Most of us are familiar with the situation when, after a large feast at a holiday or after an incorrect exit from a strict diet, the stomach refuses to digest food. There is a feeling that everything you eat is in a lump in your stomach, and your health worsens. Let's find out how to make a lazy stomach work after stopping. The faster this is done, the higher the chances that you will be able to do without going to the doctor or taking medications.
How does the stomach work?
The stomach is an important organ responsible for processing food that comes from the esophagus. Its capacity is a maximum of 3 liters. The main function is the breakdown of contents into fats, proteins and carbohydrates. All this happens thanks to hydrochloric acid produced during periods of hunger, as well as when a person eats food.
Foods are digested differently. Proteins for about 2 hours, fats for at least 4 hours. Acid, if it is normal, does not damage the stomach, since it is protected by a membrane. Stoppage of the stomach indicates that the muscle layer is weakened, food is slowly digested, or this process stops completely. Therefore, it accumulates, puts pressure on the walls, causing discomfort.
How to make a “lazy” stomach work
Food products often enter the body in a “refined” form, because of this the stomach begins to become lazy. Simple carbohydrates make up a significant portion of our diet. As a result, the walls of the gastrointestinal tract relax, making it more difficult for them to cope with foods rich in fiber (fruits, vegetables, cereals). Namely, these products tone the walls of the stomach and intestines.
Stagnation in the stomach is provoked by a sedentary lifestyle. The stomach is an organ whose work is supported by muscles, so a reduction in physical activity also contributes to less intense work of the stomach.
When wondering how to make your stomach work at full capacity, you must first analyze your weekend and weekday routine. Do you sit at the computer most of the time on weekdays, but on weekends do you like to lie on the couch or sit with a book?
In this case, the stomach will not work actively.
Contraction of the abdominal muscles, diaphragm, vibration when running and walking are additional stimuli for peristalsis.
Walking and exercise
After poisoning, of course, you won’t go out for a morning jog and start working out your abs. But as soon as your health improves a little, you need to go outside and at least just walk, breathing fresh air. All organs will be filled with oxygen, and your appetite will appear. The body will need to compensate for the energy spent; the stomach will definitely start working.
You may have noticed that after lying on the couch for a long time, you don’t particularly feel like eating, but after walking at an optimal pace for you, even a crust of black bread seems very tasty.
If you want to get your idle stomach working faster, move, get outside. If this is not possible, open a window or window and take a few deep breaths. Movement and fresh air stimulate appetite. It is not for nothing that in the century before last, among wealthy people it was customary to take a walk every day “for exercise.”
Eating habits
Frequent overeating will “help” you develop gastritis or even a stomach ulcer, since any organ suffers when overloaded. You cannot force your stomach to work beyond measure. This will lead to negative consequences, of which rapid weight gain is perhaps the most harmless. The stomach will begin to ache, after which all the organs that depend on it will work intermittently:
- gallbladder;
- liver;
- pancreas;
- intestines.
In order for the digestive system to work smoothly, you should adhere to the following diet:
- Be sure to have breakfast. Try to have more complex carbohydrates in your meals.
- Lunch. Lunch meals should contain protein.
- Have a light dinner.
Between main meals (the volume of which should be small) you need to eat fruit or drink kefir, fermented baked milk, jelly.
The main principle of proper nutrition is known not only to nutritionists. Here it is: you should get up from the table a little hungry. After a few minutes, the brain will signal that the body has received nutrients in the required volume. It is highly undesirable to overeat before going to bed, so that food does not end up in a lump in the stomach.
Drinking load and starting the stomach in the morning
To start your stomach, it is recommended to drink a glass of water at room temperature right in the morning.
Every morning a person washes his face, and drinking a glass of water in the morning on an empty stomach is a “washed” stomach.
Most adults do the wrong thing:
- in the morning he drinks coffee, the irritating effect of which does not have the best effect on the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract and the entire body;
- refuses breakfast.
20 minutes after drinking a glass of water, you must have breakfast, otherwise by lunchtime you will feel very hungry, and there is a risk of eating too much.
You need to drink water throughout the day. In order to remember to do this, buy a one and a half liter bottle of still water and place it next to your workplace. You can install a mobile application that will sound a signal (reminder) every 30 minutes or hour (depending on the settings).
Water helps food that enters the stomach to be more easily digested. It gives you a feeling of fullness, as a result of which you will not be able to eat more than normal during the day.
Plant fibers, pectins and cellulose
Fruits and vegetables are what should be on the table every day. Apples can help your stomach work - they contain a lot of fiber and pectin. Fiber stimulates a “lazy” stomach and intestines, and pectin, once in the body, forms a gel. This gel, moving through the digestive tract, adsorbs toxins and prevents their absorption into the blood. Pectin reduces the chances of gastrointestinal diseases and removes metabolic products.
Therefore, you should make it a rule to eat at least 2-3 fruits of any kind every day.
Self-massage of the abdomen and active points
To get your stomach moving, you can use self-massage techniques (even if you don’t know this art). The simplest thing is to use a biologically active point located 4 cun above the navel. Tsun is a unit of measurement equal to the second phalanx of the middle finger.
Click on the point. There should be slight pain, or simply the sensations in this place should be different from those that arise when pressing on other places. You can press for 1-2 minutes using the “vibration” technique.
Acupressure:
- helps reduce stomach pain;
- enhances peristalsis;
- allows you to expand the pyloric opening of the stomach - thus food leaves it faster and enters the duodenum.
