How long does it take to treat digestive disorders?

There is no unified standard answer for the treatment of digestive disorders. Those with mild symptoms and short course of disease may return to normal in one or two weeks. Those with severe symptoms and prolonged disease course for several years may need treatment for half a year or even longer. The key to recovery speed depends on whether you have found the right triggers and whether you can persist in adjusting your habits.

A while ago, I met a junior girl who was preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination. She ate heavy takeout for two or three months in a row, stayed up late at night on iced coffee, had diarrhea for almost three weeks, suffered from acid reflux and belching and couldn't even read a book. She went for a gastrointestinal endoscopy and everything was normal, which is a typical functional disorder. Later, she replaced her afternoon iced coffee with warm barley tea, and deliberately chose light steamed takeout. She spent 10 minutes rubbing her belly clockwise before going to bed every day, and took probiotics for a week. In less than two weeks, all her symptoms disappeared, and even her previous problem of bloating was no longer a problem.

But if it becomes an old problem, it won’t be effective so quickly. Downstairs, Uncle Zhang worked in sales when he was young. He often missed meals on time and would always accompany him with drinks. In the past ten years, whenever he had something cold or spicy, he would have to go to the toilet three or four times that day. He changed his medicines a lot, but he still couldn't get rid of the habit of occasionally having a drink with his old friend. After almost a year of continuous adjustment, his stomach finally became more "resistant", and now he doesn't have the same stomachache as before when he eats a piece of iced watermelon.

Nowadays, there are two very extreme opinions about conditioning. One thinks that as long as you take the right medicine, the condition can be cured in three to five days, and the other thinks that you don’t need to take medicine at all and can just rely on nourishment to get better. In fact, both of these statements are a bit biased. If the pain is so severe that you break into a cold sweat or can't straighten your waist during an acute attack, you must first suppress the symptoms with medication. Otherwise, the sensitivity of the gastrointestinal tract will become higher, making it more difficult to adjust later. ； But if you rely solely on medicine, you will still drink cold beer every now and then, and stay up until two or three o'clock before going to bed. Even the miracle medicine cannot withstand this.

Speaking of which, the digestive function is actually similar to that of your little succulents. Occasionally, they will be in the sun for too long and forget to water them, and they will become wilted for two or three days. If you adjust the maintenance method in time, you will be able to recover in a week.； But if you have been building it for many years and the roots are almost damaged, it will definitely take a long time to grow slowly before it can grow again. I have met many people who just gave up after adjusting for more than ten days and found no effect. In fact, many times they have not found the core trigger. For example, some people's disorder is not a diet problem at all, but is caused by anxiety and stress all year round. It is useless to just focus on eating to adjust. If you can relax your emotions, you may get better in a few days.