Feelings of heaviness in the stomach and bloating are very unpleasant, they interfere with a full life. There are several reasons for such feelings. The most common causes of heaviness and bloating are listed below.
Lactase deficiency
Usually, in old age, the body begins to poorly digest the lactase contained in cow's milk. If bloating and heaviness in the abdomen first appeared after 50-55 years, it is better to give up cow's milk, you may have to give up other dairy products as well.
Meteorism
Flatulence caused by the use of foods that lead to increased gas formation. Some people do not tolerate foods such as legumes, white cabbage, products that use yeast. These products cause increased fermentation of gases, which is why bloating appears. Sometimes the amount of gas in the intestines increases after eating fruits immediately after the main meal.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Some people have an increased sensitivity of intestinal receptors, which causes gas,rumbling in the abdomen may appear unexpectedly. To get rid of this condition, you will have to radically revise the diet and lifestyle.
Allergy
Allergy sufferers may experience discomfort in the abdomen after taking foods that cause allergic reactions: skin rashes, rhinitis. In this case, it may be enough to refuse products that cause allergies.
Bad eating habits and malnutrition
If you eat too quickly, swallowing food in large pieces, air may enter the stomach, which causes discomfort later. Heaviness in the abdomen is also common in people who are accustomed to drinking cold water during or immediately after meals. And it is also worth considering the individual characteristics of the body. Some people have individual intolerances to certain foods, or combining certain foods with each other can cause bloating.
Neurosis
Sometimes, some mental disorders also cause digestive upset, which causes abdominal pain, heaviness, bloating and other unpleasant sensations.
Intestinal obstruction
Intestinal obstruction caused by various diseases of the colon (tumors, cysts, polyps, impaired intestinal motility) leads to gas retention and, as a result, bloating.
Dysbacteriosis
Intestinal dysbacteriosis also causes gas retention in the body. ExceptIn addition, bloating can also indicate various diseases of the stomach, intestines, gallbladder and bile ducts, liver.
What to do for heaviness and bloating in the stomach?
These problems are symptoms of many diseases of the gastrointestinal tract or isolated syndromes that cause discomfort and require a strict diet and medication.
To consolidate the effect and increase the effectiveness of diet therapy, drug correction of this condition is carried out, which includes the following main areas:
- Enterosorbents are used to quickly relieve the symptoms of the disease. They can be used as first aid. Often, when self-medicating, patients make a mistake and use only these drugs in further treatment, the effectiveness of which is minimal.
- Treatment of the underlying disease. Enzyme preparations ("Pancreatin", "Mezim Forte", "Creon") are involved in the breakdown of food components in the small intestine and thereby facilitate the digestion process.
- Normalization of the motor-evacuation activity of the intestine with the help of drug support for motility (prokinetics - "Motilium"), acceleration of the evacuation of gases from the intestine.
- Stabilization of intestinal biocenosis (restoration of normal microflora by taking probiotics). In treatment regimens, monocomponent probiotics ("Acilact", "Bifidumbacterin", "Lactobacterin"), polycomponent ("Linex") and combined ("Bifiform") can be used.
- Antiflatulents (carminative drugs) that help remove accumulated gas in the intestines.
- Dietary supplements ("Orliks").
- Enterosorbents (activated carbon, "Enterosgel") - used only as first aid drugs. They actively absorb excess gas, harmful substances and toxins. We must not forget that the main disadvantage of activated charcoal is its ability to absorb and remove beneficial trace elements from the body.
Will Mezim help with bloating and heaviness after eating? Definitely yes. This drug eliminates all the negative symptoms that speak of the disease. It can also be taken as a preventive measure.
Festal should be singled out separately. What helps this drug? It effectively and quickly solves the problem of discomfort, and also helps the digestion of food taken. But this is not all the qualities of the drug. What helps "Festal" yet? From flatulence, to prepare for the diagnosis of the digestive tract and in diseases of the pancreas.
Modern treatment regimens include Orliks, a dietary supplement. It contains alpha-galactosidase, which prevents carbohydrates from entering the large intestine in an unsplit form, where they undergo bacterial breakdown with the formation of gases. Based on this, Orlyx is a remedy for heaviness and bloating, which stops gas-associated symptoms and thereby eliminates discomfort in the patient.
If the cause of excessgas formation in the intestines became enzymatic disorders, then the drug of choice in the treatment of such patients is the combined remedy "Pancreoflat" ("Abomin"). It is a cure for stomach discomfort, heaviness and bloating. In addition to the fact that the drug has proteolytic, amylolytic and lipolytic activity, it contains dimethicone, a substance that helps change the surface tension of gas bubbles in the intestine. The bubbles burst and free gas is expelled from the intestines.
