1. What food can be eaten quickly for acute gastroenteritis
(1) rice congee rice congee has the effects of nourishing vitality, stopping diarrhea, promoting body fluid production and smoothing stomach qi. And easy to digest. So it is the first choice food after acute gastroenteritis. You can eat rice congee with some vegetables, and the effect is better.
(2) Hawthorn Hawthorn has the functions of stimulating appetite, resolving food stagnation, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and has a good effect on abdominal distension, abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by improper diet. Moreover, hawthorn contains a lot of vitamin C and acidic substances, which can increase amylase in gastric juice to help digestion and promote fat decomposition. So it is good to eat hawthorn after acute gastroenteritis.
(3) Ginger has the functions of dispersing wind-cold, warming stomach to stop vomiting, detoxicating and neutralizing the middle energizer, and its antiemetic effect is very good. Moreover, the volatile oil contained in ginger can accelerate blood circulation, promote gastric juice secretion and intestinal peristalsis, and help digestion, so it can alleviate symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea in acute gastroenteritis.
(4) The traditional Chinese medicine of ebony thinks that ebony tastes sour and astringent, which has the functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, astringing the lung to stop cough, astringing the intestine to stop diarrhea, and relieving pain. Besides, ebony also has antibacterial effect, so it is especially suitable for patients with acute gastroenteritis accompanied by intestinal parasitic diseases or abdominal pain and frequent diarrhea. But be careful, don't eat ebony at the onset.
(5) Lotus root
Lotus root has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting fluid production, cooling blood, removing blood stasis, invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, tonifying deficiency and stopping diarrhea. Therefore, it has a good therapeutic effect on vomiting, diarrhea and anorexia caused by acute gastroenteritis.
(6) Cinnamomum cassia can tonify fire, help yang, dispel cold and relieve pain, and warm meridians and dredge veins. Moreover, cinnamon oil contained in cinnamon has a mild stimulating effect on gastric mucosa, and can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, eliminate gas accumulation in digestive tract and relieve gastrointestinal spasmodic pain, so it is effective for acute gastroenteritis, vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain and bowel sounds.
(7) kudzuvine root kudzuvine root is sweet and pungent, cool in nature, and belongs to lung and stomach meridians, and has the effects of relieving muscle and fever, penetrating rash, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, and invigorating yang to stop diarrhea. Therefore, after acute gastroenteritis, eating more pueraria lobata can strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea.
(8) Pomegranate skin Pomegranate skin has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, astringing intestines and stopping diarrhea. Moreover, pomegranate skin is rich in sugar, protein, vitamins, etc., and has inhibitory effects on various bacteria. It is commonly used by the people to treat vomiting and diarrhea, and has a good curative effect on patients with acute gastroenteritis.
2. How is acute gastroenteritis caused
(1) Bacterial infection eating food contaminated by bacteria or bacterial toxins, Staphylococcus aureus toxin is the most common gastrointestinal toxin infection. There are often cases of collective illness or multiple families. Such as eating contaminated poultry, livestock meat and fish; Or eat seafood such as crabs and snails grown by halophilic bacteria, and eat leftovers and leftovers contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus.
(2) Physical and chemical factors Physical factors such as eating overheated or supercooled food and X-ray irradiation. Chemical factors such as spirits, strong tea, spices and some drugs can damage the gastric mucosa and cause inflammatory changes. For example, in the midsummer season, in order to quench thirst and cool down, a large number of iced drinks are consumed, so that the intestinal mucosa receives excessive cold stimulation in a short time, and the stress edema inflammation is a gastroenteritis disease caused by physical and chemical factors.
(3) Mental and neurological factors, mental and neurological dysfunction, various acute and severe danger states, and allergic reactions of the body can all cause acute inflammatory damage to the gastrointestinal mucosa, leading to gastroenteritis.
(4) Other factors Other reasons that can cause acute gastroenteritis include: overeating, fatigue, catching cold, etc., which can reduce the body's resistance or damage the gastric mucosal barrier, which makes the body vulnerable to the above factors.
3. Symptoms of acute gastroenteritis
(1) Abdominal pain is characterized by tenderness in the middle of the upper abdomen or around the umbilicus, which is paroxysmal aggravation or persistent dull pain, and may be accompanied by discomfort such as abdominal fullness, and a few acute patients may even show severe pain.
(2) Nausea and vomiting Most patients with acute gastroenteritis can show nausea and vomiting discomfort, and most of the vomit is undigested food, and some patients even vomit yellow bile or stomach acid directly.
(3) Diarrhea is one of the most common symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. Patients can show unreasonable diarrhea, abdominal discomfort, watery stools, dark yellow or green, and foul smell. Symptoms can stop with the improvement of stomach symptoms.
(4) Dehydration Because acute gastroenteritis is often accompanied by severe diarrhea and vomiting symptoms, it is easy to have dehydration symptoms. Excessive dehydration can lead to poor skin elasticity, sunken eyes, thirst, oliguria and other symptoms. In severe cases, it may even cause blood pressure drop, cold limbs and other symptoms.
(5) Patients with acute gastroenteritis with severe bleeding may show hematemesis or bloody stool, and a few patients may show bloodshot or brown vomit species, black stool or positive stool occult blood test. Mainly said that gastric mucosal inflammation has bleeding symptoms.