What should I do if I have mild atrophic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia?

For patients with mild atrophic gastritis accompanied by intestinal metaplasia, treatment must be carried out scientifically, because it is easy to cause constipation or intestinal obstruction and adverse effects. It is necessary to pay attention to correct treatment methods, eat regularly, focus on nutritional supplements, and avoid rough and irritating foods.

1. Eat regularly: Pay attention to dietary conditioning and maintenance, eat regularly at regular times and in regular amounts to maintain the normal rhythm of digestive activities. You must not eat one meal and skip the next or skip breakfast, and especially avoid overeating. Remember to chew slowly when eating, which helps digestion. Chewing slowly is definitely helpful for digestion. You should chew your food thoroughly so that the food is fully mixed with saliva. Avoiding stress when eating can give your digestion a good start.

2. Pay attention to nutritional balance: Choose mainly nutritious, easily digestible soft foods, and eat more foods rich in plant protein and vitamins. You can eat cooked millet, rice porridge, goat's milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, and kefir. If symptoms are severe, eat some soft foods, such as rice soup, avocado, banana, potato, and pumpkin. Blend all the vegetables before cooking. Occasionally, eat some steamed vegetables such as carrots, cauliflower and greens.

3. Avoid eating rough and irritating foods: Avoid eating foods that are too hard, too spicy, too salty, too hot, too rough, and too irritating. Such as fried foods, pickled foods, peppers, garlic, etc. Regardless of whether they cause stomach acid or not, you're best avoiding citrus juices, tomato products, coffee, alcohol, and any foods that directly irritate the esophagus.

4. Patients with atrophic gastritis should especially maintain an optimistic and cheerful mood, and not care about trivial matters; even if they encounter major setbacks, they should not get angry, and they should be open-minded about everything, which is very beneficial for the treatment of stomach problems. The most important point is still eating habits. Everyone must pay attention to their daily diet and daily life and protect their stomachs.