How should gastrointestinal disorders be treated?

The occurrence of gastrointestinal disorders will affect the patient's digestion and eating, so gastrointestinal disorders need to be treated and relieved in a timely manner to avoid affecting the body's nutrient absorption. If the discomfort is relatively mild, the patient can adjust it by sleeping, relaxing, etc., which will have a good regulating effect on the gastrointestinal disorder. If the effect is not good, drug treatment should be used.

1. General treatment

The treatment of gastrointestinal dysfunction can only be fundamentally adjusted through mental adjustment and behavioral changes. Traditional treatment uses a combination of diet therapy, nutritional support therapy, sedatives, hypnotics, antispasmodics and analgesics. Doctors can use intestinal regulating, stomach regulating and tranquilizing agents, oryzanol, digestive enzymes, vitamin B1, metoclopramide, etc. according to the condition of the disease. For patients with obvious mental symptoms, anti-anxiety or antidepressant drugs are given to relieve psychological barriers. It is important to adopt psychotherapy, whose methods are generally explanation, comfort, guidance, analysis, understanding, positive suggestion and emotional transfer, so that patients can truly understand their condition, actively regulate their emotions, eliminate mental concerns, and increase their confidence in curing the disease.

2. Medication

Regulate nerve function and improve sleep. Depending on the condition of the disease, the following drugs and methods can be used.

(1) Sedatives include chlordiazepoxide, diazepam, chlorpromazine, phenobarbital, meprobamate or oryzanol.

(2) Antispasmodic and analgesic anticholesterol drugs can relax smooth muscles and have antispasmodic and analgesic effects; such as belladonna preparations, atropine, propantheline, etc.

(3) Vitamin B6 can be used for nervous vomiting. If vomiting is severe, give metoprolol, promethazine, morphine, etc. as appropriate.

(4) Constipation caused by intestinal neurosis can be treated with lubricants such as paraffin oil, magnesium oxide, antalol and plant mucus substances. Diarrhea can be treated with compound phenoxylate or 0.25% novocaine enema once a day, or Imodium.