Constant belching
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It seems that there is no person who at least once did not encounter such a phenomenon as eructation (removal of gases and undigested food from the pharynx). If such phenomena are rare, then you should not worry - it is physiologically normal and is just a response of the body to a certain stimulus. But if there is a constant eructation, it is worth considering and, turning to the clinic, consult a specialist - in fact it can be a symptom of some disease.
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Causes of constant belching
In the stomach of any person (healthy or suffering from pathological changes) there is always a certain amount of gas, volume, and the content of which directly depends on the patient's age, culinary preferences, lifestyle and pathological changes present in his body. The causes of a constant eructation are quite diverse and are caused by a variety of reasons: •
- Aerophagia - this term indicates excessive ingestion of air during the feeding period. This result can be obtained when a person eats very quickly, talks during meals, overeats, consumes heavily carbonated drinks or smokes. An eructation allows the body to bring out excessively trapped gas.
- You can observe such a reaction of the body, if a person immediately after eating starts to show increased physical activity.
- Failure in the work of peristalsis of the upper parts of the gastrointestinal tract.
- An unbalanced diet consisting of a large amount of food provoking gas evolution: beans, fresh bread, cabbage and many other products.
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease.
- Chronic and ulcerative diseases of the digestive tract.
- Pregnancy, especially the last third trimester of its course. The fetus grows, increasing and the uterus, which gradually begins to press on nearby organs and systems, increasing intra-abdominal pressure.
- Excessive food intake.
- Hernia located in the esophageal aperture of the diaphragm.
- Stenosis of the stomach.
- The state of the psyche is close to hysterics and hysteria itself.
- Excess weight, which in certain positions of the body can clamp the stomach.
- Failure of the fermentation process in the body: both to a smaller and larger side. For example, yeast fungi Candida albicans can provoke such a reaction.
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Symptoms of constant belching
Within certain limits, eructation is a natural physiological process, but if the manifestation of this symptomatology becomes more frequent, then one can safely talk about the emerging pathology. Symptoms of a constant eructation - a periodic independent "outcome" of gas or its output together with "portions" of food through the esophagus and pharynx. By itself, eructation - this is a symptomatology, which can represent a fairly wide range of diseases.
- An eructation may be a factor indicating a malfunction in the normal functioning of the cardia fixation process. The eructation mechanism in this process is not a spasmodic compression of the gastric musculature, but a decrease in the activity of the cardiac sphincter. This manifestation of pathology is inherent in such diseases:
- Dyskinesia - problems with the outflow of bile, obtained due to the lack or weak work of the contractile activity of the muscles of the gallbladder.
- Hernia of the esophageal opening of the diaphragm.
- Lack of cardia.
- Scleroderma of the esophagus.
- Postoperative period (if surgical treatment affected the esophagus and stomach).
- Diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract. An experienced specialist, on the basis of a description of a patient's eructation, is already able to more specifically concretize pathology.
- An eructation with a taste of rotten eggs, speaks of the stagnation of putrefactive processes occurring in the digestive system and leading to the enhanced formation of such chemical elements as ammonia and hydrogen sulphide. This symptomatology can be in case of malignant tumors in the stomach, ulcerative lesions of the digestive system, absence or decreased production of digestive enzymes.
- Sour eructations may indicate a lesion of the stomach, associated with increased production of gastric secretion.
- The pathology of the gallbladder and liver. Practically for any defeat of these organs, there is always a constant eructation.
- If there is a neurophysical aerophagy in a person's anamnesis, the patient himself involuntarily swallows large portions of air, and this process is not tied to food intake. This symptomatology usually intensifies against a background of stressful situations and emotional arousal.
- The defeat of the cardiovascular system - it can be angina pectoris, Udene-Remkheld syndrome, myocardial infarction and some other diseases.
Constant belching of air
Fine education, adherence to the requirements of etiquette, no doubt, ennoble man, but how to behave, if at the most crucial moment can suddenly bring your own organism? Constant eructation of air can not testify to anything, but can talk about a serious disease that affects the body. Therefore, in order to get rid of its constant appearance, it is necessary first of all to determine the cause of the pathology, and then to undergo a course of treatment.
