Indigestion

Classification according to ICD-10
K30	Functional dyspepsia
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

As Indigestion ( lat. For "dyspepsia"), a disturbance of the normal operation is of the gastrointestinal channel , respectively. It is an indefinite term that includes a wide variety of causes and symptoms.

The causes of indigestion can be infections ( bacteria , viruses , endoparasites ), chronic inflammatory bowel diseases , autoimmune diseases , disorders of motility , changes in the intestinal flora , disorders of the secretion of the glands of the gastrointestinal tract (including liver and pancreas ) and foreign bodies . Psychosomatic illnesses ( irritable bowel syndrome ) can also cause indigestion.

A decrease in the movement of the stomach and a change in the gastric juice is called dyspepsia . Disturbances of the enzymatic digestion are called maldigestion , those of the absorption of nutrients in the intestine are called malabsorption .

Clinically, indigestion usually manifests itself in abdominal pain , nausea and malaise as well as changes in the stool. With a longer duration, there is a lack of nutrients (especially protein , vitamins ) and emaciation .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alphabetical directory for the ICD-10-WHO version 2019, volume 3. German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI), Cologne, 2019, p. 406

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