[Source: Shantou Municipal Health Bureau_Work News]
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, Yulin City, Guangxi, Mr. Li felt stomach bloating and stomach pain for several days. When he was uncomfortable, he couldn't even eat. After taking stomach-enhancing medicine for digestion and for two days, I didn’t improve. I went to Yulin Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for gastroscopy and to do gastroscopy and only to find out that I was suffering from gastric stones.
Doctor found a green clump about 5cm in Mr. Li's stomach. After asking, the doctor learned that Mr. Li ate persimmons almost every day and judged that the source of this stomach stone should be in the persimmons.
Fortunately, it was discovered early, and the stones in the stomach did not cause serious consequences such as gastric ulcers, , bleeding, perforation, etc. due to repeated friction. The doctor used gastroscopy to test the hardness of the stones and found that the stones were relatively loose, so he gave Mr. Li a doctor's advice - drink Coke!
Mr. Li drank cola every day for a week. After a gastroscopy, he found that the stones in the stomach had dissolved and disappeared.
So, does it mean that Coke is the nemesis of gastric stones?
The answer is: Score the situation! Follow the doctor's advice!
The most common "stomach persimmon stone" among gastric stones
, Guangzhou First People's Hospital , chief physician of the Department of Gastroenterology, introduced that gastric stones are stone clumps formed in the stomach after eating a certain substance. According to the composition of stones, they are divided into plant-based, hair-based, lactic and drug-based stones, etc. Clinically, plant-based stones are the most common. Gastrointestinal stones in my country are mainly related to the consumption of persimmons, black dates, , hawthorn and other foods, among which gastric persimmon stones are the most common.
Because hawthorn, persimmons and black dates contain a large amount of tannic acid , pectin, gum , it can effectively stick to food fibers under the action of gastric acid, forming large gastric stones. Repeated friction with the gastric mucosa can lead to erosive gastritis , gastric ulcer, pyloric obstruction , gastric tract bleeding and perforation. The following passage into the intestine may lead to small intestinal obstruction .
What are the susceptible groups?
The risk factors for gastric stones are relatively clear, and common factors include a history of gastrectomy and excessive intake of foods rich in cellulose such as persimmons. The risk of gastric stone formation in patients with peptic ulcers , chronic gastritis, Crohn's disease , gastrointestinal tumors, dehydration, hypothyroidism, and difficulty in chewing are higher than that in normal people.
In addition, diabetic patients with gastroparesis and long-term use of acid-suppressing drugs are also important factors in the formation of gastric stones.
But there is no need to worry, "From the clinical point of view, gastric stones are not common, and sometimes there is no case in a year." Chen Huiting introduced.
Can cola really treat gastric stones?
The treatment methods for gastric stones include drug lysate, endoscopic lithotripsy, surgical treatment and traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Chen Huiting introduced that cola is a type of stone-soluble treatment. In 2002, there were reports that cola successfully treated gastric stones. At that time, it was found that cola could make stones smaller and softer. A common treatment plan is to drink three liters of cola within 24 hours, including oral drinking, or gastroscopic injection and perfusion.
There are no obvious signs in the early stage of gastric stones, and some patients will experience symptoms such as upper abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, etc.; patients with gastric stones should be careful not to eat persimmons and other foods, drink some cola, sodium bicarbonate , and take acid-suppressing drugs. If the symptoms worsen, or even black stools, vomiting coffee samples, you should go to the hospital immediately.
It is worth noting that the mechanism of action of cola in treating gastric stones is not clear, and there is still no unified standard for the timing and dosage of use. Some scholars still question the therapeutic effect of cola. It is worth noting that patients with gastric ulcers should not drink carbonated beverage ! This may have perforation consequences.
Chen Huiting introduced that clinical treatment of gastric stones can be done through nasal feeding, endoscopic perfusion or combination, among which endoscopic stone extraction is the main treatment method for gastric stones.
Will gastric stones cause cancer?
Chen Huiting further explained that gastric stones are a relatively rare disease, and there is not much evidence to prove that it has a great relationship with gastric cancer , and gastric cancer patients are usually not found to have gastric stones. So don't worry too much about the cancer of gastric stones.
. Director Chen Huiting believes that it is necessary for early screening of gastric cancer. According to the latest data in China in 2020, the incidence and mortality of gastric cancer rank third among all kinds of malignant tumors. There are about 1.2 million new gastric cancer cases worldwide each year, and China accounts for about 40% of them. The proportion of in early gastric cancer in my country is very low, only about 20%. Most of the discoveries are already in the progression period, and the overall 5-year survival rate is less than 50%. In recent years, with the popularity of gastroscopy in , the proportion of early gastric cancer has increased year by year.
The incidence rate of gastric cancer is low in the general population (33/100,000). my country recommends that citizens over 40 years old or with a family history of gastric cancer need to consider gastric cancer screening. Those who meet any of the following Articles 1 and 2 to 6 should be listed as high-risk people in gastric cancer. It is recommended to be screening targets:
① Age over 40 years old, no limit for men and women;
② People in areas with high incidence of gastric cancer;
③ Helicobacter pylori infection;
④ Past suffering from chronic atrophic gastritis, gastric ulcers, gastric polyps, , and disability after surgery Pre-cancerous gastritis, hypertrophic gastritis, pernicious anemia and other pre-cancerous diseases;
⑤ First-degree relatives of patients with gastric cancer;
⑥ Other high-risk factors for gastric cancer (high salt, pickled diet, smoking, severe alcohol consumption, etc.)
gastric cancer screening method
Finally, thousands of instructions were summed up in one sentence:
disease enters from the mouth!
Although persimmons are sweet, you can’t eat them!
Source: Guangdong Health Information
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