Digestive Problems

Ayurvedic Treatment For Digestive Disorders

Digestive disorders require natural healing herbal and unani remedy, your body acclimatizes to chemicals over time making it productive to treat digestive disorders. Alternatively of increasing your dosage of allopathic medicines try the Ayurvedic and unani treatment for your digestive disorders i.e. Gas and indigestion, Constipation, Acidity, Flatulence, Stomach ulcer, Gastritis.

Ayurveda is of the opinion that almost all the digestive problems are due to erroneous digestive habits of the patients. It is very difficult to treat ingestion in modern medicine system. It is intensely painful to handle the bloated feeling, lead to an upset stomach as well as other health problems. Unani medicine system believes that a healthy digestive system guarantees good health. Therefore it is actually very important to keep stomach healthy and make the changes that are needed in our eating tendency.

Digestive problems are relatively common among people with diabetes. The most common is constipation, affecting nearly 60% of people with diabetes. Diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms may also occur. For instance, diabetes is the most common causes of gastroparesis (delayed emptying of the stomach).

Gastroparesis is a disorder in which the stomach takes too long to empty its contents. Normally, the stomach contracts to move food down into the small intestine for digestion. The vagus nerve controls the movement of food from the stomach through the digestive tract. Gastroparesis occurs when the vagus nerve is damaged and the muscles of the stomach and intestines do not work normally. Food then moves slowly or stops moving through the digestive tract.

Gastroparesis may occur in people with type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes. High blood glucose levels associated with diabetes cause chemical changes in nerves and damage the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients to the nerves. Over time, this process damages the vagus nerve.

Signs and symptoms of gastroparesis are

• heartburn
• pain in the upper abdomen
• nausea
• vomiting of undigested food-sometimes several hours after a meal
• early feeling of fullness after only a few bites of food
• weight loss due to poor absorption of nutrients or low calorie intake
• abdominal bloating
• high and low blood glucose levels
• lack of appetite
• gastroesophageal reflux
• spasms in the stomach area

The symptoms of gastroparesis may be mild or severe, depending on the person. Symptoms can happen frequently in some people and less often in others. Many people with gastroparesis experience a wide range of symptoms, and sometimes the disorder is difficult for the physician to diagnose.

Gastroparesis can make diabetes worse by making blood glucose control more difficult. When food that has been delayed in the stomach finally enters the small intestine and is absorbed, blood glucose levels rise. Since gastroparesis makes stomach emptying unpredictable, a person's blood glucose levels can be erratic and difficult to control.

To control blood glucose, you may need to

• take insulin more often or change the type of insulin you take
• take your insulin after you eat instead of before
• check your blood glucose levels frequently after you eat and administer insulin whenever necessary

Symptoms may be mild or severe, depending on the individual, but gastroparesis tends to be a chronic condition. The main treatment for gastroparesis in people with diabetes is to regain control of blood glucose levels. Treatment may include insulin, oral medications, changing your meal plan and, in severe cases, a feeding tube and parenteral nutrition.

Dietary Changes

Changes in eating habits may help control symptoms. For example, it may be easier to eat six small meals a day so that the stomach does not become overly full. Consuming several liquid meal replacements a day may help stabilize blood glucose levels. These provide all the nutrients found in solid foods, but can pass through the stomach more easily and quickly.

Avoidance of fatty and high-fibre foods may aid digestion, as fat naturally slows digestion and fibre is difficult to digest. Some high-fibre foods, such as oranges and broccoli, contain material that cannot be digested easily and remain in the stomach too long, possibly causing blockages.