Will my stomach hurt during gastric bleeding? How to prevent it?

Gastrointestinal bleeding in medicine is what we often hear people talk about as gastric bleeding. This is a relatively serious condition and requires treatment in a hospital rather than taking medication at home. For patients with gastric bleeding, they will definitely feel very uncomfortable in the stomach and lose their appetite. This will not only harm their physical health, but also have an adverse impact on their life and work. So, will my stomach hurt if I have gastric bleeding?

Symptoms of stomach bleeding include persistent abdominal pain, vomiting blood, and black streaks or lumps in the stool. In addition to vomiting blood and bloody stools (tarry), the severity of the disease may also vary, and symptoms may include: dizziness, blurred vision, fatigue, abdominal pain and diarrhea, tachycardia, pale complexion, cold sweats, etc.

Prevention of gastric bleeding:

1. Eat regularly, do not overeat, eat on time, eat a light diet, eat less spicy, fried, deep-fried, strong alcohol and other indigestible and irritating foods, eat more fruits, vegetables and fibrous foods, and drink plenty of water.

2. Keep a good mood and don’t be pessimistic. The stomach is one of the organs most affected by emotions.

3. Strengthening physical exercise is the key to treatment, such as jogging, Tai Chi, etc.

In addition, please note:

1. Reduce the inducing factors, including quitting smoking, not drinking strong alcohol, strengthening self-care, and paying attention to regular living and eating habits. At the same time, try to take as few drugs as possible that are harmful to the gastric mucosa. If you must take them, you should also take H2 receptor antagonists or alkaline antacids, gastric mucosal protectants, proton pump inhibitors, etc.

2. Patients with frequent recurrences of ulcers, slow ulcer healing, and complications such as upper gastrointestinal bleeding, ulcer perforation, and pyloric obstruction should adhere to maintenance treatment.

3. Maintenance treatment should be given to patients who are older, have serious systemic comorbidities, or need to take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin and indomethacin regularly.

4. In principle, patients with symptoms of recurrence of ulcer disease should undergo gastroscopy to determine whether it is a recurrence and whether it is still a benign ulcer. Be alert to the fact that a very small number of benign gastric ulcers may turn malignant due to the chronic stimulation of repeated destruction and regeneration.

5. If the ulcer recurs while taking maintenance treatment or shortly after stopping the medication, patients should go to the hospital for a follow-up visit in time to find out whether they are infected with Helicobacter pylori or have other diseases to avoid delaying diagnosis and correct treatment.

Some patients with gastric bleeding will become very irritable due to physical discomfort during treatment, and will get angry at doctors, nurses, or even relatives who take care of their daily lives. This should be understood. However, the patients themselves or their relatives must pay attention that sedatives must be used with caution when patients with gastric bleeding are irritable.