Antacids side effects: Is it safe to take antacids everyday
❗❗❗ANTACID DANGER ALERT ❗❗❗
ME: Hen Sister SOPHIYYAH, Why are you not FASTING??
SISTER SOPHIE: ewo I have Ulcer jare so I can’t fast.
Me: How did you know you have ulcer and what type of ulcer were you diagnosed of??
Sister Sophie: iiishh!!! Sister Rodhiyah Don come again..which one be what type of ulcer again…se Ulcer get type ni?? And besides I don’t have to be Diagnosed now….I just know all the I feel this heat sensation in my stomach like someone throw hot coal inside so I was told its ulcer definitely!!
Me: Why did the person say its ulcer ?
Sister Sophie: Hen now cos I don’t eat..I don’t eat food so now they say it yaff turn to ulcer.
Me: Toor!!
MY DEAR, YOU MAY PROBABLY NOT NEED THOSE ANTACIDS YOURE POPPING IN LIKE CANDYS!!!
YOU MAY PROBABLY NOT HAVE ULCER SELF!!!
✳ FROM THE WORD ALONE, ANTACID MEANS “AGAINST ACID”. THEY’RE TO TRUNCATE THE SECRETION OF THE STOMACH ACID IN FORM OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID…WHICH IS THE MAIN NATURAL DIGESTIVE ENZYME TO BREAK OUR FOOD ESPECIALLY PROTEINS DOWN.
This SCENARIO is what many are facing today. Many “self acclaimed ” ulcer patients..
✅They jump into the Pharmacy to pick any available Antacid to mask the pain.
✅Majority of these Antacids have Sodium, Magnesium and Aluminium as their ACTIVE INGREDIENTS.
✅IT’S IMPORTANT YOU HAVE PROPER DIAGNOSE BEFORE DOING SELF MEDICATION.
✅MANY OF THESE OVER THE COUNTER ANTACIDS CAN PUT YOUR KIDNEYS IN DANGER!!!
✅SOME ANTACIDS THAT HAVE ALUMINIUM CARBONATEs AS ACTIVE INGREDIENTS CAN DEPLETE YOUR CALCIUM AND GIVE YOU “OSTEOMALACIA” WHERE YOUR BONES BECOME BRITTLE AND WEAK.
✅ITS ALSO WHY YOU SUFFER CONSTIPATION .
ALUMINIUM INTOXICATION WHERE YOU HAVE TOO MUCH ALUMINIUM IN YOUR BLOOD STREAM.
❗KIDNEY STONES
❗HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA….
❗CALCIUM DEFICIENCY
❗REBOUND HYPERACIDITY
❗DIARRHEA DUE TO THE LAXATIVE EFFECT OF MAGNESIUM.
❗KIDNEY AND RENAL FAILURE…ALL THESE ELECTROLYTES WILL BE TOO MUCH FOR KIDNEY TO FILTER.
SPEAK TO A DOCTOR BEFORE YOU EMBARK ON A JOURNEY OF SELF MEDICATION BEFORE YOU CAUSE MORE HARM.
MAKE SURE YOURE DIAGNOSED FIRST TO KNOW THE TYPE OF ULCER YOU HAVE. THEY’RE ALL DIFFERENT AND EVEN OCCUR IN DIFFERENT PLACES NOT JUST STOMACH.
ALLOW DOCTOR PRESCRIBE THE ONE THATS SUITABLE FOR YOU.
❗THERE MAY BE A RISK OF HYPERTENSION WITH SOME ANTACIDS DUE TO THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT SODIUM IN THEM.
NUMEROUS SIDE EFFECTS THAT I MAY NOT MENTION FOR NOW.
PLEASE OOO!!!!
GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE!!!
NOT EATING HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU HAVING ULCER OR NOT.
❗SOME HABITS WE ENGAGE IN THATS MAKING US TRIGGER THE SECRETION OF HCL ACID WILL BE COMMUNICATED LATER..
❗ALSO YOU MAY NOT BE SECRETING ENOUGH TO KILL THE BACTERIA IN THE STOMACH ESPECIALLY THE H. PYLORI.
JUST WORK WITH DOCTORS!!!!
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Rodhiyah Oriyomi Abdulkabir
