Indigestion

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The term digestive disorder is used as a generic term for all possible forms of digestive disorders , which can have completely different causes. Synonymous are the terms dyspepsia (from ancient Greek δυσπεψία dispepsía , "the incorrect digestion ") and in the Anglo-American language area dyspepsia in the written material.

Symptoms

Possible symptoms are bloating and loss of appetite , gas , belching , nausea , vomiting and diarrhea . In some cases, abdominal pain also leads those affected to medical treatment.

causes

The range of possible causes is very wide. Digestive disorders can originate from all organs involved in digestion, such as the stomach , gallbladder , pancreas and large intestine .

Possible causes of indigestion include inflammatory bowel disease , gastric mucosal inflammation, and pancreatic disease , among many others . The Brockhaus general dictionary also names "changes in the intestinal flora (e.g. after taking antibiotics ), but also emotional stress" (quotation from) as further possible causes.

therapy

The therapy is based on the specific findings obtained after appropriate diagnostics. (see respective main article) As general measures, a change in diet to a light whole food and sour milk products (especially probiotics ) are recommended.

In the event of persistent or recurring symptoms, further diagnosis by esophagogastroduodenoscopy ( endoscopic examination of the esophagus , stomach and duodenum ) is useful in order to rule out serious diseases such as gastric or duodenal ulcer or carcinoma .

See also

Web links

Wiktionary: Dyspepsia  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e indigestion . ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Brockhaus-online @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brockhaus.de
  2. ^ Functional dyspepsia . (PDF) meduni-graz.at; Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  3. a b B. Spiegel u. a .: Dyspepsia management in primary care. In: Gastroenterology , 2002, p. 122, pp. 1270-1285. gidiv.ucsf.edu ( Memento of the original dated September 3, 2006 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 22, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / gidiv.ucsf.edu