If you are afraid to use acupuncture, you can use classical massage techniques. First, you should lightly stroke the area of the stomach and abdomen in the direction from left to right, from top to bottom. You can then add a slight vibration by positioning your fingers in a rake-like manner. The massage should be completed with stroking.
This is interesting!
Stroking massage movements on the facial skin also stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis.
The main causes of stagnation in the stomach
Gastric arrest is a condition that is becoming increasingly common these days and is occurring in both adults and children. There are many reasons for this:
- stressful situations;
- smoking;
- improper diet;
- fast weight loss;
- overwork;
- drinking large amounts of alcohol;
- gastrointestinal diseases;
- exhaustion;
- abuse of fatty foods;
- infectious diseases.
Congestion in the stomach can be caused not only by the above reasons, but also by diseases such as peritonitis, severe pneumonia, typhoid fever or dystrophy of internal organs.
Gastric arrest
Stomach arrest or atony implies a serious disruption of the organ, which manifests itself in the form of acute or aching pain, poor health, decreased appetite, constant belching, and is also accompanied by discomfort. The cause of this situation could be poor nutrition, the presence of a serious internal disease, exhaustion of the whole body, insufficient food intake, or, conversely, too much food consumed.
Stomach arrest or atony implies a serious disruption of the functioning of the organ, which manifests itself in the form of acute or aching pain, poor health, decreased appetite, and constant belching
The stomach can stop working at any time and this can affect a person at any age. The first manifestations of the disease will be a dull pain, as well as a lack of appetite. When the stomach stops working, you should immediately start looking for the reasons, after which, as prescribed by the doctor, you should undergo treatment. You also need to change your diet, stop constantly snacking on sandwiches and other foods.
The stomach functions normally if it receives well-chewed food that contains a certain amount of acids. The motor function of this organ is disrupted when the pyloric region malfunctions, which is responsible for peristalsis. A decrease in muscle tone causes a decrease in motor work until the causes of this condition are excluded.
Diagnosis of pathology
These are the symptoms that can indicate not only gastric failure, but also other diseases: ulcers, exacerbation of gastritis, organ prolapse. For this reason, a visit to a gastroenterologist for examination and diagnosis is mandatory.
To identify and establish a diagnosis, it is necessary to undergo x-ray therapy and fibrogatroscopy. In the first case, a contrast agent, a barium solution, is drunk, and in the second, the inner lining of the stomach is examined with a special apparatus with optics.
An ultrasound is prescribed. The doctor also palpates the organ by tapping it. Mandatory tests: blood, urine and feces. All tests and examinations will help determine the exact disease, which will allow you to correctly prescribe treatment.
Why may the stomach not work?
Finding the source of the problem that has disrupted the physiological process of the stomach is actually easy. We are talking about the main reason that leads to stomach failure - poor nutrition. Abuse of “harmful” products, unbalanced, low-quality food is the basis for disruption of the functioning of not only the stomach, but also the organs of the gastrointestinal tract. People who are prone to overeating and who like to eat at night are more susceptible to this pathology.
The fast pace of life is the second reason that disrupts the functioning of the stomach. Eating on the go does not allow you to chew your food thoroughly. The stomach, which is full of air and large pieces of food, does not cope well and this leads to periodic troubles. There are also less common reasons:
- sudden weight loss;
- smoking;
- nervous exhaustion;
- fatigue;
- diseases of the oral cavity.
What can you do at home?
How to provide first aid if food is in the stomach? If this happened to you due to overeating, then you need to lie on your back, unfasten the belt of your trousers or untie the belt of your robe so that they do not squeeze your stomach. Drink a cup of water, not carbonated. Do not eat for 2 hours to allow your stomach to rest. You can drink herbal tea to jump-start your digestive system.
For a child
A child may suffer from gastric atony due to drinking large amounts of carbonated drinks or overeating. Also the cause is strong feelings and stress.
How to help your child get rid of unpleasant sensations:
- bend your knees;
- lay on its side in this position;
- let it lie for up to half an hour;
- put a warm heating pad on your stomach;
- give a small amount of warm water to drink, the main thing is not to provoke nausea;
- make a light massage, stroking clockwise.
If nausea persists, it is recommended to induce vomiting. To do this, you need to drink a lot of water from 300 to 500 ml, depending on the age of the child. After the painful symptoms have passed, you should drink warm, not strong tea. Then serve a light diet meal. Even if there is no relief in this case, call an ambulance.
In an adult
If the symptoms are accompanied by heaviness, a feeling of coma, a slight aching pain, especially after eating, then you need to try to start peristalsis, increase the number of enzymes, and relieve spasms. To do this, you need to take appropriate medications or use herbs.
increase the number of enzymes with the help of drugs: Mezim, Pancreatin, Festal, Enzistal. Dry red wine also promotes digestion; for this you can drink 20-30 grams of wine.
relieve stomach and smooth muscle spasms: No-Shpa, Drotaverine. In addition, you can use mint tea, apply a heating pad, or a warm bottle of water to your stomach.
improve gastric motility : Domrid, Motilium, Motilak, Gonaton, Itomed.
If food is lumpy in the stomach of an adult, you can drink a decoction of marshmallow, fennel and buckthorn bark every time before eating. Mix all ingredients in equal parts, take a spoonful of the mixture and add 400 ml of water. Place in a water bath, bring to a boil, cool, strain through cheesecloth. Use the decoction for at least one month. You need to drink 200 ml at one time.
