If you suddenly get sick of the stomach, be sure to pay attention to it: he never worries just like that! Provoke discomfort, heaviness, cramping or pain can be abundant or substandard food, as well as irregular or improper diet, poisoning and even stress. If negative factors are repeated, changes in the gastric mucosa that lead to chronic gastritis begin. Living with this disease is not easy: it will require you to strict discipline and discretion when choosing a diet and even a revision of the way of life. Deciding that "pacify" gastritis can be with the help of painkillers, you are very at risk. Apply anesthesia - does not mean "put to sleep" forever!
Bump above the belt
If you have never suspected where the stomach is located, gastritis will help to accurately determine this. At the beginning of the acute stage of the disease in the epigastric region (upper abdomen), there is a spasmodic or cutting pain - a signal that the gastric mucosa has become inflamed. Later, the pain is joined by bitterness (ejection of bile), as well as nausea, the urge to vomit (especially if before that you used poor-quality food).
You used to drink an empty cup of strong coffee "vpriskusku" with a cigarette on an empty stomach? Do not be surprised if, in time, you get dull or sharp pain in the epigastric region: your morning menu is not like the "head" of the entire digestive system. Caffeine and nicotine provoke a persistent vasospasm - hence the feeling that you were struck above your waist or put a stone in your stomach.
Insulting constancy
With the transition of gastritis to the chronic stage, its symptoms soften somewhat, but it does not become easier. The pain is no longer acute, nausea and vomiting occur rarely, but a feeling of heaviness and fullness of the stomach is present, even if you ate very little. Now unpleasant feelings accompany you almost constantly: you often feel weakness, quickly get tired and become irritable (even neurasthenia may develop). This is due to the fact that the stomach does not fully absorb useful substances and your body does not receive the necessary "make-up".
The skin becomes pale and moist, sweating increases. When you brush your teeth in the morning, pay attention to the tongue: a gray and yellow coating indicates that your stomach is asking for help. Constant companions of gastritis - an unpleasant aftertaste in the mouth, lack of appetite, thirst. An annoying moment - bad breath is constantly present, no matter how often you brush your teeth or use chewing gum. Therefore, even if you do not care about anything, and an unpleasant smell is - this is a signal about a malfunction in the stomach. Be sure to pay attention to this without waiting for the pain.
Extinguish the fire competently
With acute gastritis, do not self-medicate, using painkillers. Address to the doctor without delay. If the stomach suddenly aches in the evening, take urgent measures that will help ease the condition. Brew peppermint tea (a bag or a teaspoon for 200 ml of boiling water) - this will help to remove the spasm. The temperature of the tea should not exceed 45-55 C (so as not to irritate the mucous membrane). If you have severe pain in your stomach, you can take two no-spikes or a spasmalgon tablet.
Do you have a burp with the smell of eaten food or spices? So, the stomach makes it clear that you ate something wrong. Poor food provokes an infectious gastritis. In this case, it is necessary to rinse the stomach. It is best to drink a lot of boiled water (36-45 C) or a weak solution of potassium permanganate (up to 3 liters) to induce vomiting. If after washing did not become better - it's time to the doctor.
Do not tease the beast
Do not you want to allow the development of chronic gastritis? This is for you with the help of medicines for the treatment of gastritis. After you cope with acute gastritis, go for a sparing diet. Remember: now you can not fat, fried and sharp. Of the first dishes will have to exclude the grub, rassolnik and even borsch. Meat and fish are only boiled. To avoid even minimal trauma to the mucosa, eat the dried soup in the first day after poisoning or exacerbation. Any rough food can immediately provoke an exacerbation.
The English do not accidentally adhere to the tradition for centuries to eat oatmeal for breakfast, which is cooked on the water (salt, sugar and milk are added only before serving). To prepare the stomach for a work day, drink an empty glass of bottled water at room temperature without gas. So you will free the stomach from the remnants of undigested food. After 20 minutes you can have breakfast. You do not like porridge? You can make a steam omelet or vegetable soup. An indispensable condition - food should be gentle! No sandwiches with dry sausage and spicy hard cheese or chops. Avoid also refined food. You can already afford to have a cup of coffee at your work, or, preferably, mint tea or use medicines to treat gastritis. And your day will turn out well!
Simple rules
The stomach is shaped like a pouch, in which there is necessarily a gas bubble, which is necessary for active digestion. If you eat a lot, the stomach stretches and the gas bubble is pushed out (it feels like a hiccup or eructation). Sitting at the table, mentally divided the usual portion, into three parts: two eat, and from the third abstain. And soon you will understand that you are satisfied and, most importantly, have not overeaten. Eating belly or sour is the first sign of gastritis. Even if the stomach does not hurt, hungry hiccups, an unpleasant aftertaste in the mouth may occur. Go to the fractional food - every 3-4 hours something to eat. If the stomach is not empty, he will not have to digest himself and give you suffering. Discuss your diet with your doctor and stick to his recommendations.
Spring is a period of exacerbation of chronic gastrointestinal ailments and the emergence of new ones. Pick up the correct power system, and you will avoid danger.