Stomach ulcer is a fairly common disease in most Arab countries, which is caused by infection with some bacteria as a result of eating contaminated food, taking an anti-inflammatory and analgesics like hyper gastric acidity, or sometimes because of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, and some conditions that cause high levels of Gastrin hormone which stimulates the secretion of the gastrointestinal squeezer.
Symptoms:
- Feeling severe pain in the stomach while eating and that sometimes causes eating disorders
- Nausea and vomiting with the possibility of blood in the vomit
- Feeling repletion in swelling
- Stomach heartburns
- Released blood with stools
- Shortness of breathing and dizziness.
- Unjustified Weight loss.
You should know that Stomach ulcer occurs as a result of what you daily eat, so here are some foods that may help you and others that may worsen the situation:
Foods that cause gastric ulcer you have to avoid in your daily meal:
- Drinks that contain caffeine and added to it repeated sugar.
- Soft Drinks.
- Fried and fast food.
- Bread and pastries.
- Milk (according to the patient's condition).
- Fatty foods.
- Spicy foods
Natural remedies to reduce the effects of stomach ulcers:
Carrots:
Taken as juice, mashed fruit or in Salad, the carrots control the feeling of discomfort caused by burning or the reflux of stomach acid.
Apples:
It contains fibres and organic acids that regular of the digestive system. is often recommended for patients with gastric inflammation, constipation, and diarrhoea.
Bananas:
Fruit rich of carbohydrates and alkaline, which help regulate stomach pH, so taking regularly it will reduce the risk of gastric mucosa degradation and prevents the formation of the sores.
Potatoes:
One of the best anti-acidic foods, especially for patients with gastric ulcers, is the benefits of potatoes because contain a good quantity of carbohydrates, fibre and antioxidants, which are improving digestion.
Cabbage:
Help prevent bacterial infection in the stomach because it contains antioxidants and is rich in vitamin C
Linen seeds:
Are soaked in water, they produce an effective gel using as treatment of gastric ulcer, that helps to reduce inflammation and heartburning.
Sweet potato:
Sweet potatoes are rich in vitamin A such as spinach, carrots, cantaloupe and beef liver, which proved that, helps to reduce the size or prevent stomach ulcers.
Sweet red pepper:
Sweet red pepper is rich in vitamin C such as acidic fruit, strawberries, kiwi, and broccoli, which can help prevent stomach ulcers.
There are also some herbs that help improve the stomach state:
Some herbs help in healing ulcers, produce mucus that protects the stomach from irritation and reduce ulcer pain and prevent the growth of bacteria (pylori h) that cause ulcers and antibiotics such as glaucoma, turmeric, aloe, chamomile, wine, Roman peel juice
Prevention methods you have to follow:
One of the prevention methods is also to avoid anything that causes irritations by paying attention to what you eat a day so there are some habits that you should be following:
-Sit well (That is, you sit upright, not leaning to don’t press on your stomach)
- Do not sleep immediately after eating (You must wait 2:3 hours)
- You should lose weight
- Shall the food well, don't swallow and eat quickly
- Keep away from stress and stressful problems
- Regulate your meals (take small meals several times)
- Do Exercise regularly
- Stop smoking
- Stop drinking tea and coffee on an empty stomach.
- Avoid eating very hot foods.
If you don't feel better, you should visit your doctor to consult him and take the necessary actions.
