Your food is on the stomach, it feels heavy, you must often have nausea and farmers. You may also suffer from acid reflux. It may be a simple indigestion because you have too much or too heavy eating. If it occurs regularly, you may suffer with dyspepsia. Dyspepsia is a collective term for repeated and persistent complaints of pain and discomfort in the upper abdomen, a feeling of early satiety, bloating, flatulence, belching and nausea. It is more common in adult males and can be aggravated by stress, obesity, smoking and poor eating habits. Usually it is a rather annoying than serious condition. But if after such fortieth your symptoms, if dyspepsia persists more than a few weeks, accompanied by weight loss or other unusual symptoms you should play it safe and consult a physician. It would also be an ulcer or stomach cancer may go.

Complaints

Typical symptoms of dyspepsia are:
• designed or discomfort;
• pain in upper abdomen or chest, often worse by eating;
• Jacks or heard rumbling in the bowels, flatulence;
• bad taste and bad breath;
• little to eat ;
• burning sensation in the stomach,
heartburn after exercise • Sometimes, when bending over or lying down;
• sometimes nausea and vomiting.

Causes

Dyspepsia are many possible causes. About half of the cases can be an exact culprits. We speak of organic dyspepsia. Common causes of organic dyspepsia are: • reflux of stomach acid (reflux) • inflammation of the stomach lining (gastritis) • ulcer of the stomach or duodenum, stomach •, • inflammation of the gallbladder ( cholecystitis) • lactose intolerance (inability to milk and dairy digesting) • disorders of bowel movements (such as irritable bowel syndrome). If no organic defect or obvious cause is found, it is called functional dyspepsia , including idiopathic or non-ulcerative called dyspepsia. often is there a delayed emptying of the stomach. Within a half hour after a meal is usually more than half of the stomach is empty. But some people take longer. It can also be a sensitive stomach: when you eat something, one feels stomach quickly filled in, although there is still rather tired. Some people finally have a less elastic stomach.

Promoting factors

Some living conditions dyspepsia in hand work, such as stress, obesity, smoking and certain foods or eating habits (such as excessive alcohol, fatty foods, raw food …). Also, strong coffee might make some people provoke dyspepsia.
In the beginning of pregnancy can also occur dyspepsia.
Some drugs may provoke dyspepsia. The biggest culprits are iron pills, older types of antidepressants, some sedatives, calcium tablets, antibiotics, aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Treatment

Treatment depends on the underlying cause. Specialized research including a endoscopy is always recommended for dyspepsia associated with the following alarms:
- unexplained weight,
- swallowing disorders (dysphagia)
- repeated vomiting
- abdominal pain with a clearly palpable abdominal mass,
- signs of gastrointestinal bleeding or iron-deficiency.
Also in patients aged 50-55 years with a sudden onset dyspepsia or dyspepsia, prolonged symptoms, it makes sense to inquire further to perform an endoscopy.
If you have previously had a peptic ulcer, it makes sense to take a breath test to test the presence of Helicobacter pylori, the bacterium that stomach ulcers can cause. If no cause is found, one can only try to improve symptoms. If after one or two months does not respond to symptomatic treatment may be necessary to further research in order to do an endoscopy, for example a stomach ulcer or a novice to exclude.

Nutrition Action

It is shown that changes in lifestyle such as smoking cessation, weight loss and reduction of alcohol and coffee consumption have an impact on the symptoms of dyspepsia.
• If your symptoms worsen with alcohol or coffee consumption, it may still make sense to use something back to screws.
• Eat three small meals rather a few snacks and then three big meals a day
• Limit foods that delay gastric emptying, such as fatty foods, vegetables and fiber rich foods like whole wheat bread.

Medicines

• Medicines that control of the stomach stimulate gastric emptying improve as domperidone (Motilium) and metoclopramide (Primperan), complaints may temporarily reduce, but a lasting solution to the problem they are not.
• A temporary treatment with antacids, medicines The acid neutralization, can help.
• If that does not help or if the symptoms are severe, and certainly if the dyspepsia is associated with reflux (acid regurgitation) is treatment with antacids (primarily an H2 antihistamine or possibly a proton pump inhibitor ) for four weeks proposed. Once the symptoms improve, the treatment is reduced or stopped put. For recurrent symptoms, treatment can be repeated (always two to four consecutive weeks).

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