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Spoiled stomach - stomach spoiled causes and quick help
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- Synonyms
- Causes of a rotten stomach
- symptoms
- Treatment: What helps with a bad stomach?
- Medicinal herbal tea for stomach problems
- Natural treatment with Bach flowers
- Stomach spoiled: When to the doctor?
Synonyms
Upset stomach, dyspeptic stomach, stomach bug, upset stomach, stomach upset, stomach upset, stomach upset, stomach ache.
Children often spoil their stomach by over-eating sweets. (Image: dalaprod / fotolia.com) Causes of a rotten stomach
The complaints can be triggered by foods and stimulants such as sweets, ice cream, sugary soda drinks (cola), greasy foods (French fries) but also fruit that are eaten out of control or confused. Especially small children, who in turn put all tangible objects in their mouth, eat once inedible things.
Other possible causes include food poisoning or food infection. The former is caused by eating foods that contain toxins. These may occur naturally (eg in fly agaric or green tuberous agaric) or as contaminants from outside (for example as a residue during processing) enter the food. However, food poisoning is usually caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium botulinum.
Fish poisoning is a special form of food poisoning that can occur through the ingestion of toxins from shells, fish and other marine creatures.
The cause of the spoiled stomach may be e.g. be an infection with Salmonella. These usually come via food such. raw eggs or egg products (mayonnaise, salads, raw cake dough etc.) in the digestive tract of humans. (Image: aga7ta / fotolia.com) In contrast, a food infection is caused by living pathogens that enter the gastrointestinal tract via the food. Here they multiply and thereby trigger the complaints, whereby usually even a small number of infectious microorganisms is sufficient. In most cases, Salmonella, Campylobacter, E.coli bacteria and Listeria are responsible for foodborne infections.
symptoms
It can lead to stomach pressure, severe stomach pain or abdominal pain and diarrhea, which are sometimes convulsive (colic). Mostly there is nausea and vomiting, which should be strictly monitored, especially in children, as the fluid loss can quickly cause internal dehydration with electrolyte loss.
Treatment: What helps with a bad stomach?
With a rotten stomach, natural home remedies are very good for the treatment. However, prior to self-treatment, food poisoning or virally-induced gastrointestinal infections and other intestinal diseases associated with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting should be strictly excluded.
As a rule, the organism cleans itself and regenerates without therapy. To support the self-healing process as well as to alleviate the symptoms, plants and measures from natural medicine can be used. Generally, in case of a rotten stomach, always ensure adequate hydration.
Healing earth binds bacteria, toxins and pollutants from the food and can therefore provide fast help with a rotten stomach. (Image: PhotoSG / fotolia.com) Toxins are effectively absorbed by dissolved in water healing clay and thereby relieve the symptoms. If the intake of the "sandy" beverage is denied, capsules with healing earth can also be used.
A proven home remedy for nausea is the traditional oatmeal soup, which has a calming effect on the stomach.
Recipe for oatmeal soup:
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In manual treatments such as osteopathy, gentle techniques of visceral osteopathy are used to relax the entire region of the stomach, helping to calm the irritated stomach.
Medicinal herbal tea for stomach problems
Tea preparations from chamomile flowers, peppermint and lemon balm can quickly relieve stomach problems. Camomile has an anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic effect. Mint reduces the sensitivity of the gastric mucosa to nausea-inducing stimuli and has a disinfecting effect. As a proven home remedy for stomach ailments, lemon balm helps calm the gastrointestinal tract and relieves cramps.
Effective tea recipe for stomach upset:
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Children can also be offered the medicinal plants as essential oils in the fragrance lamp. For the regulation of the digestion are (only with adults!) Bitter substances, as they are contained in Swedish bitter preparations.
Bach flowers are a proven remedy for the internal treatment of stomach problems in natural medicine. (Image: flashpics / fotolia.com) Natural treatment with Bach flowers
For internal use, the Bach flower remedies Crab apple (inner cleansing), combined with other flower essences, which correspond to the emotional situation of the person concerned, are considered. Willow, for example, is recommended when "anger is swallowed". Gentian is for people who are constantly worried.
Acute pain improves when the abdomen, e.g. Massage with Rescue ointment clockwise around the navel. This cream is a special combination of the six flower essences (Cherry Plum Clematis, Crab Apple, Impatiens, Rock Rose and Star of Bethlehem), which can be used as a first aid in emergencies. If discomfort in the stomach area in the foreground, the ointment should be massaged there.
Stomach spoiled: When to the doctor?
If there is a risk of food poisoning, a doctor should always be consulted as a precaution. This is especially true if the symptoms are after eating foods such as Tiramisu, raw fish or poultry show. If severe diarrhea occurs, it may be necessary to add additional fluid and salts to the body. Patients should therefore drink a lot, preferably tea.
If the symptoms have not subsided after two to three days, a doctor should be consulted. (Image: Antonioguillem / fotolia.com) Special care should be taken with babies, small children, pregnant women, elderly and immunocompromised persons. Because in these cases, food poisoning can have serious consequences. A visit to a doctor is therefore essential. Similarly, it should not be expected if the symptoms persist for more than three days and / or other symptoms such as fever, severe circulatory problems or blood in the stool occur. (Jeanette Viñal's Stone, Nina Reese, last updated on 24.1.2017)
Specialist supervision: Barbara Schindewolf-Lensch (doctor)