Is fire therapy effective for gastritis?

Gastritis is a very common stomach disease in life. There are many pathogenic factors. Once you get the disease, it will have a great impact. Gastritis is mostly a chronic disease. As the saying goes, 30% depends on treatment and 70% depends on maintenance. Long-term gastritis is very painful, so some patients will try to treat gastritis with methods like fire therapy. So, is fire therapy effective for gastritis? Let’s take a closer look below.

There is no specific treatment for gastritis, so fire therapy is not effective for gastritis.

1. Acute gastritis

(1) General treatment: bed rest, elimination of the cause, light liquid diet or appropriate fasting. For those with obvious vomiting and diarrhea, replenish electrolytes and water in time.

(2) Symptomatic treatment includes administration of gastric mucosal protectants and acid inhibitors; patients with bacterial infection should be given antibiotics.

(3) Special treatment: Acute suppurative gastritis should be treated with large doses of sensitive antibiotics as soon as possible. When abscesses form in the local area of ​​the lesion and drug treatment is ineffective, surgical treatment can be performed. Corrosive gastritis caused by swallowing strong acids or alkalis can be treated by taking milk, egg white or other liquid mucosal protective agents. In case of severe pain, analgesics such as morphine can be given.

2. Chronic gastritis

(1) General treatment: Quit smoking and avoid drinking alcohol; avoid using drugs that damage the gastric mucosa, such as aspirin, indomethacin, erythromycin, etc.; eat regularly and avoid overheated, salty, and spicy foods; actively treat chronic oral, nasal, and pharyngeal infections.

(2) Drug treatment

1) Commonly used drugs for protecting gastric mucosa include colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS), sucralfate, mezilin-S, aluminum hydroxide gel, and gastric mucosa.

2) Drugs that adjust gastrointestinal motility function can be used to treat upper abdominal distension, such as domperidone. For those who suffer from hiccups, bloating or reflux, gastrokinetic drugs can be used.

3) Antibiotics If gastroscopy shows Helicobacter pylori is positive, antibiotics should be taken. Clarithromycin, amoxicillin, etc., all have the effect of clearing Hp. Generally, two types can be selected, and they are often used in combination with gastric mucosal protectants and acid inhibitors.

4) Drugs that reduce gastric acid, such as alkaline antacids such as sodium bicarbonate and aluminum hydroxide; H2 receptor antagonists such as cimetidine and ranitidine; proton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole and lasoprazole, etc.

5) Painkillers: Patients with severe upper abdominal pain can take atropine, propantheline, belladonna tablets or 654-2 orally to reduce gastric acid secretion and relieve abdominal pain symptoms.

6) Other symptomatic treatment drugs include digestive aids, such as pancreatic enzymes, yeast tablets, lactase, dimethicone tablets, etc. To prevent bile reflux, you can take aluminum carbonate magnesium and cholestyramine to absorb bile; for those who have vomiting blood and bloody stools, take cimetidine orally.