Stress - The culprit in stomach disease

When stressed, the nerves of the vagus, which go into the stomach, are stimulated, increasing the hydrochloric acid secretion and burning sensation, causing inflammation, stomach ulcers, and duodenal lesions.

Ms. Nguyen Mai Ngoc, 40 years old, is currently a sales manager for a real estate company in Le Hong Phong, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City. In the period of economic crisis, real estate freezes, houses are finished without buyers while bank interest is still paid, making Mai many times to think. Stressful work makes her often stressed, tired, irritable, and not eating well.

Recently, Ms. Mai often had stomach aches, sudden pains that made her stunned, standing unsteadily, sweat dripping every drop. The abdominal pain is getting shorter, before it was only once a week, then only 2-3 days / time.

Unable to bear Mai, she was forced to go to a hospital near her home. Doctors diagnosed Ms. Mai suffer from peptic ulcer, excessive nervous stress, unreasonable diet.

Stomach pain is mostly caused by inadequate eating habits and frequent nervous stress.

Should not be subjective

According to BS. Vu Duc Chung (Dean of Digestive Department, Military Medical Hospital 354, Hanoi) said: "The patients with gastrointestinal pain and duodenum are mostly derived from unconditional eating habits and often stretch Nervousness due to work and life pressures causes many people to often suffer from stress and insomnia for a long time, when nervousness will increase the secretion of more HCl acid, one of the factors affecting mucosal damage, causing inflammation and stomach ulcers ".

The first symptoms of stomach pain are usually transient, such as bloating, belching, heartburn, slow digestion . The patient often feels anorexia, because the digestive system does not work well in the period this. These symptoms are often unclear, making it difficult to distinguish from other gastrointestinal diseases, which often make the patient subjectively ignored.

If the disease is not treated initially, it will lead to complications of chronic gastric ulcers that will cause the following complications: Bleeding from the stomach, vomiting of fresh blood dangerous life; Gastric perforation causes peritonitis, stomach cancer.

To relieve stomach pain

Avoid eating too much sour and spicy foods.

According to BS. Vu Duc Chung, the patient should improve the diet to reduce stress in the work , should comply with the time of eating and eating a nutritious diet. Should eat soft foods, starchy, will help the stomach does not overload in operation. Eat slowly, chew carefully to help the food digestion process easy. Meals should not be too full, stop eating when feeling full.

Avoid eating too much sour and spicy foods. When patients have signs such as severe pain in the epigastric region, nausea, defecation, they need to be hospitalized immediately for timely treatment. Do not drink alcohol, beer, caffeine, tea . before sleeping

The amount of work should be reduced , working on a scientific cycle to avoid stress, leading to inadequate contractions that increase the amount of hydrochloric acid secreted in gastric juice. Should take good care of sleep, get enough sleep to be comfortable.

Exercise will help your immune system work better, your body will be healthier, stress relief will help you eat better, avoid stomach pain. Practice gentle exercises like practicing breathing, yoga, walking, aerobic .