What Is an Intestinal Ulcer?

Intestinal ulcer is a common disease of the digestive tract. It is generally believed that after the cerebral cortex receives adverse external stimuli, it causes spasms in the blood vessels and muscles of the intestinal wall, impairs the nutrition of the intestinal wall cells and reduces the resistance of the intestinal mucosa, which makes the intestinal mucosa easily It is digested by digestive juices to form ulcers.

Intestinal ulcer

Intestinal ulcer is

The main symptoms of ulcers are pain. The pain is mostly periodic attacks. Autumn to spring is the onset season. It can be induced by cold weather or diet. Intestinal ulcers or gastric pyloric ulcers occur more frequently 3 to 4 hours after a meal, and are often accompanied by diarrhea after pain. Sometimes it can happen in the middle of the night, but the painful part of the elderly is often not fixed and lacks obvious time regularity. Suitable Chinese medicines for intestinal ulcer are: Bupleurum, Scutellaria baicalensis, Lily, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Wuyao and Yujin. Shugan Qi, Qingwei Huoxue are the rules. Patients should use Chinese medicine with caution after seeking medical attention.

1. Greasy food: such as fatty meat, lard, sheep fat, butter, butter, walnut kernels.

2, crude fiber food: such as leek, celery, sweet potatoes, radishes, coarse grains, dried beans.

3. Inflatable foods: such as watermelon, cantaloupe, leek, onion, garlic, fried food, coffee, carbonated drinks, etc.

4, cold food: such as cold drinks, pears, watermelons, oranges, tangerines, bananas, tomatoes, mussels, sea cucumber, lily soup and so on.

5, allergic food: such as milk, eggs, bee stings, silkworm, immature tomatoes, peanuts, pineapple, grasshoppers, crabs, broad beans, snake meat and some insect food. ^[1]

1, a large number of diarrhea and blood in the stool. Blood in the stool is one of the main clinical manifestations of ulcerative colitis. The amount of blood in the stool is also an indicator of the severity of the disease, but it is sometimes difficult to absolutely quantify it. The large amount of blood in the stool refers to a large amount of intestinal bleeding in a short period of time, accompanied by a rapid pulse, decreased blood pressure, and decreased hemoglobin, and requires blood transfusion treatment.

2. Intestinal stenosis. It usually occurs in cases with extensive lesions and continuous course, which lasts more than 5-25 years, and its location mostly occurs in the left semicolon, sigmoid colon or rectum. The reason for this is because the mucosal muscle layer is thickened, or the pseudopolyp is a mass that blocks the bowel cavity. Clinically asymptomatic, it can cause partial bowel obstruction in severe cases.

3. Intestinal perforation. Most of the complications of toxic intestinal dilatation can also occur in severe types. The use of corticosteroids is considered a risk factor for bowel perforation. ^[2]

Intestinal ulcer is a chronic disease that requires active daily health care in addition to timely medical treatment. Daily health can start from the following aspects

1. Eat less or no greasy, fried, spicy food, eat more fruits and vegetables, and drink plenty of water to avoid overeating and eating irregularly.

2. Supplement enough prebiotics, such as isomalto-oligosaccharides, can effectively multiply the number of beneficial bacteria in the intestine, restore the balance of the intestinal flora structure, and restore the intestines to health.

3. Persist in exercise; keep a regular schedule. Long-term lack of exercise and irregular work and rest will also affect the intestinal health and the normal functioning of the intestinal function. The human body repairs and regenerates the intestine according to the biological clock. Irregular work schedules and eating habits can affect this process, which in turn affects intestinal health.

4. Pay attention to mental and stress regulation. Excessive mental stress affects the normal function of the intestine, which causes various intestinal problems (such as constipation, abdominal pain, irritable bowel syndrome). ^[3]