How can we prevent digestive tract diseases from finding the upper body during dog days? Wang Hongling, chief physician of the Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, said in an interview with Xinhua.com that if everyone can eat less cold drinks and maintain a stable mood, the incidence of digestive tract diseases will be greatly reduced.
Xinhuanet: What digestive system diseases are prone to occur after falling into abstinence?
Wang Hongling: Clinical data show that the high incidence of acute gastroenteritis is from July to September every year. Because the speed of food spoilage is significantly accelerated in summer, coupled with our frequent access to air-conditioned rooms, or uncontrolled drinking of cold drinks, these habits will lead to an increase in the incidence of gastrointestinal diseases. Once onset, patients will experience nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. In more severe cases, symptoms such as fever and even dehydration may occur, requiring immediate medical attention.
Another common disease is gastrointestinal bleeding. Affected by the fluctuating temperature, the secretion of gastric acid will increase, especially some people like to drink cold beer, which will cause damage to the gastric mucosa and make the original ulcer disease recur. Gastrointestinal bleeding occurs when the ulcer penetrates deep into the blood vessels. In addition to irregular diet, repeated staying up late to play games can also cause stomach ulcers to recur.
In addition, if people do not pay attention to keeping their abdomen warm in the air conditioner, they are likely to have upper respiratory tract infections with gastrointestinal symptoms, which we call gastrointestinal colds.
Xinhuanet: How to prevent the occurrence of digestive diseases?
Wang Hongling:We all like to drink cold drinks and eat iced watermelon, especially after fasting or strenuous exercise. This will cause the originally dilated gastrointestinal blood vessels to contract, causing stomach cramps and abdominal pain. This should be avoided; second, try not to eat cooked food overnight, and keep the raw food and cooked food in the refrigerator separately; third, the diet should be light, drink plenty of water, and supplement an appropriate amount of electrolytes; fourth, it is suitable to rest in summer , maintain a regular life, especially do not stay up late.
In addition, during dog days, everyone likes to have supper, barbecue and cold beer. Barbecue contains carcinogenic substances such as benzopyrene and nitrosamines. Long-term consumption has the risk of cancer, and the probability of gastritis and gastric ulcer will also increase significantly. After cold beer enters the human body, it will cause spasm of the gastrointestinal blood vessels and aggravate gastrointestinal diseases.
Xinhuanet: How to spend the dog days healthily, do you have any special reminders for netizens?
Wang Hongling:We should pay attention to maintaining proper exercise and doing some aerobic exercise. We also need to maintain emotional stability, because the gut is our second brain, and bad emotions can also affect the digestive function of our gastrointestinal tract.
(Xinhuanet Liu Shenghui, Chen Zhouxuan, Song Hongxuan)