Ulcer diet is an important part of treatment

Some patients with gastric ulcers often heard complaining: just sick, how they attack? In fact, this is not surprising. Despite 70 years since the 20th century, since the treatment of gastric ulcer and achieved good effect, but the relapse rate after healing is high, often bring patients a lot of trouble.

Can ease the pain after eating

Ulcers can occur at any age, to see up to 45-55 years old, male slightly. Under normal circumstances, not be digested gastric acid gastric juice and gastric mucosal erosion in the dynamic balance of defense forces, while the incidence of peptic ulcer disease is the result of losing this balance.

Gastric ulcer mainly for upper abdominal pain, in pit of the stomach around the lower middle or upper abdomen, showing burning of, bite, or dull pain of hunger, pain, or pain. But sometimes limited to the lower chest. After the pain will last half an hour to three hours. The diet-related pain, often due to hunger, taking medication, induced by acidic food or drink. Pain can be due to eating, drinking, taking basic food (eg bread) and remission.

Gastric ulcer may be cancerous

One of the serious consequences of gastric ulcer relapse into cancer. Experts, if the following conditions should be vigilant.

First, the nature of pain and patterns of change. If the pain becomes irregular attack, or a persistent pain, or pain than ever before the nature of significant changes have taken place should be alert for the cancer precursor.

Second, after treatment is invalid. Although easy to recurrent ulcers, but usually after taking anti-ulcer drugs, can alleviate the symptoms generally. If you routinely take anti-ulcer drug treatment for some time, the effect becomes obvious, or ineffective, it should be special attention.

Third, the weight loss. Gastric ulcer patients in the short term loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fever and progressive weight loss, the increased possibility of cancer.

Fourth, there hematemesis and melena. In case of vomiting or there tarry stools, fecal occult blood test results were positive for sustained and severe anemia, suggesting that gastric ulcer may be cancerous.

Fifth, the abdominal mass. Gastric ulcer formation in patients with abdominal mass is generally not, but if cancerous, the ulcer will become large, hard, the formation of mass.

Helicobacter pylori treatment should first be ruled out

The persistence of Helicobacter pylori infection is a major cause of gastric ulcer recurrence rate. If indeed H. pylori infection must be eradicated. Although some patients no longer Helicobacter pylori infection, but there is still likely to relapse, or re-infection after eradication of Helicobacter pylori which causes ulcers relapse.

Not diagnosed by gastroscopy in gastric ulcer patients with Helicobacter pylori infection, ulcer disease during the normal 4-8 weeks after treatment, should be transferred to a period of maintenance treatment, an appropriate increase in gastric PH value, which is to prevent recurrence The most important method.

Diet is an important part of prevention and treatment

Patients in the diet should pay attention to strengthening nutrition. Should be used digestible, with enough energy, protein and vitamin rich foods, such as rice, spaghetti, milk, soft rice, milk, eggs, lean meat, tofu and soy products, fresh vegetables and fruit. These foods can enhance the body resistance to help repair damaged tissue and promote ulcer healing. In addition, you can protect the gastric mucosa proper selection of the role of some health care products, such as seabuckthorn fruit oil.

Patients should avoid eating fried, fried food and more crude fiber containing celery, chives, bean sprouts, ham, bacon, dried fish and a variety of whole grains. These foods do not digest, it will cause a large number of gastric acid secretion, increase the burden on the stomach.

Note the three, reduce ulcer recurrence

First, the reduction of induced factors, including smoking cessation, does not drink alcohol, to enhance self-care, attention to dietary laws of life. At the same time, taking as little as possible on the gastric mucosa injury medicine.

Secondly, where the recurrence of ulcer disease more often, ulcers heal slowly, there have been complications (as gastrointestinal bleeding, ulcer perforation, pyloric obstruction) of the patients should adhere to maintenance therapy.

Finally, while serious maintenance therapy or shortly after discontinuation ulcer recurrence occurs, referral to the hospital in time to see if there are other diseases associated with Helicobacter pylori infection or to avoid delay in diagnosis and proper treatment.