In children's practice, "Plantex" is widely used - a plant-based preparation containing fennel fruits and fennel essential oil. The drug simultaneously prevents the accumulation of gases in the intestines, stimulates efficient digestion and enhances peristalsis. An important feature is that it is not recommended for patients with lactase deficiency and galactosemia.
In isolated flatulence syndrome, the drug of choice is Espumizan, the active ingredient of which is a surface-active simethicone. The duration of the course of treatment is selected strictly individually. An important advantage of the drug is the safety of use during pregnancy and during breastfeeding.
Psychological support, consultation of a psychologist, psychotherapist, if the patient associates his condition with prolonged stress and worries. Drug correction of the psychological component is selected by a specialist and includes antidepressants.
Following all the recommendations contributes to a quick recovery andreduction in drug treatment.
Folk treatment
Feeling of heaviness and bloating (flatulence) is characteristic of most diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. With this symptomatology, in addition to drug therapy, doctors note the high efficiency of folk, proven by experience, means and methods for solving this problem. Folk recipes, as a rule, have a mild effect and therefore are used to treat both adults and children.
Among the most common folk remedies in medical sources, you can stop at the following:
- Perhaps the most popular medicinal plant used for gastric and intestinal pathologies is chamomile. A decoction of chamomile flowers relieves inflammation, spasms, pain, normalizes the functioning of the entire gastrointestinal tract and, which is important for our topic, effectively fights flatulence. Due to the ease of preparation (1 teaspoon of the mixture is brewed with a glass of boiling water), this folk remedy is the leader in its availability and ease of use.
- Similar to those described above, the medicinal plant mint also has properties. In addition to heaviness and bloating, mint helps with reflux and nausea. For a decoction, pour 2 tablespoons of the crushed plant with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for half an hour. It should be noted that in mild forms of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such a form as medicinal teas with the addition of a mixture of chamomile and mint is used.
- Well known for his abilityfight heaviness and bloating with freshly squeezed raw potato juice. This folk remedy has the property of removing toxins, so it copes well with flatulence.
- Prevents fermentation processes and helps to quickly and efficiently digest ingested food ginger. This spice is used in various forms: raw, added to tea, used as a dried powder, which is used as a spice.
- Decoction of carrot seeds helps to get rid of excessive gas formation. Sometimes powdered carrot seeds are simply washed down with water for manifestations of reflux and bloating.
- The so-called "dill water" helps to remove excess gases from the body and relieve intestinal spasms. A few tablespoons of dill seeds are poured into a glass of water and heated over a fire. Very often, such dill water is used for bloating in young children.
Diet
First and foremost, the main treatment for heaviness and bloating is diet. Such patients need the advice of a nutritionist. He individually composes the menu, taking into account age characteristics and the functional state of the gastrointestinal tract.
Each patient should follow the basic principles of dietary therapy for this condition:
- Exclusion from the diet of foods that enhance the processes of fermentation and gas formation (sorrel, cabbage, grapes, all legumes, carbonated drinks, etc.), containing coarse fiber.
- Exclusion of dairy products (in case of primary or secondary lactase deficiency).
- Compliance with food hygiene (eating in a calm environment, chewing thoroughly, avoiding talking while eating, preventing aerophagia).
- Avoid drinking liquids with meals. Drink fluids only between meals. Fractional meals - often, but in small portions, up to 5-6 times a day.
Products that are the first to be banned:
- Beans (lentils, peas, beans).
- Fresh grapes and raisins.
- Fresh pastries (yeast).
- Whole milk, cream and ice cream.
- Apples, dried fruit and chocolate.
- All carbonated drinks.
- Fatty meats (pork, lamb, duck) and fish.
List of products that are recommended to be introduced into the diet daily:
- Vegetables (beets, carrots and pumpkin).
- Black bread (yesterday's baking).
- Prunes, pomegranate and apricots (if not allergic).
- Greens and vegetable salads.
- All cereals (except barley and millet).
Recommendations
Recommendations from nutritionists:
- Meals are steamed. Thus, the products retain their useful properties and pleasant taste.
- Increase the amount of daily liquid consumed up to 2.5-3 liters (it can be water without gas, infusions of chamomile, mint and St. John's wort, unsweetened tea, dill water, fennel teas). Patients with diseases of the heart and blood vesselsrecommend increasing the amount of fluid.
- Use only baked apples.
- With severe symptoms of heaviness and flatulence, it is necessary to unload (rice diet) and consume boiled rice without s alt for one day.
- Compliance with all nutrition recommendations, outdoor walks, self-massage and a positive family climate will help you quickly achieve the desired result and live fully.