The sudden release of air from the digestive system, accompanied by an unaesthetic "roar" and a fetid odor, can come from two directions:
- The physiological orientation of the eructation is observed after ingestion and is characterized by a small volume of outgoing air. The offensive smell is not observed. Such an eructation is natural and pestering its owner quite rarely, without causing significant discomfort.
- The pathological nature of the eructation is a gas with an unpleasant odor coming out of the stomach. In this case, another symptomatology is added.
Constant belching of air can be associated with the habit of eating very quickly, along with food swallowing the air, talking while eating. Provoke an eructation can be excessive consumption of food, a love for heavily carbonated drinks. At the same time, the liquid is absorbed, and the gas tries to leave the body. In case of overeating, the stomach simply can not cope with such a volume of food, the food starts to stagnate, wander and rot - hence the unpleasant odor of the gases released. Lovers of chewing gum risk getting a malfunction in the functioning of the digestive system, which is capable of provoking an air eructation.
Constant belching of air is often observed in pregnant women in late gestation. At this time the fetus is already large enough and the uterus, also resounding in size, begins to press on the internal organs, including the stomach and the lower part of the pulmonary diaphragm.
But still ignore this deviation is not worth it. The correct solution in this situation will be to consult a doctor for an advisory reception. After all, a constant eructation can also indicate a failure that occurred in the body's work. A loud enough belch can indicate a progression of the diffractive hernia or neurosis of the stomach.
The smell of the eructation is its odor: if the gas yield goes without changing the odor, then there is a trivial ingestion of air, if the smell from the mouth goes fetid, then the pathology can be quite serious, up to malignant neoplasms.
Constant belching of food
An eructation, in which together with the gas to leave and completely or partially digested food, the taste can have a different taste: it can be putrefactive, bitter or sour. A constant eructation of food with a sour taste is observed in patients suffering from ulcer diseases accompanied by high acidity of the constituent stomach caused by hypersecretion of the gastric enzyme, as well as the appearance of a fermentation process due to the absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
If the patient feels a bitter aftertaste in the mouth after a belch, this may indicate that, together with the contents of the stomach, some amount of bile enters the esophagus. An unpleasant putrefaction can arise from a profuse drink, (caused by a large amount of food), and the inability of the stomach to cope with so much food. At the same time, unprocessed foods begin to slowly wander and decompose, secreting hydrogen sulphide and ammonia. Hence the unpleasant rotten smell.
Constant belching after eating
If the eructation occurs after eating and does not cause any discomfort, then this is a common thing, which does not go beyond the norm. And it's only necessary not to rush anywhere and chew food more carefully, without being distracted by other things while eating, to be more attentive to your diet (minimize carbonated drinks and foods that promote increased gas separation). This will be enough to remove the eructation issue. But if the above stimuli are removed, but there is still a constant eructation after eating, then it is necessary, not "putting off a long shelf", to make an appointment with a specialist and undergo a general examination of the body to determine the cause of this symptomatology.
Constant heartburn and belching
The overwhelming percentage of cases when heartburn pierces people, falls on the pathology associated with a malfunction in the work of the gastrointestinal tract, which develops on the basis of increased acidity of gastric secretion. In this case, the substance in the stomach periodically periodically returns back to the esophagus, and even in the throat, while irritating the mucous membrane. After such volley returns, the patient experiences burning sensation in the esophagus and chest, and an unpleasant aftertaste in the mouth. If the patient is tormented constantly by heartburn and belching, then this discomfort is very difficult to endure, and it is not worth it. Such symptomatology is a signal for going to the doctor. Indeed, this combination of manifestations may indicate the presence in the patient's body of diseases such as a stomach ulcer or duodenal ulcer, cholecystitis, gastritis, reflux esophagitis. This combination of symptoms can give a woman and pregnancy.
The constant heartburn and eructation worsens the quality of a person's life, negatively affecting his performance, psychological health. To endure such symptomatology is impossible, especially heartburn. It can cause ulcerative damage to the mucosa of the digestive system, lead to erosion and provoke bleeding.
In the period of gestation, in most cases, the cause of heartburn and eructation is toxicosis, which provokes frequent emetic reflexes. This leads to a constant effect of gastric juice on the mucosa of the esophagus. The second factor provoking the development of this symptomatology is the growth of the uterus, which promotes an increase in intra-abdominal pressure, which leads to incomplete closure of the cardiac sphincter. This allows the contents of the stomach to return unhindered to the esophagus.
