Treatment of esophagitis and precautions

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You may have heard of esophagitis. When the disease attacks, the symptoms are pain in the throat, stomach and intestines when swallowing things, and you will feel some difficulty in swallowing. Even if you swallow, you will feel pain in the heart and behind the sternum. So esophagitis does not sound like a terrible disease, but once it attacks, the harm to the human body is particularly great. And esophagitis if not treated in time, a long time may cause esophageal stenosis, and then produce esophageal cancer lesions. So when esophagitis occurs, it should be immediately to the hospital for examination and treatment. Now share with you, the treatment of esophagitis and the precautions after treatment!

Treatment of esophagitis and precautions

When the phenomenon of esophagitis occurs, patients should be treated with antacids first, so as to prevent the occurrence of reflux caused by esophagitis. Generally, Aluminium Hydroxide Gel or aluminum hydroxide tablets can be used. The use of these two drugs is one hour before meals and before going to bed. The dose is five to six grams, three times a day. If the condition is serious, the dose can be slightly aggravated. When using these drugs, in order to protect the stomach, we should also use gastric mucosal protective agents. Take this medicine four times a day, two to three hours after a meal. Chew and swallow the tablets when you take it. General treatment takes eight to twelve weeks.

At the same time of treatment, in order to reduce the occurrence of reflux phenomenon, the patient should be allowed to lie to the level of the state, also can let the patient head low feet high lying. If you are in a hospital, you can shake up the bed on the patient's feet. Reflux phenomenon is more serious patients should pay attention to dinner do not eat, if you want to eat, try to eat in advance, and sleep time is best separated by four to five hours. And after eating, you should get up and take a walk to help your stomach digest. However, patients should pay attention not to do too intense exercise to avoid aggravating the disease.

Patients with esophagitis, whether in the treatment period or after treatment, should pay attention to diet in daily life. Usually patients should eat more light food, whether it is stir fry or stew should try to put less salt. So the irritation of gastric mucosa will be relatively small, can play a role in protecting the stomach. And the stimulation of the stomach is small, can also reduce the phenomenon of reflux. The food with strong irritancy must not be eaten. Originally, there is inflammation in the esophagus. Eating the food with strong irritancy will aggravate the disease. You should eat something light, soft and easy to digest. For example, you can usually drink some porridge and eat some vegetables

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Reflux esophagitis is caused by the obstruction of the anti reflux mechanism at the junction of esophagus and stomach, and the contents of stomach or intestines flow back into the esophagus, thus causing esophageal inflammation.