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ACIDITY OF STOMACH
DENOMINATION DFINICIÓN REMARKS YOU CAUSE TREATMENT TO CONSULT EXPLORATIONS TO SEE TO CONSULT

OTHER NAMES

  • Acids ebb,
  • Pirosis,
  • Acidity.

DEFINITION

The stomach acidity is a sensation of intense heat that sometimes is painful. It can appear at level of the breastbone or more above in the gullet or below in proper stomach, usually spreads in all this space from the neck up to the abdomen.

REMARKS

The cause of this acidity is the presence of the secretions of the stomach (very acidic) towards other parts of the digestive system, esophagus, which are not prepared to support this acidity level, for it annoyance gives an intense heat sensation ó.
It can be because the normal acids go on from the stomach to the esophagus, or because there is an acids excess in the stomach.

MORE FREQUENT CAUSES OF THE ACIDITY OF STOMACH

  • Ebb gastroesofágico.
  • Contraction ó spasm esofágico.
  • Hiatus rupture.
  • Acidating medicines or irritativos of the gastric mucous membrane as the aspirin or the antinflamatorios not esteroideos.

CARE AND TREATMENT

  • To avoid the medicines that could be causing the acidity, any time they are not essential. In any case it must consult with his doctor the problem to be able to put the opportune alternatives.
  • In the diet there must be avoided food that could stimulate the secretion of acids of the stomach like the coffee, the alcohol, the tobacco, copious meals and the citric fruits (lemon, orange, grapefruit, etc...).
  • To avoid the ebb it is good not to go to bed or to lie down with food in the stomach.
  • It is recommended not to eat 2 ó 3 hours before going to bed and avoiding the exact garments.
  • The head of the bed one must raise approximately 10 to 12 cm. Also it is necessary to grow thin if it is necessary.

Depending on the causes a suitable treatment will put itself.

WHEN MUST IT CONSULT HIS DOCTOR

When the acidity is accompanied of vomiting especially if blood or black type are of color coffee grounds. If there are dregs or diarrhea of black color. In this case can be serious and it is necessary to consult as soon as possible.

If the acidity is frequent or long or there is a loss of weight, it is necessary to consult the doctor but without urgency.

When it collaborates to difficulty to swallow ó deglutir the food, it is necessary to consult with certain immediateness.

EXPLORATIONS THAT HIS DOCTOR CAN REALIZE TO HIM

To do a study of the causes of the acidity his doctor can realize a case history and then request a few complementary tests as they are:

  • Gastrointestinal radiological study with a transit with barium contrast.
  • Gastroscopia.
  • Study of Helicobacter pilory in blood or in breath.

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Writing: Medical equipment   Update: June, 2009
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