Such a disease as gastritis of the stomach can be taken by surprise by any person, and in case of acute flow during sudden pain and other symptoms, you need to know how to act properly in order to save the sick person.
What helps when giving first aid to a patient with gastritis? To begin with, you need to know what signs you can recognize this disease. These include:
- heartburn;
- nausea;
- sometimes severe diarrhea and vomiting;
- stomach pain;
- you can notice a rise in body temperature;
- is rare - fainting.
If you find the above signs of gastritis during the provision of pre-hospital care, you must:
- Put the patient in bed, putting on the area of the stomach a heating pad. Thanks to this you can reduce the number of manifestations of pain.
- In this case, the patient should be given a plentiful drink, for example, warm tea or just plain clean water. You can also call one more important rule: during an attack of gastritis, you can not feed a sick person.
- Give the patient a medicine to relieve pain and envelop the walls of the stomach. Among such drugs can be called De-Nol, Almagel, Maalox, etc.
- It is necessary to rinse the stomach with a half-percentage solution, prepared from baking soda or simply water. Note that this does, provided that you have accurately determined by all signs that it is an attack of acute gastritis.
This first aid for gastritis should be completed, after which it is required to call a specialist at home. If the measures did not work, you need to call an "ambulance" and as soon as possible, if it becomes easier for the patient, you must call a doctor at the house, because he must prescribe the right treatment, diet and determine if the patient should be hospitalizedthis case.
These simple rules for exacerbation of gastritis can help alleviate the pain of a sick person or even save his life.
However, knowledge of these rules is not enough, because you need to know how to properly care for the patient after first aid in a fit of gastritis. Of course, these instructions should be given by a doctor, but we will tell you about the main ones.
It should be noted that sometimes this can happen in marching conditions, for example, in the country. This very often comes from the abrupt change of foods to which the body has become accustomed to, and eating disorders.
First aid for gastritis in marching conditions
Here it is necessary to apply to the gifts of nature. Often in this case, plants that have enveloping and astringent properties are used. If the acidity is increased, plants are used that can reduce it. Thus, in order to reduce acidity during ambulance, it is necessary to find the following plants: mint( any), tavolga vyazolistnaya. Note that it is better to use peppermint in such cases. The patient can give her just to chew. From infusion and dry mint can be made infusion. In the event that there are no such plants nearby, you can use just a mint chewing gum. Well, if it does not, then you have to manage with drinking soda, but this will give a short-term effect and the attack will begin again.
As first aid for exacerbation of gastritis, far from civilization, it is possible to use leaves of the cactus. They must be very carefully chewed and swallowed( two or three sheets to eat every 2 hours).
If at you the attack of a pain has become aggravated, as the first aid it is necessary to apply the following:
- often to swallow a saliva;
- drink licorice root or you can brew turmeric root powder.
It should be noted that if you managed to provide first aid at a dacha or in other conditions similar to marching ones, and it became easier, you can not stay there, but you need to immediately contact a specialist.