How to relieve flatulence and indigestion? What should we pay attention to in diet?

Nowadays, with the accelerated pace of life and increased work pressure, many people have various gastrointestinal problems, such as flatulence and indigestion. How to relieve and prevent this? The medical community will provide you with some knowledge about the gastrointestinal tract.

How to relieve flatulence and indigestion? What should we pay attention to in diet?

If you experience flatulence and indigestion, you can use the following methods to relieve the discomfort:

1. Exercise therapy. Some people experience abdominal distension and indigestion because of poor gastrointestinal motility caused by lack of exercise. At this time, you can choose appropriate exercise, such as walking, yoga, and exercises, and avoid strenuous exercise.
2. Abdominal massage: With the navel as the center, place your palms on the abdomen and massage in a clockwise direction. This can speed up digestion and also has a good health-care effect.
3. Food therapy. Yogurt contains probiotics, garlic has a good bactericidal effect and can also enhance gastrointestinal motility, and hawthorn can help digestion. These foods all have good therapeutic effects.
4. Medication. If necessary, you can take some medications that help digestion and promote gastrointestinal motility, such as Jianweixiaoshi tablets, metoclopramide, etc. If the above methods do not significantly improve the symptoms of flatulence and indigestion, you must go to the hospital to seek help from a doctor.

When indigestion occurs, you should eat a light and nutritious diet. You must not eat spicy, cold, or overly greasy food, nor should you eat food that is difficult to digest or easy to produce gas.

What foods in our daily diet are likely to cause indigestion and flatulence? What should we pay attention to?

There are many foods in our daily diet that can easily cause indigestion and flatulence, mainly including protein, soy products, high-carb foods, and some fruits and vegetables. For example, dairy products and soy products contain a large amount of oligosaccharides, but the human body lacks enzymes to decompose these oligosaccharides. They cannot be digested and absorbed well after consumption, and are easily decomposed by intestinal flora to produce gas, which leads to flatulence; high-carb foods such as rice cakes, glutinous rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. are also easy to combine with bacteria in the intestines to produce too much gas. If you eat the above foods, be sure not to overeat, do not overeat, eat until you are 70% to 80% full, eat small meals frequently, and chew slowly.

What foods are more suitable for people with weak gastrointestinal function?

People with weak gastrointestinal function should eat regularly, avoid overeating, quit smoking and avoid drinking. They can eat more warm and easily digestible foods, and eat more foods that nourish the spleen and stomach, such as Poria cocos, yam, peanuts, jujube, and Euryale ferox.

How to improve the digestive capacity of the stomach and intestines?

To improve gastrointestinal function, we should pay attention to combining a reasonable daily diet with good living habits.

1. Eat a light and regular diet, avoid spicy, cold foods, and try to avoid eating foods that are difficult to digest.
2. Do appropriate exercise to ensure normal motility of the digestive tract.
3. Quit bad habits such as smoking, excessive drinking, drinking strong tea or coffee, staying up late, etc.
4. It is recommended to add gastrointestinal endoscopy to the physical examination program for people over 40 years old to detect and treat gastrointestinal diseases early.

What diseases usually cause gastrointestinal discomfort and what are the symptoms?

Digestive system diseases include diseases of the esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and other organs, which can cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Some diseases outside the digestive system can also cause gastrointestinal symptoms, such as diabetes, abnormal thyroid function, chronic heart and lung failure, etc.

Digestive tract symptoms include abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, aversion to oil, diarrhea, constipation, etc. In severe cases, vomiting blood, black stools, bloody stools, intestinal obstruction, etc. may also occur.

What tests should I do if I have gastrointestinal discomfort?

If gastrointestinal discomfort cannot be relieved by measures such as improving diet and lifestyle habits, you must go to the hospital in time to see a specialist doctor and undergo relevant examinations.

The gastrointestinal tract is mainly examined through instruments such as gastroscopy and colonoscopy.

Gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, acid reflux, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite, aversion to oil, diarrhea, constipation, hematemesis, black stools, blood in the stool, etc. are all indications for gastrointestinal endoscopy. People with a family history of gastrointestinal polyps and tumors also need to undergo routine gastrointestinal endoscopy. If you are over 40 years old, especially those with high-risk factors, it is recommended to undergo a gastrointestinal endoscopy during a physical examination even if you have no symptoms.