The World Digestive Health Day is dedicated to spreading awareness about gastrointestinal (G.I.) diseases and to help people make better choices in food habits and living style and decisions about their health.
Gastrointestinal diseases affect your GI tract from mouth to anus. The gastrointestinal tract is the body’s digestive system.
The medical world indicates certain symptoms: constipation, bloating, indigestion, and heartburn, abdominal pain, constant diarrhea, and bloody stool, etc
The upsetting factors may include the following:
A diet low in fiber, lack of exercise, changes in routine, travelling, consuming too much dairy products, stress, resistance to your urge for bowel movements, overuse of antidiarrheal medications, antacid medicines containing calcium and aluminium, iron pills, antidepressants, narcotics, pregnancy, etc.
Certain recommended preventive measures against constipation are: Increase the amount of fiber and water to the diet, regular exercise, not resisting bowel movement urge, fibre contained diet, laxative, etc.
In serious GI problems, always resort to medical advice.