor in the complex treatment of many diseases of the digestive. It really was so.
The fact is that at that time drugs or it was impossible to take long due to numerous side effects, or they were not enough effective.
Nowadays, when drugs have become more efficient and safer, the need to observe a strict diet disappeared. However, during the exacerbation, the use of spices, fruits, oily, acute, fried food should be excluded. Error in the diet (even when taking medicines) during this period can lead to a recurrence of the disease.
Suppose the doctor prescribed a long diet, and it does not work, or (oh, horror!) Birthday Birthday Banquet Wedding-Holiday. What to do? In such cases, we allow our patients to expand the list of permitted products, but we advise you to take enzyme preparations (say, Mezim, Creon) and sometimes proton pump blockers (omeprazole) to reduce the load on digestion organs.
And finally about Helicobacter pylori. His destruction (eradication) leads to long-term remission of gastritis or ulcerative disease, often lasting years. Not to mention that the risk of developing stomach tumors is reduced. So if you have discovered gastritis or ulcers – Require the definition of Helicobacter Pylori, and if they find it – Come under the course of treatment.
