Our stomach has “ten fears”, those who don’t know deserve to have stomach problems

There are many people who have stomach problems in life. Just look at the advertisements about stomach medicine and stomach care during prime time, "Stomach, how are you?", "Take certain capsules if you have stomachache, stomach acid, and bloating", "Certain mushroom biscuits nourish the stomach, eat a little in the morning and a little in the afternoon." . . Many people carry stomach medicine in their bags. You can forget to bring your wallet when you go out, but you must never forget your medicine. Gastric problems are surprisingly common. This phenomenon is more or less related to today's fast-paced lifestyle. This article lists the 10 bad habits that are most harmful to the stomach. I hope you can correct them if you have any, and encourage yourself if you don't!

1. Fear of being late

"Forgetting to eat and sleep" seems to have become a habit of many office workers. However, unintentional skipping of one meal and fullness of another will slowly erode the health of the stomach. In recent years, the incidence of functional dyspepsia, gastritis, and gastric ulcers has been increasing among busy white-collar workers.

The stomach is an organ that strictly adheres to a "schedule". The secretion of gastric juice has physiological peaks and troughs throughout the day to facilitate timely digestion of food. If gastric acid and pepsin are not neutralized by food, they will digest the gastric mucosa itself and cause damage to it.

2. Fear of having too much dinner

A healthy digestive system is often destroyed by eating habits that are forgotten in a hurry, a simple lunch, a big meal at night, and a midnight snack before going to bed. Director Tang Zhipeng pointed out that based on the daily calorie intake of the human body, the most appropriate proportion should be 30% for breakfast, 40% for lunch and 30% for dinner.

Eating too much at dinner or eating a midnight snack too close to bed will not only affect sleep and cause obesity, but also force the gastrointestinal tract to be in an overloaded "intense work". Excessive secretion of gastric juice will corrode the gastric mucosa. If this continues for a long time, it will lead to diseases such as erosion and ulcers.

3. Fear of unclean food

In midsummer, various pathogenic bacteria multiply rapidly and food easily rots and spoils. If you eat unclean or stale food, it can easily cause acute gastritis, with symptoms such as stomach pain, bloating and vomiting.

Helicobacter pylori is an important pathogenic factor in the occurrence and development of many chronic gastric diseases, most of which are caused by unclean diet and mutual infection. Helicobacter pylori can parasitize in the mucosa of the stomach and duodenum, causing inflammation of the mucosa and triggering stomach diseases. This bacterium is also present in the patient's mouth and saliva, so the separate dining system can reduce the chance of Helicobacter pylori infection. The practice of separate meals becomes even more important when someone in the family suffers from gastric ulcers and gastritis.

4. Fear of gulping down food

After food enters the stomach, it needs to be stored, ground, and digested, and the food must be turned into chyme before it reaches the intestines. Developing the good habit of chewing slowly can increase the secretion of saliva, which is conducive to better digestion and absorption of food. If you do not chew food thoroughly and eat too fast, the rough food will directly wear out the gastric mucosa and increase the burden on the stomach, causing food to stay in the stomach for a longer time, thereby causing gastric muscle fatigue and decreased gastric motility.

5. Fear of cold

The stomach is an organ that is very sensitive to the external climate and temperature. When the human body is stimulated by cold air, the stomach is prone to spasmodic contractions, which can cause symptoms such as stomach pain, indigestion, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Most people pay attention to keeping warm in autumn and winter, but they don’t know that in summer, eating too much cold drinks, cold fruits or staying in an air-conditioned environment for a long time can also cause the stomach to catch cold, thus affecting gastrointestinal function.

6. Fear of excessive fatigue

Whether you are engaged in physical or mental labor, long-term overload work will lead to excessive fatigue, which will not only reduce the body's resistance, but also weaken the defense function of the gastric mucosa. It can easily cause insufficient blood supply to the stomach and secretory dysfunction, while excessive gastric acid and reduced mucus will damage the gastric mucosa.

7. Fear of mental stress

The occurrence and development of many stomach diseases are closely related to people’s emotions and mentality. When a person is nervous, upset or angry, these negative emotions will affect the stomach's secretion, motility, digestion and other functions. Therefore, patients who suffer from long-term depression, anxiety or mental trauma are prone to gastric ulcers.

8. Fear of excessive drinking

Drinking a small amount of red wine every day is good for your health. However, if you drink excessively, alcohol will not only damage your liver, cause skin dehydration, and kill brain cells, but it will also directly damage the gastric mucosa, causing inflammation, erosion, ulcers, or bleeding. In addition, drinking alcohol can delay the healing process of stomach ulcers. Therefore, patients with stomach problems should especially avoid excessive drinking.

9. Fear of becoming addicted to smoking

Tobacco not only harms the human respiratory system, but also causes damage to the stomach. People who smoke too much tend to be more likely to suffer from gastritis. This is because nicotine in tobacco can damage the gastric mucosa in the following ways: promoting vasoconstriction, reducing the blood supply to the gastric mucosa; inhibiting the synthesis of prostaglandins, which are a protective factor that has a repairing effect on the gastric mucosa; interfering with the gastric emptying function, easily causing bile to reflux into the stomach, and bile salts and other components in the bile have a strong damaging effect on the gastric mucosa; promoting the secretion of gastric acid and pepsin, which directly corrodes the gastric mucosa.

10. Fear of drug abuse

Many drugs can damage the stomach lining. For example, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as butazone, indomethacin, ibuprofen, and aspirin can relieve pain by inhibiting the synthesis of prostaglandins that protect the gastric mucosa. There are also hormonal drugs such as corticosteroids, which often cause gastritis, ulcers or gastric perforation. Therefore, you should follow your doctor's advice when taking these drugs. It is best to take them after meals, or take gastric mucosal protectants such as sucralfate at the same time.