If gastric distension is caused by improper diet, no special treatment is needed. If it is caused by functional dyspepsia, chronic gastritis and other diseases, general measures, medication and surgery should be taken to address the cause.
1. Improper diet: If you have recently eaten too much gas-producing food, such as soy products, corn, etc., or there are overeating, talking while eating and other bad eating habits, will cause gastric distension and discomfort, generally no special treatment, appropriate rest for a period of time can be relieved by themselves.
2. Functional dyspepsia: the main symptoms are flatulence, feeling of fullness, postprandial abdominal pain and so on. Patients need to establish good dietary habits, avoid smoking, alcoholism, if necessary, need to follow the doctor’s advice to use domperidone, mosapride and other drugs to promote gastrointestinal dynamics.
3. Chronic gastritis: typical symptoms include acid reflux, abdominal pain, gastric distension, etc. Patients need to adjust the dietary structure, avoid eating stimulating foods, and at the same time, need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use proton pump inhibitors, such as omeprazole, rabeprazole, etc., as well as mosapride, itopride and other gastric motivation drugs. Antibiotics such as metronidazole and amoxicillin can be used for patients with combined Helicobacter pylori infection.
If stomach bloating and discomfort is ruled out as a physiological phenomenon, you should go to the hospital and cooperate with the doctor to actively treat the original disease.