Contents:
- Medical Video: Stomach Ulcer | Nucleus Health
- The importance of water for people who have ulcers
- Can you drink cold water if you have a stomach ulcer?
- Also note the following when you drink water
Medical Video: Stomach Ulcer | Nucleus Health
Relapsing stomach ulcers certainly make your activities disrupted. For this reason, people with this condition must be extra careful in choosing food or drink, so that the symptoms do not appear. Well, is drinking cold water one of the restrictions for people with ulcer disease? Find out the answer in the following review.
The importance of water for people who have ulcers
Stomach produces acids that are useful to help react some substances in the body and kill germs or bacteria that are present in food. However, this production of stomach acid can be produced more than needed. This condition is also known as gastric acid reflux or ulcer.
Excessive stomach acid can rise to the esophagus and cause a burning and hot sensation (heartburn) Besides heartburn, people with ulcer disease also often belch, nausea, and stomach ache. In order for symptoms to be alleviated, food and beverage choices must be safe for the stomach.
If you have ulcer disease, drinking more water can help you prevent symptoms of relapse. How can? Water that enters the body can neutralize stomach acid that reaches the esophagus.
Can you drink cold water if you have a stomach ulcer?
Well, the good benefits of drinking water are certainly a shame if you are left by those of you who have ulcer disease. However, can you drink cold water or ice water? Will the benefits remain the same?
Cold water can indeed spoil your tongue and feels more refreshing. However, you need to know if cold water can make the stomach fill faster and the food becomes more difficult to digest properly. Especially if cold water is used as a friend for lunch, breakfast, or dinner.
Cold water can make you thirst faster, so you tend to keep drinking. As a result, your stomach can bloat.
Disorders in digesting food and satiety become a factor causing symptoms of ulcer relapse. So, you better choose water that is not too cold. For example warm water or normal water. This choice of water is safer for your digestion.
Also note the following when you drink water
Besides the temperature of the water, make sure you also choose the water you drink is also safe for the stomach. Avoid drinks that contain added acidic taste, contain lots of caffeine, or carbonate. These drinks can trigger the stomach to produce more acid and stomach symptoms can recur.
Some drinks that you should avoid are coffee, carbonated or carbonated drinks, alcohol, and added or made from acidic fruits, such as orange juice. Alternatively, you can enjoy herbal tea, juice from watermelon or carrots.
Then, pay attention again to drinking habits when eating. You do have to eat a little but often to prevent a full stomach. Well, this rule applies also when you drink water in meals.
When you eat, the stomach area needs acid to digest food. If you have a habit of drinking several times when eating, stomach acid will change levels. As a result, the stomach cannot digest food perfectly. Drinking water several times between meals can also cause LES (lower oesophageal sphincter) muscles in the esophagus to open. This allows the gas to "leak" and rise into the esophagus to cause it heartburn. So, you better drink before and after meals.