Fans of "good food" especially spicy food and carbohydrates in large quantities, experience constant heartburn and belching. If you become upright - it can at least partially help get rid of this symptomatology. To alleviate a little burning, you can drink a solution of soda or eat it a little, without diluting. Such emergency therapy will temporarily relieve the attack, but does not solve the problem. A much more tangible result is the alkaline mineral shungite water. If you drink it regularly, you can get rid of many things that bring discomfort to the patient. But this is still a temporary measure. To once and for all get rid of belching and heartburn, it is necessary to pass the diagnosis and complete treatment of the disease causing them.
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Constant belching and nausea
Any patient suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, always with a strain waiting for autumn and spring. It is during this period that there is an aggravation of these diseases. In these same periods, people are more likely to suffer from cold and viral diseases, and many, in the fight against infection, are intensively using onions and garlic. This is of course a "killer" remedy for the prevention of respiratory diseases, but they seriously damage the mucous membrane. Against the background of all of the above, there may be a constant eructation and nausea, and even heartburn.
People prone to such reactions should pay more attention to their diet and with caution to alternative recipes. Most people think that alternative medicine is absolutely harmless, because they are made on the basis of natural materials, but this is not true. Unthinkingly using such products and, treating one disease, it is possible to provoke the appearance of another pathology. It is able to manifest a constant eructation and nausea and with banal overeating. If this happens rarely - the New Year was celebrated perfectly - then there will not be much harm, but if overeating is already a system, then it is necessary to sound an alarm. After all, in this case, one unpleasant symptomatology in the form of belching and nausea will not get off. This attitude towards food can lead to more serious consequences.
To understand the reason for this symptomatology, it is worthwhile to carefully observe and determine, after what actions the body gives such a reaction. If it is difficult to do this on your own, consult a specialist. Only he can, through examination and additional analysis, restore the entire clinical picture and on its basis will put the correct diagnosis.
Such symptoms can pester a woman during pregnancy. It is physiologically explainable and after delivery should pass independently, unless the woman suffers another provoking pathology.
However, more often these two symptoms are found separately: an eructation without nausea or nausea is not accompanied by an "eruption" of gas. If they are observed in tandem, then, most of all, a person just overeat. You need to eat small portions, but often, without stretching the walls of the stomach.
Constant belching and gases
Every person - who more often, who is less often - periodically experiences unpleasant sensations connected with malfunctions in work of GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT: a constant eructation and gases. Especially this moment is unpleasant when it is in a public place: the psychological discomfort is added to the physical bad state, because even though these are natural processes, they are not publicly expressed.
An eructation is a natural reaction of the body to excessive amounts of gas in the stomach. Gases or, as scientifically called, flatulence is a process of increased gas formation that occurs in the intestine. During the digestion of food, the intestines do not fully cope with their duties, food products (for example, dairy products and fruits) are not completely cleaved, the fermentation process that takes place with gas separation begins. The cause of flatulence can be and the use of strong antibiotics, which adversely affect not only the pathogenic flora of the stomach and intestines, but also inhibit the "right" bacteria necessary for the qualitative processing of food. Hence - dysbiosis with their unpleasant symptoms.
In most cases, the problem of a constant eructation and gas can be solved independently, correcting your lifestyle and diet, but if this symptomatology is accompanied by other unpleasant manifestations, it is still necessary to consult a specialist, allowing him to establish the correct causes of the pathology.
Constant belching in the child
Often mothers observe a belch in their baby, which worries them, and this is correct, because the causes of such pathology can be different. Constant belching in a child, depending on age, can be caused by many sources.
If the baby is not yet a year old, the cause of uncomfortable manifestations is the normal physiologically justified imperfection of the digestive system of the newborn. During the feeding period, a small man, along with the mother's milk, swallow and air, which then exits his body in the form of an eructation. In this case, pediatricians advise that the baby does not vomit, immediately after feeding, hold it for several minutes in an upright position. This will allow air with less cost and loss to leave the body of the child.
