Q I work shifts, so my meal times are irregular and I often get by on cup noodles and instant coffee at night. Can I still be treated even if it's hard to change my meal times?
A Irregular meals and irritating late-night snacks are the biggest factors that make stomach lining recovery difficult. Treatment proceeds even if you can't completely change your work schedule, but adjusting within what's possible makes the effect much faster.
Detailed Answer
The stomach lining recovers within a steady meal rhythm. When meal intervals are erratic and irritating foods come in at night, stomach acid attacks an empty stomach or the lining is irritated without rest, and inflammation becomes chronic. Gastritis common among shift workers is usually due to this structure.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
If a perfect meal schedule is hard, we set together small rules you can keep within your work pattern (avoiding coffee on an empty stomach, a simple bowl of porridge instead of instant noodles, etc.). At the same time, we raise the weakened stomach lining's recovery power through Korean medicine to build a stomach that breaks down less in the same environment.
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