Tips to relieve stomach acid

The human stomach will secrete some gastric acid to digest food, so when people are hungry, they often feel sour in the stomach. This is caused by excessive secretion of gastric acid. If the stomach often feels sour, you can eat some alkaline foods to relieve it. If the gastrointestinal tract is too acidic, it may also cause gastric ulcers. Here are some tips to effectively relieve stomach acid.

1. What to do with stomach acid in pregnant women and how to relieve it

1. Avoid eating too much or too late, and chew gum appropriately

Avoid eating too much or too late for dinner. It is best to eat within 2-3 hours before going to bed so that you have enough time to digest the food. Avoid foods and drinks that cause gastrointestinal upset. Chewing a piece of gum after eating can stimulate saliva secretion and help neutralize stomach acid.

2. Change your sleeping position and raise your body appropriately

When sleeping at night, use a few more pillows or wedge-shaped cushions to raise your upper body. Raise the foot of the bed by 15-20 cm at the head and raise your upper body by 10-15 degrees, which can effectively reduce esophageal reflux. However, it is not advisable to raise the entire upper body by raising the pillow, because raising the pillow cannot lift the entire upper body. Instead, it may cause a bend between the esophagus and the stomach, affecting the flow of food into the stomach, aggravating esophageal reflux, and exacerbating heartburn.

3. Wear loose and comfortable clothes that do not oppress gastrointestinal motility.

To reduce esophageal reflux, pregnant women should wear loose clothes and avoid tight clothes that squeeze the waist and abdomen. Bowel movements should be smooth and respiratory tract infections should be actively prevented and treated to avoid increasing intra-abdominal pressure.

4. Stay away from smoking and secondhand smoke

Not only does smoking lead to many serious health problems, but it also increases stomach acid secretion. Women who smoke should quit before becoming pregnant. If you don't smoke, you should also tell your husband, family, etc. not to smoke during your pregnancy.

5. If the condition is serious, you may consider taking drugs to relieve stomach acid.

Over-the-counter acid suppressants containing magnesium or calcium can also help you relieve stomach discomfort, but be sure to consult a doctor before taking them. Do not take medicine randomly when you are undecided, so as to avoid taking the wrong medicine and endangering your health and fetal development.

2. What should pregnant women eat if they have too much stomach acid?

Maybe you knew before you became pregnant that excessive stomach acid can be relieved to a great extent through a reasonable diet. Yes, after pregnancy, eating some light, stomach-nourishing and fetal-stabilizing foods can also relieve the discomfort caused by excessive stomach acid. What foods are suitable for pregnant women?

1. Cornmeal porridge, millet porridge, and yam porridge can neutralize stomach acid

Appropriately reduce the diet, especially foods with high sugar content, and give pregnant women more cornmeal porridge. If your digestion is good, you can add a little millet porridge or yam porridge, and try not to drink just rice porridge. The above porridge with milk is also very good for excessive stomach acid.

2. Black tea or green tea can neutralize stomach acid

Black tea can stimulate appetite, strengthen the spleen and help digestion, and has the effect of harmonizing and astringing excessive acid secretion. Green tea is very suitable for people with mild heartburn. But pregnant women should not drink too much black tea or green tea.

3. Alkaline foods such as carrots can neutralize stomach acid

Carrots can also cure excessive stomach acid. They are alkaline food, juicy and sweet, and have a neutralizing effect. Choose carrots that are dark red, with the bottom and top being almost the same size, sweet and rich in juice.