Winter is the season for enjoying delicious food, but it is also the season with high incidence of gastrointestinal diseases. Poor gastrointestinal problems cannot be ignored. It is equally important to protect the gastrointestinal tract and enjoy delicious food. If these three symptoms appear, you need to pay attention. It may be a sign that gastrointestinal diseases are coming to your door, and it is a reminder that you should take care of your gastrointestinal condition.

1. Too many farts and smelly farts

Farting is actually anal exhaust. Generally speaking, it is normal for everyone to fart one or two times a day. The food we eat interacts with the intestinal flora to produce gas, which is eventually excreted through the anus along the intestinal peristalsis. But when inflammation or ulcers occur in our intestines, or indigestion occurs in our stomachs, the frequency of our farts will increase significantly, and the smell may also be unpleasant. Therefore, when you have excessive farts or smelly farts, you should pay attention to check whether there is a gastrointestinal problem, and do not let the disease develop.

2. Unformed stool

Unformed stool may cause a large amount of water loss, which will put the human body in a dehydrated state, leading to reduced blood volume, increased blood viscosity, and slow blood flow. , prone to thrombosis and clogging of blood vessels. Elements such as sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium in the body can maintain blood acid-base balance, nerve conduction function, and heartbeat rhythm. The lack of these cations during diarrhea can cause severe heart rhythm disorders, which is very detrimental to the elderly with cardiovascular disease. The causes of unformed stools are mostly gastrointestinal disorders, enteritis, or indigestion. Therefore, when you find that you always have unformed stools, you should pay attention to whether you have enteritis or gastrointestinal dysfunction.

3. Abnormal bowel sounds

Bowel sounds are an important indicator to judge whether the abdomen is normal. Normal bowel sounds can be heard most clearly at the umbilicus, and they are sometimes strong and sometimes weak. , disappear and appear, bowel sounds are about 4-5 times per minute, their frequency, sound and tone change greatly, frequent and obvious after meals, sparse and weak during rest. If the bowel sounds are too active, it may be a symptom of acute gastroenteritis, massive gastrointestinal bleeding, mechanical intestinal obstruction and other diseases. If the bowel sounds are too weak, it is related to constipation, peritonitis, electrolyte imbalance, and low gastrointestinal motility. Bowel sounds sometimes disappear, which is more common in acute peritonitis or paralytic intestinal obstruction.

Since the human intestines and stomach are so fragile, how should we nourish the stomach? To regulate the spleen and stomach, we first need to adjust our diet. Foods such as yams, for example, contain amylase and other substances, which are very beneficial to the digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach. And it can be eaten regardless of Yang deficiency or Yin deficiency. There are also many ways to eat it, including stewing yam and pork ribs together, which is especially suitable for people with bad gastrointestinal problems. Secondly, people who are prone to abdominal distension and indigestion can improve their symptoms by rubbing their abdomen, that is, rotating and massaging the palms around the navel, two to three times a day, and holding for three to five minutes each time. In addition, due to the severe cold in winter, you should pay attention to keeping warm. If your stomach catches cold, it will easily affect normal gastrointestinal motility, cause gastric acid secretion disorders, and cause gastrointestinal dysfunction such as acid reflux, stomach pain, and diarrhea. At the same time, attention should also be paid to increasing exercise. People like to stay at home to keep warm in winter, but long-term inactivity is not conducive to the digestion and metabolism of the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, especially in winter, we should pay attention to consciously increasing the amount of exercise.