How long does it take to recover from digestive disorders

There is really no unified standard answer to this question. I have been in the gastroenterology clinic for almost five years. I have seen young men with acute disorders after eating the wrong things. After drinking millet porridge with probiotics for three days, they came to ask if they could eat hot pot on the fourth day. There were also patients who had a full digestive tract examination and found no organic problems. However, Internet practitioners who had irregular diets and stayed up late to work on projects all year round had to deal with it intermittently for more than eight months before they finally stopped getting bloated and acid reflux whenever they worked overtime.

The reason why the recovery time varies so much is that we must first identify the causes of the disorder: if it is only caused by temporary dietary stimulation, cold or short-term stress, and there are no basic problems such as Helicobacter pylori infection, chronic gastritis, or intestinal polyps, you can usually adjust your diet and rest, and you can basically return to normal in three to five days, or in about two weeks. Last time, there was a little girl who was taking the postgraduate entrance examination. She relied on coffee, milk tea and takeout every day for a month before the exam. After the exam, she started to suffer from constipation and diarrhea. When she came for a check-up, there were no problems. I gave her some probiotics and asked her to eat on time every day and not stay up until midnight. After only ten days, she came back for a follow-up and said it was completely normal.

But if there are underlying digestive tract problems that have not been resolved, or have become chronic functional indigestion or irritable bowel syndrome, the recovery period will definitely be longer. Many people have to calculate it on a monthly basis, and even a few people with anxiety and depression. Because of the mutual influence of the brain-gut axis, the recovery period may need to be calculated on an annual basis. Here is a point that many people are arguing about: some people think that digestive disorders can be cured without taking medicine at all and can only be cured by dietary adjustments, while others think that digestive disorders can be cured by taking a sufficient course of medicine. In fact, both of these statements are too absolute - if it occurs only once in a while and the symptoms are mild, it can be completely recovered by adjusting the diet and rest. However, if the symptoms of abdominal bloating, acid reflux, constipation and diarrhea have been frequent for two or three months in a row, and you insist on not taking medicine and not checking, it will easily turn the acute into chronic, and the recovery will be slower.

Speaking of the stomach, it is actually like a delicate little roommate. If you take good care of it, feed it regularly with soft and easy-to-digest foods, and don’t randomly stuff it with irritating foods such as ice, spicy wine, etc., it will also work hard and not cause trouble for you; if you toss it every day, it will lose its temper. Many people's slow recovery is actually due to the pitfall of "stopping as soon as they feel better". It's common for problems that should be cured in two weeks to linger for half a year after just two days of feeling better.

In fact, you really don’t need to worry about “when will I get better” every day. The more anxious you are, the more sensitive your stomach will be. Find out the triggers and make appropriate adjustments accordingly. Treat basic diseases when they are necessary, and change bad habits when they are necessary. Your recovery will naturally be much faster.