How long does it take to treat digestive disorders?

There is no standard answer. For mild cases, it may return to normal in a week or two, but for many people, it may take three to five years to relapse.

Not long ago, I met a little girl who was a sophomore. She stayed up all night for a week in order to catch up on the curriculum. She only had ice milk tea and heavy oil takeout. She had diarrhea for almost half a month. She had a gastroscopy and colonoscopy, but no organic problems were found. It was a typical functional disorder. Later, she listened to the doctor and stopped drinking ice. She ate lighter meals at regular intervals and took probiotics for two weeks. In less than 20 days, she was completely normal. She didn't even suffer from the flatulence after meals that she often had before. What a coincidence.

But not everyone has such good luck. My aunt went through menopause a few years ago, and she just happened to have a lot of worries about getting married. She would have abdominal distension, acid reflux, and inability to eat for two or three days, and would become constipated for two or three days. In severe cases, she would feel nauseous. She went to several doctors for treatment. She also had a relapse after eating butter hot pot because she was greedy. It took almost two years to completely stabilize her condition.

Speaking of which, the reason why the treatment rhythm of this disease is so different is that it is not a real disease like gastrointestinal ulcers or polyps, but a problem with the entire digestive coordination "system", which has nothing to do with your usual work and rest, eating habits, and emotional state. The state of mind and even the natural gastrointestinal sensitivity are tightly constrained. If you stay up late every day to catch up on projects while taking conditioning medicine, can't stop eating iced coffee and spicy hot pot, and are so anxious that you can't sleep when something happens, don't say that it will be better soon, and it will be better if you don't get serious.

What’s interesting is that many people are still struggling with whether to use medicine for conditioning. Patients in the circle have different opinions. Some think that taking some acid-suppressing and motility-stimulating medicine can quickly suppress the uncomfortable symptoms and save them suffering. Others feel that even after taking medicine for more than half a year, the problem has not been cured. Instead, they quit their high-pressure jobs and work every day. Take a walk, eat on time, and you will get better gradually. In fact, there is nothing wrong with either statement. If the discomfort is so bad that it affects your sleep at work, it is definitely better to find a regular doctor to prescribe some medicine to relieve the symptoms than to cope with it. If you only have occasional flatulence and irregular bowel movements, you can usually ease it by adjusting your living habits first.

To put it bluntly, regulating digestive disorders is like recharging a worn-out battery. If it is only used once in a while and the battery is depleted, it can be fully charged in half an hour. If the battery itself has aged and you still charge it while running high-power-consuming programs, it will be difficult to recharge it for how long, and it will even become more and more depleted.

In fact, you really don’t need to keep an eye on the day every day to calculate how long it will take to get better. The more anxious you are, the more burden you will put on your gastrointestinal tract. Start by eating every meal well, eating less spicy food, and trying not to stay up late. Once your stomach feels better, it will be more reliable than any time standard.