How long does it take to treat digestive disorders?

There is really no unified standard answer to this question. I have been in the gastroenterology clinic for almost ten years. I have seen patients who can be completely normalized as quickly as three days, and I have also seen patients who have been treated for five or six years and still have problems from time to time. The difference is ridiculous.

Many people who have just received a diagnosis of "digestive dysfunction" think that this is a minor problem that can be cured by taking some medicine. In fact, this is not the case. The length of the conditioning period basically depends on the degree of "digestive disorders" you have had before and whether you can insist on adjusting your living habits as prescribed by the doctor.

The 18-year-old college entrance examination student I treated last month is a typical example of someone who recovers quickly. For more than three months before the exam, he drank two cups of ice cream a day to stay energetic. Three meals a day were takeaways that were heavy in oil and salt. By the week before the exam, he was so bloated that he couldn't eat. He also suffered from constipation for almost half a month. After the examination ruled out organic problems, I I asked him to stop all the iced American food, stop eating the irritating milk tea and hot pot, and drink a bowl of warm millet porridge in the morning and evening. Don't lie down immediately after the meal, and walk for 20 minutes. He also took probiotics and gastric motility drugs for a week. After a week, he went back to the doctor and said that all the symptoms were gone. He was full of energy and wanted to travel.

On the other hand, there are also those who take care of things slowly. In the past two years, there was a 42-year-old sales patient who had irregular meals for almost 20 years. He had to accompany customers to drink at least three or four times a week. He had abdominal pain and diarrhea for almost six years. He had never had systematic treatment before. He took painkillers when he was in pain and anti-diarrheal medicine when he had diarrhea. When he came, he told me that he had to run to the toilet whenever he was nervous, and he had to carry anti-diarrheal medicine with him before leaving home. The treatment plan prescribed for him was not implemented very well. He said he couldn't avoid drinking because of his work needs, so he just "worked" while doing the treatment. It took more than eight months for his symptoms to be basically under control. Now he still feels uncomfortable after drinking alcohol occasionally.

There are still a lot of controversies on the Internet. Some people think that digestive disorders can only be solved by taking medicine. Taking some probiotics and taking some acid-suppressing medicines can quickly cure the problem. Many doctors also believe that medicines can only be regarded as "emergency" aids at best. The flora and peristaltic rhythm of the gastrointestinal tract are originally maintained by daily habits. If you stay up late every day and eat spicy ice cream every day, even if you take the most expensive imported probiotics every day, you can't make up for the burnt stomach.

To be honest, your intestines and stomach are actually similar to those of a kitten at home. If you feed it well and take care of it regularly, it will occasionally have a tantrum and be coaxed for a day or two. If you beat it every day, feed it to stimulate it, it will become unfamiliar with you, and it will not be possible to coax it back to normal in three or two days.

By the way, there is another premise that needs to be made clear. You must first undergo a gastroenteroscopy to rule out organic problems such as ulcers, polyps, and inflammatory bowel disease before it can be classified as a digestive disorder. If you have these primary diseases, you must first cure the primary disease and then talk about conditioning. The cycle must follow the treatment rhythm of the primary disease and cannot be generalized.