What medicine should be taken to treat digestive disorders?

There is no universal specific medicine for the treatment of digestive disorders. In most cases, symptomatic over-the-counter medicines are mainly used to relieve the symptoms. If there are special inducements, prescription medicines must be used according to the doctor's advice. It is not recommended to blindly buy the so-called "stomach-nourishing medicine" on your own.

I met a young girl who works in new media a while ago. She went to hot spots and stayed up until 2 or 3 o'clock every day for two months. She took out spicy hotpot with iced milk tea every day. Later, she had stomachaches for half a day even if she ate warm food. Her stomach was bloated like an inflated balloon. She followed the trend and bought an imported probiotic from an internet celebrity. After taking the bacteria for more than half a month, it was of no use at all. When I came for a check-up, I found out that she had excessive gastric acid secretion and insufficient gastrointestinal motility. In addition to the adapted probiotics, she also took two weeks of acid-suppressing drugs and a gastrointestinal two-way motility regulator. When she had a follow-up consultation, she said that she had not suffered from flatulence and stomach pain for a long time.

This is not to say that probiotics are useless. Nowadays, there is a lot of debate on the Internet about whether to take probiotics for digestive disorders. Some people say that just taking them is good, and some people say that it is completely IQ tax. In fact, it really depends on the person - if you have just taken antibiotics for more than half a month and have diarrhea caused by flora disorder, take probiotics of the right strain. The effect will be particularly obvious, but if you have irritable bowel syndrome, which causes diarrhea when you are anxious, it won’t matter how much probiotics you take. At this time, the brain-gut axis is actually at work, and mood swings will directly affect gastrointestinal motility. Instead, follow the doctor’s advice and use low-dose drugs that regulate nerve function, which will be better than anything else. In the past, many patients were particularly resistant to prescribing this type of medicine, thinking, "I just have a bad gastrointestinal problem, why should I be prescribed medicine to treat my mood?" In fact, this is already a routine treatment idea in the gastroenterology department, and is well supported by clinical data.

If it is just a temporary disorder caused by excessive food accumulation and pantothenic acid occasionally, chewing two tablets of aluminum magnesium carbonate or Jianweixiaoshi tablets prepared at home can relieve the problem, and there is no need to buy hundreds of imported conditioning drugs. But if you have been experiencing alternating constipation and diarrhea for a month or two in a row, and often have unexplained stomachaches, don’t rush to take medicine. First go for a gastrointestinal endoscopy to rule out organic problems such as ulcers and polyps, and then prescribe appropriate medicines. I once met a young man who took antidiarrheal medicines for half a year. It was only a mild functional disorder at first, and it disrupted the intestinal peristalsis function. It took almost half a year to recover.

There are also many people who like to seek Chinese patent medicines for conditioning. This is more important to note. It is also a digestive disorder. For some people with spleen and stomach deficiency, taking some warming Chinese patent medicines will help. For some people with damp-heat blockage, taking warming and nourishing stomach pills will cause bitter mouth, bad breath and more bloating. If the syndrome is not correct, taking the wrong medicine will aggravate the problem.

In fact, for most cases of mild digestive disorders, you don’t need to take medicine. If you first change your bad habits of staying up late and eating haphazardly, eat three regular meals, and avoid spicy food that is too cold or too spicy, you can recover in half a month. If you really need to take medicine, you should first consult a doctor to find out the trigger before taking medicine. After all, your stomach is very delicate, and you are the one who suffers from it.