Phenomenon of life pressure, there will be many cases, can not eat in time, this time will appear stomach disease, and sometimes stomach spasm, unbearable pain. So why stomach cramps? Let's have a look.
Why stomach spasm
In daily life, if there are some bad eating habits or other bad hobbies, it will easily lead to stomach diseases and menstrual contracture. What are the specific reasons for stomach spasm?
1. If you eat irregularly in your daily life, it will increase the risk of gastric spasm. Overeating, spicy and cold food will stimulate the stomach, which will lead to stomach spasm.
2, if the patient has long-term smoking, it will increase the incidence rate of stomach cramps, often taking some drugs, usually destroys the gastric acid secretion itself regulation function and gastric mucosal barrier, which can lead to stomach cramps.
3. The incidence of some stomach spasms is related to genetic factors. If there is stomach spasm in the family, many members have stomach spasm.
4. Some intestinal diseases, such as gastritis, gastric ulcer and bile reflux, are caused by long-term psychological pressure or high mental tension, resulting in gastric spasm. There are also some chronic diseases prone to gastric spasm, such as liver cirrhosis, chronic obstructive emphysema, gastrinoma, rheumatoid arthritis, basophilic leukemia and so on.
Symptoms of gastric spasm
Patients usually have some symptoms when they have stomach spasm. These symptoms can basically determine that the patient has a certain stomach disease. Therefore, we must receive treatment in case of gastric spasm. What are the symptoms of gastric meridian contracture?
1. Patients with gastric spasm usually have epigastric pain, vomiting and other phenomena. Patients with stomach diseases usually have stomach cold, gastric ulcer, gastritis and so on. These conditions can cause stomach muscles to twitch.
2. When patients have stomach spasm, they usually bend their upper limbs or press the parts with their fists to relieve the pain. Some pain will radiate to the left chest, left shoulder blade and back. At the same time, the patient's rectus abdominis muscle will also spasm.
3. The patient will also have pale face, vomiting, nausea, cold hands and feet and direct cold sweat. In severe cases, he will be unconscious. After a few minutes or hours, it is relieved because of belching or vomiting.
4. Neurohormones can also cause stomach spasm. The smooth muscle spasm of the stomach will be like leg and stomach cramps. When it occurs, the abdomen will be unbearable, and severe patients will have symptoms of vomiting and nausea.
Differential diagnosis of gastric spasm
In the case of gastric spasm, its symptoms are usually very similar to other gastric diseases, so we must distinguish them during treatment to avoid misdiagnosis. What diseases need to be distinguished from gastric spasm?
1. Acute stomach pain, which is common in chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcer disease, gastric neurosis, and gastric mucosal prolapse. Pancreatitis, gastroptosis, cholecystitis and cholelithiasis.
2. The onset of acute stomach pain is relatively acute, and changes rapidly. The condition is also relatively serious. Patients usually feel severe pain in the stomach. At the same time, they will also have symptoms such as flatulence, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, hiccups, chest tightness and so on.
3. Chronic stomach pain is more common in chronic gastritis. Chronic gastritis is usually a variety of chronic gastric mucosal inflammation caused by different causes. It is a common disease and ranks first among many stomach diseases.
4. Stomachache is a nonspecific symptom. It is often caused by gastritis, duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer, etc. Sometimes upper abdominal pain is not necessarily caused by stomach disease, but may also be caused by other diseases, such as liver disease and diaphragm disease.
Treatment of gastric spasm
In the case of gastric meridian contracture, it needs treatment, because the occurrence of gastric spasm often has some other gastric diseases. Therefore, in this case, we must treat it in time.
1. Mainly adopt symptomatic treatment to relieve stomach pain and spasm symptoms, and prevent vomiting. If there is frequent stomach spasm, you need to find the cause and then treat it from the root.
2. Drug treatment can also be used. Combined drugs are more effective and safe in the treatment of gastric spasm. When choosing drugs for treatment, we must follow the doctor's instructions.
3. Scraping therapy of traditional Chinese medicine can also alleviate the golden Luan in the stomach. Scraping therapy can run Qi and blood, dredge meridians, relieve stomach pain and be of great help in the treatment of stomach spasm.
4. The therapy of pressing and stimulating with acupoints can treat stomach spasm. Use finger pressure to stimulate Liangqiu acupoint, and then press it towards the thigh. It has strong vibration. At this time, you can press it with your thumb.
Diet method of stomach meridian contracture
In case of gastric spasm, drugs can be used for treatment. At the same time, it also needs to be matched reasonably in daily diet. Some foods can alleviate the disease and help the disease recover, but some foods will aggravate the disease. Therefore, we should pay special attention to food selection.
1. Patients should reduce the intake of irritant food at ordinary times. For example, ginger, pepper and other foods will stimulate the gastric mucosa and aggravate the pain.
2. In addition, in peacetime, we should pay attention to reducing the food that is too sour, too cold and too hot. And you can't eat bananas and persimmons on an empty stomach. Choose foods that are easy to digest, which is good for stomach digestion.
3. Choose foods with high protein and calories. For example, there are bean products, noodles, porridge and fresh fruits and vegetables. These foods are conducive to disease recovery, but also bring benefits to health.
4. At ordinary times, we should also develop good living habits. We should eat less and eat more meals. We should not eat standing or squatting. We should eat sitting. When eating, we should chew carefully and swallow slowly. We should not talk, read newspapers or watch TV.
When the stomach meridian contracture appears, the stomach will be very painful. At this time, we need to pay attention to it. Some ways can be used to alleviate it. However, if stomach spasm often occurs, special attention should be paid to prevent the occurrence of some diseases.