Another effective method is to use cinnamon. Spicy foods activate blood circulation in the body. Take 1 dessert spoon of powder, mix with a cup of boiling water and boil for about 5 minutes. Drink 1 tbsp for two weeks. l. half an hour before meals, three times a day.
If your stomach stops, you should not drink carbonated water! This is not mineral healing water from a spring. Gases in water from the supermarket will only worsen the situation, adding flatulence to the symptoms.
In all this, you should adhere to the recommendations of specialists:
- Avoid food for a while (4-6 hours after unpleasant symptoms);
- eat at a certain time;
- do not eat enough food 2 hours before bedtime;
- replace coffee with herbal tea from chamomile, St. John's wort;
- Prepare a paste of dried fruits, take 1 spoon on an empty stomach.
If your stomach is often upset and nausea is periodic, you need to think about going on a diet. The main food will be dominated by easily digestible products.
For reference! A good result comes from fasting days, which help not only cope with atony, but also lose extra pounds.
In pregnant women
During pregnancy, it is advised to avoid taking medications. You especially should not do this without the recommendation of your attending physician - this risk is not worth it. Therefore, if you feel heaviness in the stomach, dizziness and nausea, you must take the following measures:
- drink mineral water (pharmacy water);
- use low-fat kefir;
- take a few tablets of activated carbon, it does not harm even expectant mothers;
- drink mint and chamomile tea.
How to restart your stomach after poisoning?
If there is no belching, and the stomach does not want to work after poisoning, you should include porridge cooked in water with a small amount of sweeteners and salt in your diet. Chicken broth with the addition of rye bread crackers, black tea with sugar, and mineral water are suitable products during this period.
In case of poisoning, the structure of the stomach becomes intoxicated, so you should drink as much water as possible at room temperature. This will restore lost fluid. To keep it in the body, you need to take medications that restore water balance. These are such as Hydrovit or Regidron. It is also useful to drink green tea, fruit compotes, rosehip decoction, and jelly. Dairy products allowed include yogurt, low-fat cottage cheese, and kefir in small quantities. Carbonated drinks, strong tea and coffee should be avoided.
Chicory tincture normalizes the digestive system and gastrointestinal functions. You need to pour 200 ml of boiling water into 2 spoons and leave for 12 hours. Divide the drink into two doses, take before meals. Prepared food should be fresh and not too hot.
If the stomach should be stimulated, it is recommended to use pharmaceutical drugs that help restore the intestinal microflora and start its work. Often used:
- Bifiform;
- Hilak;
- Linux.
Toxins that cannot be removed by gastric lavage can be removed from the body using adsorbent agents: Atoxil or Sorbex.
How to make your stomach work: first aid at home
The first thing to do if you feel unwell is to stop trying to eat. It is not advisable to lie down. It is necessary to remove clothes that put pressure on the stomach: loosen the belt, unfasten the belt and buttons, take off tight jeans.
To quickly start the stomach at home, you need to induce vomiting in order to free it from stagnant food masses, give the overstretched walls of the organ a rest, and return to tone.
Next, you should replenish lost fluid by drinking 300-400 ml of plain water or rosehip decoction. You can take Mezim forte tablet.
Stagnation in the stomach is a phenomenon from which it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible. Let's consider what to do in different situations to make this organ work.
What to do after alcohol poisoning
Making your stomach work after heavy libations is not a difficult task, provided that the person is healthy and in normal times his digestive system works without deviations. In opposite cases, it is better to immediately seek qualified help.
The hangover experienced by a person who has had too much alcohol at a party is, in fact, alcohol poisoning. Food stagnation can be dealt with by relieving hangover symptoms. In this case, the digestive tract will soon recover on its own. It is necessary to take large amounts of fluid and cleanse the body with activated charcoal or the drug "Polyphepan".
You need to drink strong brewed black tea, take a leisurely walk down the street, and take a cool shower. After you feel better, you can drink 200 g of chicken broth or eat soup. The first dish stimulates the appetite and encourages the digestive system to work.
After alcohol poisoning, the first day should be a fasting day. You should eat low-fat soup and crackers on black bread. A small dose of brine will help to “wake up” and “irritate” the organ. But it should not contain vinegar, for example, brine from pickled tomatoes, cabbage, or cucumbers.
How to get your stomach working after vomiting
Vomiting is a self-cleaning mechanism. The body is trying to get rid of toxins that have entered it, so there is no need to try to stop it right away. After vomiting, you need to allow the organs of the digestive tract to rest.
If your stomach has stopped, how can you start it up at home?
You can do this yourself using the tools suggested below. However, if vomiting resumes after taking measures, you should call a doctor. There is a high probability that the gastric stoppage was caused by more serious reasons.
You can help yourself by brewing a decoction of herbs, such as yarrow. You will need a teaspoon of dry herb per glass of boiling water. Pour hot water over the yarrow and wait 5 minutes. After this, the infusion must be strained and drunk warm in several sips.
It is useful to drink clean, perhaps slightly acidified, water. An infusion of cranberry or rosehip is perfect for helping the stomach return to its normal rhythm as quickly as possible.
Solid food should not be taken so as not to damage the walls of the organ. Slimy porridges with water are suitable. Oatmeal is good in this case.
How to reset your stomach after overeating
It is unlikely that you will be able to immediately force your stomach to work after stopping as a result of overeating, and this is not necessary. Just like after alcohol poisoning, it is necessary to give the organ time to recover. You may feel hungry, but the organ will not be able to take food.
