How to treat irritable bowel syndrome

Nowadays, many young people suffer from irritable bowel syndrome. It is not a serious disease, but if it is not treated for a long time, it will lead to the collapse of body functions, so it is also worthy of attention. The reason why people nowadays suffer from irritable bowel syndrome is due to bad living habits, irregular eating and sleeping schedules. At first, they are just simple gastrointestinal problems such as constipation and diarrhea, but after accumulation, they can lead to serious problems. Here are some methods for treating irritable bowel syndrome. You can take a look and learn from it.

Treatment should be individualized according to the patient's specific situation. The cause should be actively sought and eliminated, symptoms should be alleviated, and treatment should be limited to symptomatic treatment.

1. Adjust your diet

Understand the patient's eating habits and their relationship with symptoms in detail, avoid sensitive foods, reduce gas-producing foods (dairy products, soybeans, lentils, etc.), high-fat foods inhibit gastric emptying, increase gastroesophageal reflux, and enhance postprandial colon motility. High-fiber foods (such as bran) can stimulate colon movement and have a significant effect on improving constipation.

2. Psychological and behavioral therapy

Patiently explain the work to the patients, including psychotherapy, biofeedback therapy, etc. For those with symptoms such as insomnia and anxiety, sedatives can be given appropriately.

3. Medication

(1) Gastrointestinal antispasmodics Anticholesterol drugs are the most commonly used. They can also partially antagonize the gastrocolic reflex and reduce intestinal gas production, thereby alleviating postprandial abdominal pain. Calcium channel blockers include nifedipine (nifedipine) and pinaverium bromide.

(2) Gastrointestinal motility-related drugs: loperamide, domperidone (Metoclopramide), cisapride, etc.

(3) Laxatives are usually avoided, but they can be used for a short period of time for those with severe constipation. Hemicellulose or osmotic laxatives are preferred. Taking 15 to 30 ml of lactulose before bedtime is also effective, especially for the elderly.

(4) Psychotropic drugs: For patients with obvious psychiatric symptoms, appropriate administration of sedatives, antidepressants, and antianxiety drugs can be helpful.

(5) To eliminate gastrointestinal bloating, dimethicone and medicinal charcoal (activated carbon) have the effect of removing gas and foaming, and are commonly used in clinical practice.

(6) Intestinal probiotics Some patients with diarrhea may have intestinal flora disorders, and the use of intestinal probiotic preparations can be helpful.

(7) Other 5-HT4 receptor partial agonists such as tegaserod are effective for constipation-type IBS and can significantly improve patients' abdominal pain symptoms. The 5-HT3 receptor antagonist alosetron is effective for diarrhea-predominant IBS.

I hope the above treatment options for irritable bowel syndrome can help you. What I suggest to everyone is to exercise more, so that diseases will stay away from you.