How long does it take to treat digestive disorders?

There is no unified standard answer to the adjustment time for digestive disorders. Most people with mild symptoms and short-term attacks can basically return to normal in 1 to 2 weeks. People with disease duration of more than half a year, recurring symptoms, or even combined with emotional problems and basic gastric problems may need 3 to 6 months or even longer adjustment cycles.

I have been doing digestive health management for five or six years, and I have seen too many patients ask this question. The opinions on the Internet are also divided into two levels. Some people say that digestive disorders are just minor problems, and drinking probiotics for two days will cure them. Others say that this disease is an "incurable disease" and must be avoided for life. In fact, both opinions are too one-sided. Last month, a sophomore girl came over. She stayed up for four consecutive days during the final week, relying on iced milk tea and spicy hot pot to stay alive. After the exam, she started to have bloating and diarrhea. She had to go to the toilet three or four times a day. She had a colonoscopy and had no problem with her bowel movements. It was a typical short-term condition. In order to treat the dysfunction caused by bad habits, I gave her some probiotics and told her not to touch the spicy ice and to sleep for 7 hours a day. She went back and obeyed. On the ninth day, she sent me a message saying that she was completely fine. She couldn't even suppress her desire to eat hot pot.

But those who recover quickly are mostly because their gastrointestinal foundation is good, but they are "suddenly attacked" by occasional bad habits. If they have been suffering from gastrointestinal problems for several years, it will not be so easy. There used to be a 32-year-old man who worked in sales. He had irritable bowel syndrome for almost three years. He suffered from abdominal pain and diarrhea at every turn. He had to find the toilet before seeing customers. He tried various Chinese and Western medicines. He felt better when he took them, but relapsed as soon as he stopped taking the medicine. Upon further questioning, I found out that he was always late for meals, had frequent drinking parties, and was anxious about performance. He often lay in bed still thinking about his clients. Later, in addition to regular dietary adjustments, the plan for him also included jogging three times a week, and asked him to meditate for ten minutes before going to bed every day instead of thinking about work. He persisted for more than four months, and finally he no longer had to go out to find the toilet first. Now he can drink two glasses of wine occasionally without getting sick.

In fact, the intestines and stomach are like a small pet that has been kept for several years. Occasionally, you forget to feed it and make it unhappy. Just give it a few words to comfort it. If you ignore it all year round and still stimulate it at every turn, it will be afraid of you. If you want to let it kiss you again, don't you have to spend a long time to rub it slowly? Don’t always worry about “how long it will take to get better.” Many people recover slowly just because they struggle with symptoms every day and get nervous when they are slightly uncomfortable. On the contrary, they make the sensitive nerves in the gastrointestinal tract become more active. It should take two weeks to recover, but it suddenly drags on to two months. If you really feel unwell, go for a check-up first to rule out organic problems. The rest is to slowly adjust your living habits and give your stomach enough patience, and it will naturally give you positive feedback slowly.