Introduction: After food enters the stomach, it is stored, ground, and digested, turning it into a chyme-like substance before being discharged into the intestine. If food is chewed insufficiently and swallowed hastily, it will be coarse, increasing the burden on the stomach, prolonging its stay, and potentially damaging the gastric mucosa. Additionally, chewing slowly increases saliva secretion, which reduces the secretion of gastric acid and bile, thereby helping to protect the stomach.
1. Avoid excessive drinking
Alcohol itself can directly damage the gastric mucosa. It can also cause cirrhosis of the liver and chronic pancreatitis, which in turn aggravates the damage to the stomach.
2. Avoid smoking addiction
Smoking can cause the blood vessels in the gastric mucosa to constrict and reduce the synthesis of prostaglandin, a mucosal protective factor. Smoking can also stimulate the secretion of gastric acid and pepsin, worsening the damage to the mucosa.
3. Avoid irregular meals
When hungry, the high concentration of gastric acid and pepsin in the stomach, with no food to neutralize them, can easily cause the mucosa to digest itself. Overeating can also damage the stomach's self-protection mechanisms; excessive expansion of the stomach wall and prolonged food retention can contribute to stomach damage.
4. Avoid unclean food
Helicobacter pylori infection is a major cause of gastric and duodenal ulcers. In patients with ulcers, the detection rate for this bacterium is as high as 70-90%, and it disappears after the ulcer is cured. Ulcer patients can transmit the infection through close contact such as tableware, utensils, and kissing. Unclean food is also one of the causes of infection.
5. Avoid eating too much for dinner
Some people tend to concentrate a day's nutritional intake in their dinner, or they like to have late-night snacks or eat something before bed. This not only leads to poor sleep and obesity but can also stimulate the gastric mucosa to secrete excess gastric acid, triggering ulcer formation.
6. Avoid swallowing food hastily
After food enters the stomach, it is stored, ground, and digested, turning it into a chyme-like substance before being discharged into the intestine. If food is chewed insufficiently and swallowed hastily, it will be coarse, increasing the burden on the stomach, prolonging its stay, and potentially damaging the gastric mucosa. Additionally, chewing slowly increases saliva secretion, which reduces the secretion of gastric acid and bile, thereby helping to protect the stomach.
7. Avoid coffee and strong tea
Coffee and strong tea are both central nervous system stimulants that can lead to gastric mucosal ischemia through reflex,破坏 the protective function of the gastric mucosa and promote ulcer formation.
8. Avoid滥用药物
Drugs that can easily damage the gastric mucosa mainly fall into three categories: acetylsalicylic acid drugs such as aspirin; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as phenylbutazone, indomethacin, and ibuprofen; and hormone drugs such as corticosteroids. Therefore, the use of these drugs should be avoided as much as possible. If they must be used, the dosage and course of treatment should be controlled, and it is best to take them after meals.