How long does it take to treat digestive disorders

There is no unified recovery time for digestive disorders. Most mild cases can be significantly relieved after 2 to 4 weeks of adjustment. Complex cases may require long-term treatment of 3 to 6 months or even longer. It depends on the cause of your disorder, the duration of the disease, and whether you can persist in getting rid of bad habits that hurt your stomach.

A while ago, I met a young girl who had just worked in the outpatient clinic for half a year. She had been working on projects for more than a month. She ate takeaways that were heavy in oil and salt, and drank iced milk tea until one or two o'clock before going to bed. She had soft stools for two weeks in a row, and her stomach was as bloated as a small rubber ball. After a gastrointestinal endoscopy, there were no problems. It was just a simple functional disorder. After she returned home, she ate three meals on time as required, gave up all ice drinks, stood for 10 minutes before sitting after meals, and took probiotics and digestive enzymes for two weeks. When she came back for a follow-up checkup in the third week, she said she was basically no longer uncomfortable. As long as she doesn't take any more medicine in the future, there will be almost no recurrence.

But not everyone can recover so quickly. I was deeply impressed by an elder brother who was in sales. He had been suffering from gastrointestinal discomfort for almost three years. He frequently suffered from acid reflux, constipation and diarrhea. He randomly took stomach medicine and antidiarrheal medicine at home. When he took them, he felt better and then stopped. When he came for a checkup, he had no organic disease. After careful questioning, he found out that he was so anxious that he couldn't sleep as soon as the end of the quarter was released, and his gastrointestinal problems worsened. It was useless to just adjust his diet and take medicine. He had to adjust his mood and relieve stress at the same time. It took him almost five months to adjust, and finally he rarely got sick.

There are very different opinions on the Internet about the duration of treatment for this disease. Some people say that "it can be cured in a week," while others say that "this disease will take a lifetime to be cured." In fact, both are too extreme. The former mostly deal with mild illnesses that have just begun to appear and have no other complications, while the latter often go back to eating and drinking and staying up late as soon as they are healed. Repeatedly, they become chronic, and naturally they are always good or bad.

To be honest, our intestines and stomach are like a small processing factory that keeps spinning. You always stuff it with cold, spicy and difficult-to-digest ingredients, and always let it work overtime until midnight. After it goes on strike, you can't expect to put some lubricant on it (take medicine for two days) and resume full operation the next day. You have to give it time to slowly adjust its operating rhythm and make up for all the losses it has accumulated before.

If you really encounter gastrointestinal discomfort, first go for a check-up to rule out organic problems such as ulcers and enteritis, and then talk about treatment. Don't try to frighten yourself by trying to find symptoms or blindly search for symptoms, and don't worry about "when will you feel better" every day? The more nervous you are, the higher the sensitivity of your gastrointestinal tract, and recovery will be slower. Follow its rhythm, and most of the time it will stabilize.