New Year is coming! Legend has it that the “year” is a monster that eats people and livestock, but is most afraid of red and light, so people wear red clothes, hang red lanterns, paste red couplets, and set off fireworks to drive away the beast. Of course, the beast we have never seen, but in order to increase the flavor of the year, to prevent and drive away the beast of all kinds of New Year’s customs and rich New Year’s food can not be missing: decorative lights and fireworks, large fish and meat, tobacco and wine tea. On this occasion of welcoming the new year, gastroenterologists remind you that some acute gastrointestinal diseases are as fierce as the New Year’s beast, so you should guard against the new “New Year’s beast” and have a healthy, safe and peaceful year!
So, what are the dangers of the new “New Year’s beast”? How to prevent it? Let’s take a look!
A, one of the new “New Year’s beast”: foreign bodies in the esophagus
All kinds of food (especially fish spines, dates, melon seeds, peanuts, etc.), denture, coins and toys, etc., all of which can be imported may become foreign bodies. Large foreign bodies can temporarily stay in the lower part of the pharynx or esophageal entrance area narrow, blocking the airway to cause serious complications, such as breathing difficulties, large blood vessel rupture bleeding, etc., life-threatening, must be dealt with in a timely manner.
Professor reminds: the main way to prevent this “beast of the year” is to chew and swallow slowly, do not rush, mental inattention, especially the swallowing function is not sound or molar incomplete. In addition, excessive drinking in an intoxicated state is also prone to swallowing and swallowing by mistake, resulting in foreign bodies in the esophagus. According to statistics, the majority of foreign bodies in the esophagus are in the elderly, followed by young children, so the elderly and children are the key high-risk groups to prevent foreign bodies in the esophagus. The elderly who have a denture should be strictly prevented from falling off, pay attention before eating, denture loose in time to repair, denture too loose, food viscosity is too large or oral mucosa sensory loss, can make the denture fall off, with food into the esophagus.
During the New Year period, we should especially pay attention to the supervision of children, and teach them not to put all kinds of small objects into their mouths to play, and not to cry or play when eating. There are also regional differences in foreign bodies in the esophagus: coastal areas are used to mixing fish, shrimp and vegetables, which can easily cause small fish spines and fish bones to be accidentally swallowed; in the north, it is customary to wrap dumplings with nucleated dates, meat balls with bones, or metal coins built into the dumplings during New Year’s Eve, which can easily cause accidental swallowing. Foreign body accidentally into the esophagus to immediately seek medical attention, do not use rice balls, steamed buns, leeks and other forced swallowing, but aggravate the foreign body on the oropharynx and esophagogastric mucosa damage, and even cause serious complications.
Second, the new “New Year’s beast” two: drinking easily cause acute pancreatitis
The first thing you need to do is to get together with your friends and family during the Chinese New Year, and you will inevitably have to do a few more drinks to enjoy yourself. However, excessive drinking will stimulate the pancreatic secretion, stimulate the duodenal papilla edema and spasm, if a large amount of pancreatic fluid can not flow to the duodenum or ducts to the duodenum is blocked, it will occur pancreatic “autodigestion” caused by alcoholic pancreatitis.
Alcoholic pancreatitis is a sudden onset, manifested as persistent severe pain in the upper abdomen or left, often radiating to the back, accompanied by nausea and vomiting, abdominal distension, fever, some patients can appear vomiting blood and blood in the stool, biliary obstruction can appear jaundice, severe patients can appear wet and cold extremities, increased heart rate, decreased blood pressure and other signs of shock, complications and mortality is very high!
The key to preventing this “beast of the year” is to strictly prohibit overeating and to stop smoking and limit alcohol, because smoking is also one of the high-risk factors for pancreatitis. The Chinese Nutrition Society recommends that adult men consume no more than 25g of alcohol a day, equivalent to 750ml of beer, or 250ml of wine, or 75g of 38 degree white wine, or 50g of high white wine; adult women consume no more than 15g of alcohol a day, equivalent to 450ml of beer, or 150ml of wine, or 50g of 38 degree white wine.
People with a history of chronic pancreatitis, chronic gastritis, chronic hepatitis and other chronic diseases of the digestive tract have weaker digestive function and poorer tolerance for alcohol, and are prone to alcohol irritation, plus eating a lot of downers, often unknowingly exceed their own digestive tolerance and are more likely to trigger acute pancreatitis. Once acute abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, you should go to the hospital in a timely manner, early diagnosis, early treatment, to prevent the deterioration of the condition.
Three, the new “year beast” of three: fatigue prone to gastrointestinal bleeding
Tired of the New Year! I’m afraid this is the common experience of most people. First of all, we have to go through the journey of the Spring Festival, and then we have to go home to do the New Year’s shopping and household chores, and then we have to visit our friends and relatives, and receive a series of concerns and questions from them: how much is the year-end bonus? Have you got a house and a car? Have you met someone yet? When will you have children? How many points did you get on the final exam? …… is really physically and mentally prepared! It is likely that this is not a joke.
In case of heavy bleeding, it may be accompanied by dizziness, dizziness, weakness and even fainting.
Gastrointestinal bleeding is a typical psychosomatic disease. To prevent this “annual beast”, it is very important to have a regular diet, get enough sleep, be emotionally stable, be optimistic, be calm and avoid excessive stress and strain. Especially those with primary diseases, such as peptic ulcers, should be actively treated to avoid bleeding, while avoiding drugs that can trigger or aggravate the symptoms of ulcer disease, or even cause complications, such as salicylic acid, reserpine, botrytisone, etc.
Once gastrointestinal bleeding occurs, whether it is vomiting blood, vomiting coffee-like material, or passing black stools, it is important to go to the hospital. If the amount of gastrointestinal bleeding is relatively large, or even if symptoms such as dizziness and fainting occur, it is recommended to call the emergency number immediately. While waiting for the ambulance, family members and friends should pay attention to stabilize the patient’s emotions to avoid elevated blood pressure and aggravated bleeding; let the patient lie flat, take the head low and feet high position to ensure the blood supply to the vital organs of the body; the patient’s head to the side to prevent vomit from accidentally inhaling the trachea causing asphyxiation.
Four, the new “New Year’s beast” of the fourth: acute cholecystitis
The common feature is greasiness. The family is happy, eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, watching the Spring Festival dinner, unknowingly consumed an excessive amount of fat and protein, plus the night vagus nerve excitement, will promote the secretion of bile increased, easy to cause bile duct obstruction. The gallbladder reflexively contracts, and once the contraction is too strong it can lead to an acute attack of cholecystitis. If you are suffering from gallbladder stones, it can also lead to acute cholangitis and pancreatitis.
It is worth mentioning that acute cholecystitis is often aggressive, and patients often feel persistent pain in the right upper abdomen that increases in paroxysms and may radiate to the right shoulder and back, often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and fever. Patients with chronic cholecystitis, on the other hand, mostly just feel bloated and uncomfortable in the abdomen after meals, and the symptoms are more similar to those of gastric disease, so they are easily mistaken for general stomach problems. So patients with a history of cholecystitis should pay particular attention to strictly control their fat intake during the Spring Festival (no more than 20 grams per day, which can be gradually increased to 40 grams or less after the condition stabilizes) to avoid acute cholecystitis, the “beast of the year”.
The doctor reminded: Spring Festival dinner is very high, overeating should be careful, intake of too much greasy things, cholecystitis emergency stirring New Year’s Eve; warmth and comfort, work and rest combination in mind, if the right upper abdominal discomfort, promptly call the doctor to help!