Quick discharge from hospital ... chewing gum!

After surgery on the stomach or intestines, the function of these organs is often paralyzed by fasting. Eating chewing gum will make these functions quickly work again.

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According to US researchers, after gastric or intestinal surgery, if eating good quality gum can help patients quickly recover and shorten the time of treatment in the hospital.

In an experiment of 34 patients, three chewing gum was assigned a day for each patient.

As a result, patients assigned to chew gum were discharged 2.5 days faster than patients who did not . chew gum!

After surgery the patient often suffers from a symptom called paralysis due to paralysis from the stomach to the anus. Therefore, "high chewing gum is the basic solution for the body to form in the mind and stimulate the nerve pathway to the brain to the stomach, accelerating the return to function of the function", Dr. Kenneth Waxman, Barbara Cottage Hospital surgeon and explained the lead researcher.

The idea of ​​using chewing gum after gastric and intestinal surgery was discovered from a California researcher.

This treatment is inexpensive and safe. Moreover, patients also . enjoy chewing gum to keep their mouths from drying out!

Dr. Wes Stephen, McMaster University digestive surgeon, Hamilton, called the study "very interesting and acceptable".

But the researchers also said that before giving this therapy to treat patients after bowel and stomach surgery, people still need to verify the results on more patients, not just with . 34 people like in the last study!

Ngoc Huyen (According to Xinhua)