Help him yourself:
- At home, drink a cup of green tea with a cracker.
- Take a Mezim or Pancreatin tablet (a multienzyme drug that makes it possible to digest food).
- In the future, eat small portions every 2 hours so that gastric juice begins to be produced again.
You need to follow a diet for 3-5 days after the stomach stops.
Do not neglect this recommendation. Lack of a gentle diet leads to gastritis.
If a child is overeating, this will most likely cause short-term vomiting, after which the stomach will recover. An adult will have to endure for several days. Excellent folk remedies are herbal infusions and teas based on dill, chamomile, and St. John's wort.
After poisoning
First aid for poisoning is gastric lavage. Medical enzyme preparations (Pancreatin, Gastal) will help make the stomach work after poisoning.
It is necessary to drink water in small doses, up to 2 liters per day, to “wash” toxins from the body. In small portions, you can add homemade jelly and porridge, cooked without salt and sugar, to the menu. Homemade bio-yogurt and herbal teas will help to start gastric peristalsis after poisoning. The same principle works: often, but little by little. In this case, appetite is gradually restored and the general condition is normalized.
Tablets for stomach stagnation
When the stomach stops, you have to endure pain, sometimes very severe. In this case, you need to act without delay. If you take action right away, then the result will reach the goal and professional help may not be needed. Medications will help relieve pain; the following are considered effective:
- Mezim, Festal, Creon;
- Drotaverine, Pancreatin;
- Somilaza.
The first series of drugs on the list are analogues of “Pancreatin”; they are interchangeable. When the stomach stops, an adult should take 2 or 3 capsules with meals, chew it, but wash it down with plenty of liquid. For children, one tablet is enough.
“Drotaverine” (an analogue of no-shpa) perfectly relieves spasms; over 12 years of age should be taken 1 or 2 tablets 3 times a day, regardless of meals. For children from 2 to 6 years old, half a capsule 2 times a day is enough. To enhance the effect, you can take Drotavena tablets together with activated carbon and Mezim.
"Somilaza" for adults is prescribed 2 tablets with a meal, washed down with water.
If your stomach has stopped due to poor nutrition, you can add the following pills to the list:
- Gastrofarm;
- Festal;
- Panzinorm;
- Gevikson;
- Eubicor.
They are safe even for pregnant women. But when taking them, it is advisable to avoid smoked, spicy, fried and spicy foods.
We should not forget that medications require special attention. After all, any pills, even those based on herbs, can harm your health. Therefore, appointments should only be carried out by a specialist who will take into account the characteristics of your body, contraindications, and allergic reactions.
If you have tried homemade recipes and there is no positive result, you should consult a doctor, especially if it concerns a child.
Stomach stop what to do
“Stomach arrest” is a generalized concept that is used in common parlance and can mean a number of complaints and conditions. Most often, people experience discomfort, pain of various types, or nausea in the stomach area. Nausea is often followed by vomiting.
If the cause of “stomach stoppage” is overeating and discomfort occurs, then you should stop eating for a while and take a comfortable position. This situation is not dangerous and does not require taking pancreatic enzymes - they do not help digestion in the stomach.
If you experience severe nausea, you can take one of these medications:
- metoclopramide;
- domperidone;
- ondansetron.
These are antiemetics that also eliminate nausea. They should be taken strictly according to the instructions and not often.
When eating spoiled foods, which can also cause abdominal discomfort and nausea, it is recommended to induce vomiting yourself. This will allow food with toxins to be evacuated from the stomach. First, you need to drink 500-1000 ml of lightly salted water, then press your fingers on the root of the tongue. It is strictly forbidden to repeatedly stimulate vomiting, as this can lead to tearing of the mucous membranes and internal bleeding.
A good alternative to the spread of food poisoning is to take sorbents in the first hours after signs of “stomach arrest” appear. This could be Smecta, Polysorb and their analogues. However, it is important to understand that these drugs will only prevent toxins from being absorbed in the intestines; they have no effect on the stomach.
When to call an emergency team:
- the appearance of repeated vomiting;
- the appearance of streaks of blood in the vomit or its dark coloration like “coffee grounds”;
- severe weakness, dizziness and pale skin;
- acute pain in the stomach area, shortness of breath;
- high fever that is not reduced by antipyretic drugs.
Otherwise, “gastric arrest” does not require emergency care. If nausea, discomfort in the upper abdomen, or a feeling of early satiety with food often bother a person, you should go to the hospital. In this case, it is necessary to exclude chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, functional dyspepsia or stomach tumor.
Traditional methods
All existing folk remedies are herbal treatments. There are many recipes for restarting the stomach and removing the lump. Healing decoctions and tinctures are made from the following plants:
- fennel fruit;
- medicinal marshmallow root;
- alder bark;
- milk thistle (powder);
- chamomile flowers;
- caraway;
- tricolor violet;
- yarrow;
- birch leaves;
- common oregano;
- elderberry (berries and flowers);
- dandelion, ginseng (root);
- mint, lemon balm;
- coltsfoot.
Decoction recipes:
- Prepare 30 g of fennel fruits, marshmallow root and buckwheat. Mix everything together and pour one spoon of the prepared mixture into 400 ml of hot water. Keep in a water bath for 15 – 20 minutes. Let the broth brew for up to 1 hour. Drink a cup after meals.
