Stomach Acidity
Stomach acidity preconditions.
Acidity is caused by the two main symptoms dyspepsia and heartburn. The former is the most common symptom, which in rare cases even may not occur. Sometimes there is no pain at all, but only a feeling of nausea or indigestion. On the contrary, heartburn is characterized by a burning pain in the chest behind the sternum. It usually arises after meals, at night on lying down and is relieved when the individual sits up. Commonly speaking, the pain is very closely related to posture. During heartburn regurgitation of the gastric contents may also occur.
Diagnostics and investigations of the stomach acidity
The patient‘s medical history plays a very important role in the diagnosis. A history of family members with ulcers, taking alcohol and smoking, any present and past drug use are very important and useful facts in the definition the disease cause. The symptoms may subside when a trial with acid-blocking medication is given. Such course lasts four weeks and the patient is given the acid-suppressing drugs. If the symptoms continue persisting the further testing is required.
Today‘s medicine use the Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscope to reveal the presence of ulcers. To ascertain Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome it is required to measure blood levels of gastrin. Barium Meal studies are also very important as they reflect active ulcer craters, or deformities and scarring.
whatever i eat turns acidic-sour feeling in the mouth,belching is present.no appetite at all.I am a diabetic for the past 4yrs.This occurs v.often.pl suggest solution.