Chao News client reporter Huang Huixian correspondent Chen Yuhong Chen Yanming Sun Jinming.
Emergency Department Lobby. Photo by reporter Huang Huixian.
During the Spring Festival, the number of patients with digestive diseases doubled compared to the previous year, and most of them were young people. In my case, these patients account for 30 to 40 percent of the total number of visits. ”
In the past few days, Zhao Hao, an emergency doctor at Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, has been very busy. Originally scheduled for the beginning of the holiday.
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He was on duty on the fifth and sixth days of the Lunar New Year, and he also came to the hospital on the first day of the Lunar New Year. It turned out that Zhao Hao's father ate too much meat for three meals that day, and drank ginseng soup in the evening, and had obvious abdominal pain and diarrhea, and finally had to accompany his son to the emergency department of the hospital for treatment.
Recently, many hospital outpatient clinics have gradually resumed. On February 15, the reporter visited several hospitals such as Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang Hospital, and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Zhejiang Xinhua Hospital) and found that Zhao Hao's reflection was not an exception: after the Spring Festival holiday, many people's stomachs lit up with "red lights".
Dr. Zhao Hao is receiving treatment. Photo by reporter Huang Huixian.
Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine officially resumed outpatient services on February 14. Bao Haibiao, director of the Department of Gastroenterology of the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, told reporters that the outpatient volume of his department has recovered to two-thirds of the usual, but it is indeed more than the number of outpatient clinics on ordinary holidays.
Today, the Department of Gastroenterology of the Qiantang Branch of the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has received about 80 patients, mainly acute gastroenteritis, cholecystitis, gastrointestinal disorders, etc., and some serious patients with acute pancreatitis. Bao Haibiao said.
In this regard, Feng Yuliang, director of the Department of Gastroenterology and director of the Endoscopy Center of Zhejiang Hospital, also has similar feelings. Feng Yuliang told reporters that the Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end, and the outpatient volume of the gastroenterology department where he is located has recovered rapidly, and there is a significant growth trend compared with the previous year. Among the patients presented, the proportion of patients with acute cholecystitis, acute pancreatitis has increased.
So, what are the reasons for the frequent occurrence of digestive diseases during and after the Spring Festival? In the opinion of gastroenterology experts, this is closely related to the eating habits of the Spring Festival.
If you have cholecystitis, gallstones and other diseases, coupled with overeating and excessive alcohol consumption during the Spring Festival, it is easy to cause biliary pancreatitis. Such patients often present with persistent abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, etc. Feng Yuliang said that some patients with pre-existing hypertriglyceridemia are prone to hyperlipidemic pancreatitis if their diet is not controlled. There are also some patients who have peptic ulcers, or are infected with Helicobacter pylori and are not standardized**, frequent drinking or eating too much coarse food such as bamboo shoots during the Spring Festival can easily cause gastrointestinal bleeding, manifested as black stool, paroxysmal abdominal pain, etc.
In Bao Haibiao's view, the digestive diseases that occurred during and after the Spring Festival were mainly due to patients eating too much or eating more indigestible foods such as mochi. "Alternating between hot and cold in the diet is also easy to cause gastroenteritis, such as some young people eat hot pot and ice powder together as soon as they get together, which greatly increases the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. ”
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Bingzhi, director of the emergency department of the Second Hospital of Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Zhejiang Xinhua Hospital), also received a patient with gastroesophageal reflux. Zhou Bingzhi said that the Spring Festival period is a high incidence period of gastroesophageal reflux disease, and the main reason for this is overeating. "Things like drinking alcohol, eating before bed, and eating too many sweet or greasy foods are common triggers that worsen GERD. ”
In view of this kind of "mid-node and post-festival syndrome" of the digestive system, experts suggest that it is still necessary to "control the mouth", reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal system, do not overeat at every meal, and should not drink excessively or stay up late.
Patients with cholecystitis and gallstones should avoid overeating and eating greasy food; Once abdominal discomfort is found, it is necessary to seek medical attention as soon as possible and cooperate with the doctor for further examination. Feng Yuliang said that some patients who have delayed gastrointestinal endoscopy due to the Chinese New Year should go to the hospital as soon as possible to avoid delaying their condition.
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