- Combine chamomile, mint, lemon balm and pour like regular tea.
- Combine ginseng, oregano, coltsfoot, and plantain in dry, crushed form. Take 1 tbsp. Pour boiling water over the mixture, let it brew for a while, strain after cooling. Take 1 glass after meals.
- Take a teaspoon of milk thistle powder with plenty of water before meals.
- Mint, cumin, tricolor violet, dill seeds, valerian, mix all ingredients in equal quantities. Then 2 tbsp. l. Pour 400 ml of boiling water over the prepared mixture and keep on fire for 10 minutes. Infuse the drink, cool, strain through cheesecloth. Drink a cup 2 times a day.
- Pour finely chopped dandelion root with cold water (200 ml), let it brew for up to 8 hours. Take ¼ cup before meals 4 times a day.
- Pour boiling water over the elderberries, let it brew for 12 hours, and strain. It is recommended to drink 1/3 cup of the infusion before bed.
- Take equal parts of elderberry flowers, licorice root, buckthorn bark, birch leaves, tricolor violet, fennel fruits. Pour boiling water over the collection in the amount of 30 g and keep on fire for 10 minutes. Cool and strain thoroughly. Drink in large sips in several doses throughout the day.
Also, other folk recipes that alleviate the disease are no less effective. For example, cinnamon 1 tsp. A glass of boiling water will help when your stomach becomes lumpy. Stir the prepared drink and boil for no more than 5 minutes. Take on an empty stomach half an hour before meals. But, it is not recommended to use it no more than 4 times a day.
What to do when your stomach is upset
The stomach is an important organ responsible for processing food that comes from the esophagus. Its capacity is a maximum of 3 liters. The main function is the breakdown of contents into fats, proteins and carbohydrates. All this happens thanks to hydrochloric acid produced during periods of hunger, as well as when a person eats food.
Foods are digested differently. Proteins for about 2 hours, fats for at least 4 hours. Acid, if it is normal, does not damage the stomach, since it is protected by a membrane. Stoppage of the stomach indicates that the muscle layer is weakened, food is slowly digested, or this process stops completely. Therefore, it accumulates, puts pressure on the walls, causing discomfort.
The main causes of stagnation in the stomach
Gastric arrest is a condition that is becoming increasingly common these days and is occurring in both adults and children. There are many reasons for this:
- stressful situations;
- smoking;
- improper diet;
- fast weight loss;
- overwork;
- drinking large amounts of alcohol;
- gastrointestinal diseases;
- exhaustion;
- abuse of fatty foods;
- infectious diseases.
Congestion in the stomach can be caused not only by the above reasons, but also by diseases such as peritonitis, severe pneumonia, typhoid fever or dystrophy of internal organs.
Symptoms
The symptoms of atony are pronounced and painful. The main ones are:
- dull pain in the stomach;
- feeling of heaviness;
- quick satiation with food;
- bloating, hiccups;
- absence or presence of belching;
- pale skin;
- bad breath;
- in some cases shortness of breath and fever.
The appearance of cold sweat, rapid heartbeat, and decreased blood pressure are also observed.
Diagnosis of pathology
These are the symptoms that can indicate not only gastric failure, but also other diseases: ulcers, exacerbation of gastritis, organ prolapse. For this reason, a visit to a gastroenterologist for examination and diagnosis is mandatory.
To identify and establish a diagnosis, it is necessary to undergo x-ray therapy and fibrogatroscopy. In the first case, a contrast agent, a barium solution, is drunk, and in the second, the inner lining of the stomach is examined with a special apparatus with optics.
An ultrasound is prescribed. The doctor also palpates the organ by tapping it. Mandatory tests: blood, urine and feces. All tests and examinations will help determine the exact disease, which will allow you to correctly prescribe treatment.
What can you do at home?
How to help yourself if food is stuck in your stomach? If this happened to you due to overeating, then you need to lie on your back, unfasten the belt of your trousers or untie the belt of your robe so that they do not squeeze your stomach. Drink a cup of water, not carbonated. Do not eat for 2 hours to allow your stomach to rest. You can drink herbal tea to jump-start your digestive system.
The child has
A child may suffer from gastric atony due to drinking large amounts of carbonated juices or drinks. Also the cause is strong feelings and stress.
How to help your child get rid of unpleasant sensations:
- bend your knees;
- lay on its side in this position;
- let it lie for up to half an hour;
- put a warm heating pad on your stomach;
- give a small amount of water to drink, the main thing is not to provoke nausea;
- make a light massage, stroking clockwise.
If nausea persists, it is recommended to induce vomiting. To do this, you need to drink a lot of water from 300 to 500 ml, depending on the age of the child. After the painful symptoms have passed, you should drink warm, not strong tea. Then serve a light diet meal. Even if there is no relief in this case, call an ambulance.
In an adult
If food is in the stomach of an adult, you should take the advice of drinking a decoction of marshmallow, fennel and buckthorn bark every time before eating. Mix all ingredients in equal parts, take a spoonful of the mixture and add 400 ml of water. Place in a water bath, bring to a boil, cool, strain through cheesecloth. Use the decoction for at least one month. You need to drink 200 ml at one time.
Another effective method is to use cinnamon. Spicy foods activate blood circulation in the body. Take 1 dessert spoon of powder, mix with a cup of boiling water and boil for about 5 minutes. Drink 1 tbsp for two weeks. l. half an hour before meals, three times a day.
