What is the reason for pain around the belly button

Pain around the navel is a relatively obvious symptom of enteritis. It is also a disease that affects the patient's body's absorption of nutrients. If not treated in time, not only will the pain increase, but it may even cause malnutrition in the patient, which will directly reduce the patient's immunity and resistance. Next, I will introduce to you the treatment methods for enteritis.

1. Pathogen treatment

Viral enteritis generally does not require pathogen treatment and can heal on its own. Antibiotics are generally not used for enterotoxigenic bacterial enteritis. For invasive bacterial enteritis, it is best to select antibiotics based on the results of bacterial drug sensitivity tests. When suffering from bacillary dysentery, because Shigella dysenteriae is widely resistant to commonly used antibiotics, co-trimoxazole (cotrimoxazole), pipemidic acid, gentamicin, amikacin, etc. can generally be used. Campylobacter jejuni enteritis can be treated with erythromycin, gentamicin, chloramphenicol, etc. Yersinia enterocolitica enteritis is generally treated with gentamicin, kanamycin, co-trimoxazole, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, etc. Patients with mild Salmonella enteritis may not need antibiotics, while patients with severe cases can use chloramphenicol or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Invasive Escherichia coli enteritis can be treated with neomycin, colistin and gentamicin with good results. Amoebic dysentery, enteritis caused by Giardia lamblia and Trichomonas can be treated with metronidazole (Flagyl). Schistosomiasis can be treated with praziquantel. Oral nystatin is effective in treating Candida albicans enteritis. Patients with systemic fungal infection need to be treated with amphotericin B.

2. Common Methods

1. Replenish fluids and correct electrolyte and acidosis

For those who are mildly dehydrated and do not vomit severely, oral rehydration can be given. The WHO-recommended oral rehydration formula is sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride, glucose or sucrose, and water. For patients with severe dehydration or vomiting, normal saline, isotonic sodium bicarbonate and potassium chloride solutions, and glucose can be given intravenously.

2. Reduce intestinal motility and secretion drugs

Atropine, belladonna, and propantheline can be used in small amounts to reduce intestinal motility, relieve pain, and stop diarrhea. Chlorpromazine can also be used. It has a sedative effect and can inhibit excessive secretion of intestinal mucosa caused by enterotoxins, thereby reducing the frequency and amount of bowel movements.

3. Diet and health care

1. Most patients with chronic enteritis are weak and have poor resistance, so they should pay more attention to food hygiene, not eat raw, cold, hard or spoiled food, not drink alcohol, and not eat spicy and irritating condiments.

2. Low in fat and fiber. Foods that contain too much fat are not only difficult to digest, but their laxative effect often aggravates diarrhea symptoms. Therefore, patients should not eat fried, pan-fried, raw, cold, or high-fiber foods.

3. For most patients with chronic enteritis, fruits are also not allowed to be eaten. It is believed that most fruits are cold in nature, which will damage the spleen yang, easily breed dampness, obstruct the spleen and stomach's transportation and transformation functions, and affect the efficacy of the treatment.

4. When flatulence and bowel sounds are too strong, you should eat less sucrose and foods that are easy to produce gas and ferment, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, white radishes, pumpkins, milk, soybeans, etc.

5. Milk is rich in many nutrients and vitamins essential to the human body, but it is not suitable for most patients with chronic enteritis.