Particularly affected are more excitable children. In the process of feeding, they are often distracted from eating to scream, while swallowing more air than ordinary babies. Against the background of a completely unformed gastrointestinal tract, air portions fall not only into the stomach, but reach the intestine. Trying to get out, gas bubbles inflict sharp pains on the baby and lead to spasms of the intestine. This occurs until the moment when the gases naturally leave the child's body. After that he calms down.
If the baby is older, the causes of a constant eructation in the child are somewhat more diverse.
- Children with increased excitability often suffer from eructations, as they usually grab food quickly, while they manage to talk, play and watch cartoons, which in no way contributes to the thorough grinding of food and normal digestion.
- Provoke a belch in a child can and ENT - diseases, pathology of respiratory organs. In this case, the baby is not yet able to adequately control the respiratory process and swallows large volumes of air. It can be:
- Adenoids.
- Tonsillitis with hypertrophic palatine tonsils of a chronic nature.
- Chronic otitis media.
- And others.
- Abundant salivation and swallowing.
- Dental diseases.
- Pathology of the digestive tract, bile duct and liver.
- The cause of a constant eructation in the child can be and congenital pathology of the cardia (a defect in the structure of the muscle that covers the passage between the stomach and esophagus).
Constant belching during pregnancy
These nine months cardinally change the life of a woman and, probably, there is no greater sacrament on earth than the birth of a new person. Although this period must still be experienced after multiple physiological discomfort, but it is worth it. Constant belching during pregnancy in the early stages can be associated with the restructuring of the hormonal status of women. To reduce the amplitude of this symptomatology, you can correct your diet. In a later period, when the baby is gaining weight, the uterus begins to act on neighboring internal organs, creating an increased intra-abdominal pressure. The load starts to increase and on the stomach, which reacts to this by belching, heartburn, bloating.
Another cause of constant eructations in pregnancy is the aggravation of chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In any case, if a woman experiences such discomfort, you need to notify your obstetrician - the gynecologist who is pregnant. After analyzing the patient's complaints and based on the results of her tests, he will determine the cause that causes discomfort in the pregnant woman and correct her nutrition, give recommendations on the lifestyle, or, if necessary, prescribe treatment. The physiological changes that occur in the body of a woman during her period of gestation are capable of exacerbating or revealing diseases that she had never suspected before. Although, the likelihood of curing those diseases that pestered a woman before pregnancy, too, exists.
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Diagnosis of a constant eructation
Recognize eructation is not so difficult, but to determine the cause that causes it is simply necessary. Therefore, the diagnosis of a constant eructation, primarily associated with the analysis of concomitant symptoms. A complete human examination may include:
- General urine analysis.
- Blood test for sugar level (norm in the range from 3.3 to 5.5 mmol / l).
- Obtaining general characteristics of blood: the level of red blood cells and hemoglobin (prevention of iron deficiency anemia). The degree of leukocytes in the blood, indicating the presence or absence of inflammatory processes in the human body.
- Fibrogastroduodenoscopy is one of the most informative modern research methods that allow a gastroenterologist to study the state of the patient's gastrointestinal tract.
- Analysis of the ratio of electrolytes in human blood.
- Ezofagotonokimografii - a method of research that allows you to determine the state of the cardiac sphincter, the level of its working tone.
- The study of plasma for antibodies - the presence of strains of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which provokes stomach ulcers.
- X-ray examination.
- Ezofagofibroskopii - the study of cardia. Her pathology provokes a partial throwing of the contents of the stomach into the esophagus.
- Inside the esophageal pH-metry - the level of acidity is estimated.
- Ultrasound examination of the abdominal cavity organs.
Treatment of constant belching
Only after a complete diagnosis of the body can we talk about therapy and prescribe a permanent eructation treatment. In case the cause of pathological symptoms is related to food, then: •
To eat it is necessary slowly, carefully chewing food and swallowing small portions. The diets are divided into six meals.
- Eliminate excess food intake.
- Do not particularly get involved in the use of chewing gum.
- Exclude heavily carbonated beverages from use.
- Do not use tubules during drinking (give preference to drinking directly from cups and cups), they provoke excessive ingestion of air.
- Eliminate fatty foods and those that cause increased gas production.