In all this, you should adhere to the recommendations of specialists:
- eat little, but often;
- eat at a certain time;
- do not eat enough food 2 hours before bedtime;
- replace coffee with herbal tea from chamomile, St. John's wort;
- prepare a paste of dried fruits by grinding them in a meat grinder, take 1 spoon on an empty stomach.
If your stomach is often upset and nausea is periodic, you need to think about going on a diet. The main food will be dominated by easily digestible foods.
In pregnant women
During pregnancy, it is advised to avoid taking medications. You especially should not do this without the recommendation of your attending physician - this risk is not worth it. Therefore, if you feel heaviness in the stomach, dizziness and nausea, you must take the following measures:
- drink mineral water (pharmacy water);
- use low-fat kefir;
- take a few tablets of activated carbon, it does not harm even expectant mothers;
- drink mint and chamomile tea.
How to restart your stomach after poisoning?
If there is no belching, and the stomach does not want to work after poisoning, you should include porridge cooked in water with a small amount of sweeteners and salt in your diet. Chicken broth with the addition of rye bread crackers, black tea with sugar, and mineral water are suitable products during this period.
In case of poisoning, the structure of the stomach becomes intoxicated, so you should drink as much water as possible at room temperature. This will restore lost fluid.
To keep it in the body, you need to take medications that restore water balance. These are such as Hydrovit or Regidron. It is also useful to drink green tea, fruit compotes, rosehip decoction, and jelly.
Dairy products allowed include yogurt, low-fat cottage cheese, and kefir in small quantities. Carbonated drinks, strong tea and coffee should be avoided.
Chicory tincture normalizes the digestive system and gastrointestinal functions. You need to pour 200 ml of boiling water into 2 spoons and leave for 12 hours. Divide the drink into two doses, take before meals. Prepared food should be fresh and not too hot.
If the stomach should be stimulated, it is recommended to use pharmaceutical drugs that help restore the intestinal microflora and start its work.
Toxins that cannot be removed by gastric lavage can be removed from the body using adsorbent agents: Atoxil or Sorbex.
What to do in case of alcohol poisoning?
What to do if your stomach stops due to drinking too much alcohol? To make it work, you need to drink activated carbon tablets, 1 capsule per 10 kg of a person’s weight, or take another sorbent. Take medications with water only. In this case, sour juice, dried fruit compote, only without sugar, sauerkraut, and kefir will help.
Tablets for stomach stagnation
When the stomach stops, you have to endure pain, sometimes very severe. In this case, you need to act without delay. If you take action right away, then the result will reach the goal and professional help may not be needed. Medications will help relieve pain; the following are considered effective:
- Mezim, Festal, Creon;
- Drotaverine, Pancreatin;
- Somilaza.
The first series of drugs on the list are analogues of “Pancreatin”; they are interchangeable. When the stomach stops, an adult should take 2 or 3 capsules with meals, chew it, but wash it down with plenty of liquid. For children, one tablet is enough.
“Drotaverine” (an analogue of no-shpa) perfectly relieves spasms; over 12 years of age should be taken 1 or 2 tablets 3 times a day, regardless of meals. For children from 2 to 6 years old, half a capsule 2 times a day is enough. To enhance the effect, you can take Drotavena tablets together with activated carbon and Mezim.
"Somilaza" for adults is prescribed 2 tablets with a meal, washed down with water.
If your stomach has stopped due to poor nutrition, you can add the following pills to the list:
- Gastrofarm;
- Festal;
- Panzinorm;
- Gevikson;
- Eubicor.
They are safe even for pregnant women. But when taking them, it is advisable to avoid smoked, spicy, fried and spicy foods.
We should not forget that medications require special attention. After all, any pills, even those based on herbs, can harm your health. Therefore, appointments should only be carried out by a specialist who will take into account the characteristics of your body, contraindications, and allergic reactions.
If you have tried homemade recipes and there is no positive result, you should consult a doctor, especially if it concerns a child.
Traditional methods
All existing folk remedies are herbal treatments. There are many recipes for restoring the functioning of the stomach. Healing decoctions and tinctures are made from the following plants:
- fennel fruit;
- medicinal marshmallow root;
- alder bark;
- milk thistle (powder);
- chamomile flowers;
- caraway;
- tricolor violet;
- yarrow;
- birch leaves;
- common oregano;
- elderberry (berries and flowers);
- dandelion, ginseng (root);
- mint, lemon balm;
- coltsfoot.
Decoction recipes:
- Prepare 30 g of fennel fruits, marshmallow root and buckwheat. Mix everything together and pour one spoon of the prepared mixture into 400 ml of hot water. Keep in a water bath for 15 – 20 minutes. Let the broth brew for up to 1 hour. Drink a cup after meals.
- Combine chamomile, mint, lemon balm and pour like regular tea.
- Combine ginseng, oregano, coltsfoot, and plantain in dry, crushed form. Take 1 tbsp. Pour boiling water over the mixture, let it brew for a while, strain after cooling. Take 1 glass after meals.
- Take a teaspoon of milk thistle powder with plenty of water before meals.
- Mint, cumin, tricolor violet, dill seeds, valerian, mix all ingredients in equal quantities. Then 2 tbsp. l. Pour 400 ml of boiling water over the prepared mixture and keep on fire for 10 minutes. Infuse the drink, cool, strain through cheesecloth. Drink a cup 2 times a day.
- Pour finely chopped dandelion root with cold water (200 ml), let it brew for up to 8 hours. Take ¼ cup before meals 4 times a day.
