How long does it take to improve digestive disorders

Most mild digestive disorders can be significantly improved after 1-2 weeks of standard treatment. If they become chronic or even accompanied by emotional triggers, it may take 1-3 months or even longer to stabilize and prevent recurrence.

I just saw a girl last week who had just finished the college entrance examination. She had a typical mild illness. She used to eat cold bread and iced coffee every day in order to catch up on her review progress. It was common to stay up until one or two o'clock. As soon as the mock exam came, she had stomach pain and acid reflux. She had diarrhea the same day after eating something cold. She had a gastrointestinal endoscopy and everything was fine. There was no organic problem at all. It was just a stress-induced digestive disorder. A very simple conditioning plan was given to her: eat three meals on time, stop eating cold and spicy food for two weeks, go out for a 20-minute walk every day after dinner, and take some intestinal probiotics. She said that within 10 days, her previous problem of burping and acid reflux disappeared, and her bowel movements gradually became regular.

But if it is a chronic disorder that has been delayed for a long time, it will not happen so quickly. Last year I met an older brother who worked in channel sales. He didn't eat on time and drank at least four times a week. He suffered from abdominal bloating and unformed stools for more than three years. He took some stomach medicine when he remembered it. He took it for two days and stayed up all night to drink with him. He hardly saw any obvious results in the first half month of treatment. First, he pushed back most of his social activities, cut out 80% of his cigarettes and alcohol, and gradually fixed the time for three meals. Then he used preparations to condition the gastrointestinal mucosa. It took more than two months to finally stop carrying antidiarrheal medicine with him. He could occasionally eat butter hot pot with friends without having a stomachache all night long.

Nowadays, opinions on this issue are quite polarized. Some people think that digestive disorders are not a disease and can be cured by taking medicine for two days. Others think that this is an "old problem that cannot be cured" and must be avoided for life. In fact, both of these opinions are quite extreme. If you only expect to take medicine to save the day, you will still stay up late every day, eating iced milk tea and spicy hot pot. No matter how good the medicine is, it will not be able to withstand this. Even if you suppress the symptoms at the time, it will definitely relapse within a week; but there is no need to be too anxious. Digestive function To put it bluntly, disorders can mean that the "protective wall" of the gastrointestinal tract has been damaged. Once you repair the wall and maintain it until it regains its resistance, it won't be a big problem if you occasionally get greedy and eat something exciting. You can't repair the wall and never let others touch it, right?

Oh, by the way, many people tend to ignore the impact of emotions on digestion. There used to be a retired aunt who had abdominal distension and inability to eat for almost half a year without improvement. Gastrointestinal endoscopy and abdominal CT did not find any problems. Later, I asked more carefully. It was then discovered that she was having trouble with her husband at home every day, and was always worried about her grandson's education, and suffered from insomnia all night long. Later, she was advised to go to a clinical psychology department to adjust her anxiety. Within a month, her appetite gradually improved, and most of her bloating problems disappeared. For this kind of psychogenic digestive disorder, it is useless to just focus on gastrointestinal adjustment. Only by solving the underlying emotional problem can you really see the effect.

To put it bluntly, there is no precise time for improvement. If you intervene early when the problem is discovered, and the more you change your living habits, the recovery will be faster. If you have to wait until it becomes chronic and the "memory" of the gastrointestinal tract becomes disordered, it will take a lot of effort to adjust it.