- There are also multiple means of alternative medicine that allow you to cope with this problem:
- Mix freshly squeezed aloe and cranberry juices, taking them in half a glass, and dilute with one glass of warm boiled water. Carefully enter a tablespoon of honey. The received drink to drink three times a day throughout the whole week for one tablespoon. Make a two-week break. The course can be repeated. And so alternate. The total duration of treatment can be up to six months.
- Not bad himself showed and the root of elecampane. On a liter of water, enter two tablespoons of well-ground plant and pounce. Let it brew. Take half the glass of broth, before meals, twice a day. The duration of therapy is five to seven days.
- Create a collection: take 15 grams of peppermint leaves, umbrella flower umbrellas, dill seeds, 30 grams of St. John's Wort and 2 grams of leaves of the trilitarian watch. All thoroughly crushed and mixed. Half a liter of boiling water pour two tablespoons of the collection and wait two hours. After that, you can filter the liquid and proceed to reception. Drink one - two tablespoons throughout the day. In this case, you need two glasses of infusion per day. This infusion is an excellent remedy for arresting the increased acidity of gastric secretions, flowing with eructations and problems with stool.
- Half a teaspoon of the crushed dried root of calamus, taken a quarter of an hour before meals, will contribute to the increase of peristalsis.
- If a person normally tolerates goat's milk, then for two to three months it is worth to drink one glass three times throughout the day.
- Take 50 ml of juice of carrots and potatoes. Mix and drink, before you start eating, half the glass of the drink three times throughout the day.
- After eating, it is useful to enjoy a fresh whole carrot or puree from dessert instead of dessert.
- Similarly, take an apple or a mixture of apple and carrots.
- Before meals, you can drink a little clean water with small sips, do not drink food.
Eating is not a disease, but it brings a lot of unpleasant moments to a person, both on a physical level and psychologically. But do not forget that this symptom can be an indicator of the pathological changes taking place in the patient's body and, in order to cure a constant eructation, it is necessary to first diagnose correctly and then undergo a full course of treatment - only a graduate can do this. Only after stopping the cause of eructation, you can get rid of it.
Prevention of constant eructations
So a person is arranged that he can not live outside the society, but this also imposes on him multiple conventions that fall under the rules of etiquette or upbringing. Therefore, certain processes that are naturally-physiological are not customary to exhibit in private. The eructation concerns just such processes, but it pulls behind itself and physical discomfort for the person who can be fraught with a serious pathology. Therefore, the prevention of constant eructations is not only a problem of the physical health of the body, but also the psychological comfort of a person in society.
- If a person suffers a disease, self-medication is not necessary, it will be more correct to make an appointment with a doctor who will determine the cause of the deviation and give further recommendations. If pathology is detected, treatment will be prescribed.
- Sitting at the table, stick to the phrase: "When I eat, I'm deaf and dumb."
- Do not rush anywhere while eating. After all, a thorough chewing food - this is the health of the stomach.
- Do not overeat. This attitude towards food can lead to unpleasant consequences, including eructation.
- It is necessary to limit the use of products that cause increased formation of gases in the digestive system.
- You need to pay more attention to your health and in case when there is another symptomatology besides a constant eructation, it is necessary to call for the help of a doctor.
- It is necessary to get rid of bad habits.
Forecast of constant belching
Constant or rare eructation - this is not pathology, but just an unpleasant symptom, behind which there is a root cause. In any case, the forecast of a constant eructation is unequivocally favorable. After all, if the source of the pathology is the food that the patient eats or the manner in which he does this, it is enough to slightly adjust his diet, as well as the daily regime and attitude to the process of food consumption, so that this problem is exhausted. If a constant eructation is a consequence of some disease, then you just need to treat the disease. The problem is fixed - the symptomatology will also go away.
Sharp allocation of gases from the mouth is not a disease, but you do not want to put up with it either. After all, in addition to unpleasant discomfort at the physical level, a person begins to feel uncomfortable, especially if the process finds him in the circle of strangers. Constant eructation may also indicate deeper health problems. Therefore, in any case, it is not worth to brush aside this state of affairs. Observe your body throughout the day, can most likely establish the cause of eructation, but in any case will not prevent specialist advice. Solving this problem is not so difficult, but it is necessary. After all, you suffer from it not only yourself, but the people around you. Therefore, take care of yourself, be more careful with your health and respect the feelings of others.