- Pour boiling water over the elderberries, let it brew for 12 hours, and strain. It is recommended to drink 1/3 cup of the infusion before bed.
- Take equal parts of elderberry flowers, licorice root, buckthorn bark, birch leaves, tricolor violet, fennel fruits. Pour boiling water over the collection in the amount of 30 g and keep on fire for 10 minutes. Cool and strain thoroughly. Drink in large sips in several doses throughout the day.
Also, other folk recipes that alleviate the disease are no less effective. For example, cinnamon 1 tsp. A glass of boiling water will help when your stomach becomes lumpy. Stir the prepared drink and boil for no more than 5 minutes. Take on an empty stomach half an hour before meals. But, it is not recommended to use it no more than 4 times a day.
Exercises for feeling a lump in the stomach
In the fight against a sick stomach, the best helpers are physical exercises in the form of swimming, running, and exercise on exercise bikes.
It is important to choose a suitable load so that there is no stagnation of blood in the pelvis and the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract is renewed. Regular exercise will help stimulate intestinal activity and strengthen the abdominal muscles.
They may not be long (15 – 20 minutes), but constant. Each exercise should be done at least 10 times.
- Lie on your back, bend your legs at the knees, clasping them with your hands and pressing them tightly to your stomach.
- Sitting on the floor, rest your back against the wall. Keep your feet together and bend your knees. Spread your knees to the sides and place your farts on the navel area to control your stomach. Inhale air, drawing in the stomach, and the chest should remain motionless. Repeat inhalation and exhalation for 3 minutes.
- Take a “lying on your back” position. Do not lift your shoulders off the floor, but with your bent knee try to reach the floor surface from the reverse side. Do the same exercise with the other leg.
- Get down on your knees, rest on your elbows or palms. Lower your head down and do squats. First, lower yourself onto the right buttock, rise, then onto the left.
- Remain in the same position, only you need to stretch your legs back and bend your back at this time.
- Lying on your back, place your arms along your body. Raise your legs and touch the floor near your head.
Massage
When the stomach stops, it is recommended to massage. It’s not difficult to do it yourself immediately when you wake up or throughout the day. After pressing on the biologically active points, you can resume digestion.
How it's done:
- Massage the area between the thumb and index finger on each hand using your thumbs separately.
- Place your hands at chest level, clasp your little fingers together. Stretch your arms in different directions, while your little fingers remain clasped.
- Find the point located in the middle of the diagonal between the navel and the left groin. Using three fingers (ignore the thumb and little finger), actively massage clockwise in a circular motion.
Diet after symptoms subside
Many people think about proper nutrition after health problems appear. The first signs are heaviness in the stomach, heartburn. It is not recommended to ignore even such minor symptoms.
After all, diet plays almost the most important role for the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. It is important to select foods for your diet so that they do not cause complications.
Of course, when selecting dishes, it is important to take into account the condition of the mucous membrane, the level of acidity and other diseases of the digestive system.
Important! There should not be long intervals between meals. 3 hours is considered optimal. Portions should be small, and food should be liquid or mushy. It should be low-fat, not very hot and not cold, without spices and excess salt, so as not to irritate the mucous membranes.
What foods to exclude:
- alcohol;
- preservation, marinades;
- wholemeal and rye bread;
- raw vegetables containing coarse fibers (cauliflower, legumes, mushrooms, green beans, fruits with peel);
- sour berries;
- coffee;
- fat meat;
- whole milk.
Preference to give:
- soups without roasting vegetables;
- vegetable broth or cooked with lean meat;
- liquid porridge;
- ripe fruits: bananas, sweet apples without peel, pears;
- steamed meat;
- fish;
- pasta;
- jelly, jelly or dried fruit compote;
- alkaline mineral water (not carbonated).
Exercises for feeling a lump in the stomach
In the fight against the feeling that the stomach is standing, physical exercises in the form of swimming, running, and exercise on exercise bikes will help. It is important to choose a suitable load so that there is no stagnation of blood in the pelvis and the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract is renewed. Regular exercise will help stimulate intestinal activity and strengthen the abdominal muscles. They may not be long (15 – 20 minutes), but constant. Each exercise should be done at least 10 times.
- Lie on your back, bend your legs at the knees, clasping them with your hands and pressing them tightly to your stomach.
- Sitting on the floor, rest your back against the wall. Keep your feet together and bend your knees. Spread your knees to the sides and place your farts on the navel area to control your stomach. Inhale air, drawing in the stomach, and the chest should remain motionless. Repeat inhalation and exhalation for 3 minutes.
- Take a “lying on your back” position. Do not lift your shoulders off the floor, but with your bent knee try to reach the floor surface from the reverse side. Do the same exercise with the other leg.
- Get down on your knees, rest on your elbows or palms. Lower your head down and do squats. First, lower yourself onto the right buttock, rise, then onto the left.
- Remain in the same position, only you need to stretch your legs back and bend your back at this time.
- Lying on your back, place your arms along your body. Raise your legs and touch the floor near your head.
Stopping the stomach folk remedies
The drugs are used primarily for functional disorders.
The following herbal compositions are used:
- Oregano is poured with boiling water and infused for about half an hour. The decoction should be drunk at 20 mg/day, divided into two doses.
- Take a teaspoon of milk thistle herb and wash it down with clean water before meals.
- Mix marshmallow root with fennel fruits and pour boiling water (in a 1:1 ratio). Leave for half an hour, drink a glass after meals.
Alternative medicine products have not undergone clinical trials and have no evidence of effectiveness. Their use is only possible at your own risk.
Useful exercises include:
- exercise "bicycle";
- exercise “birch tree”;
- bending the legs while lying on your back.
Exercise therapy is an auxiliary method. As an independent method of correcting the condition, it is ineffective.
Massage
When the stomach stops, it is recommended to massage. It’s not difficult to do it yourself immediately when you wake up or throughout the day. After pressing on the biologically active points, you can resume digestion.
How it's done:
- Massage the area between the thumb and index finger on each hand using your thumbs separately.
- Place your hands at chest level, clasp your little fingers together. Stretch your arms in different directions, while your little fingers remain clasped.
- Find the point located in the middle of the diagonal between the navel and the left groin. Using three fingers (ignore the thumb and little finger), actively massage clockwise in a circular motion.
Causes and provoking factors
Doctors identify several reasons for gastric stoppage:
Prolonged emotional stress. Moreover, it does not matter at all what the nature of the emotion is - negative or positive.- Poor nutrition. This leads to the fact that few nutrients, microelements and vitamins enter the body, which provokes disturbances in the functioning of the stomach.
- Effect of anesthesia. We are talking about recently performed surgical interventions under general anesthesia. Often, medications used for anesthesia have side effects, which include gastric arrest.
- Exhaustion of the body. Bad habits such as smoking and drinking alcohol or drugs deplete the body, and it begins to function abnormally.
- Binge eating. If a person eats too much food, and before that he had to fast slightly, then the stomach simply cannot cope with the piled-up amount of work and “goes on strike.” By the way, the stomach can become upset even with malnutrition, that is, with a small intake of food.
- Psychological factor. Most often, for this reason, the stomach stops in children - for example, during the period of weaning the baby from the breast, or during strong experiences.
Diet after symptoms subside
Many people think about proper nutrition after health problems appear. The first signs are heaviness in the stomach, heartburn. It is not recommended to ignore even such minor symptoms. After all, diet plays almost the most important role for the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. It is important to select foods for your diet so that they do not cause complications. Of course, when selecting dishes, it is important to take into account the condition of the mucous membrane, the level of acidity and other diseases of the digestive system.
Important! There should not be long intervals between meals. 3 hours is considered optimal. Portions should be small, and food should be liquid or mushy. It should be low-fat, not very hot and not cold, without spices and excess salt, so as not to irritate the mucous membranes.
What foods to exclude:
- alcohol;
- preservation, marinades;
- wholemeal and rye bread;
- raw vegetables containing coarse fibers (cauliflower, legumes, mushrooms, green beans, fruits with peel);
- sour berries;
- coffee;
- fat meat;
- whole milk.
Preference to give:
- soups without roasting vegetables;
- vegetable broth or cooked with lean meat;
- liquid porridge;
- ripe fruits: bananas, sweet apples without peel, pears;
- steamed meat;
- fish;
- pasta;
- jelly, jelly or dried fruit compote;
- alkaline mineral water (not carbonated).
How to urgently help with stomach arrest
So, the fact is already there: the stomach is upset, so you need to quickly take some measures to ensure that the organ starts working normally. The most reasonable solution would be to use specific medications that can quickly “start” the stomach: Mezim Forte, Pancreatin, Peknzital. In principle, these are all analogues, so there should be one thing in your home medicine cabinet.
As a rule, these medications are used immediately when the first symptoms of gastric arrest appear - 1 tablet will be enough; rarely, you may need to take the drug again if relief does not occur after 20 minutes.
The use of these medications is strictly contraindicated for already diagnosed pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas).
Please note: many people, if their stomach is upset, drink “pop” (soda with citric acid, diluted with water) or use baking soda. They begin to actively belch and their stomach begins to work. This method of solving the problem, although effective, is very dangerous. With frequent use of such drugs, gastritis and stomach ulcers may develop.
Stomach failure is an unpleasant condition that brings a lot of discomfort to a person’s life. You can correct the situation “urgently” with specific medications, but this is not a solution to the problem. It is important to seek qualified help, get prescriptions from a doctor and strictly adhere to them. Only in this case will it be possible to prevent gastric arrest and the development of various diseases in the future.
Tsygankova Yana Aleksandrovna, medical observer, therapist of the highest qualification category
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If your stomach is upset, it is important to adhere to strict rules of diet therapy.
You should eat food in small portions, no more than two tablespoons of pumpkin at a time;- lean fish and meat;
- tomatoes;
- fruits (no more than 300 g per day);
- seaweed;
- vegetables;
- barley and buckwheat porridge;
- dried fruits;
- carrot;
- pasta (hard varieties);
- zucchini.
Rice, pears and boiled eggs are excluded from the diet. They have a binding effect. All products that provoke the accumulation of gases are also excluded:
- black bread;
- yeast baked goods;
- all types of cabbage;
- sweets;
- legumes.
Food needs to be stewed, boiled or steamed. Fried, salted, smoked and spicy foods are prohibited. The menu should include vegetable soups in weak broth (consumed at least once a day). Be sure to drink at least 1.5 liters of water per day. All carbonated drinks and alcohol are excluded. It is important to quit smoking. If you are vomiting severely, you should avoid dehydration.
If there are no stomach diseases, you can go on a kefir diet. Drinking a fermented milk drink thirty minutes before meals helps improve digestion.
