Eating food

The principle of eructation, including the eructation of food, is, in essence, very simple.

If a person can not restrain a belch at the table, and especially in the company of other people who share a meal with him, this certainly characterizes him in front of them not from the best side. However, the very essence of such cases lies not only in the violation of the rules of etiquette. Or rather, not only, but rather, not so much that can be considered a sign of bad taste and tactlessness, but rather that the eructation is capable of signaling the presence of various disorders of the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.

With a reduction in the stomach and an open cardiac valve protruding as a sphincter between the stomach and esophagus, a certain amount of the contents moves to the oral cavity. That is, this eructation is a phenomenon of insignificant vomiting that occurs without effort and often against the backdrop of the process of expulsion from the stomach of excess air that can appear there after eating.

Based on the peculiarities of that eructation that takes place, it becomes possible to determine for what reason it is provoked, and what disorders in the processes occurring in the body cause it. So belching, which has a sour taste, accompanies the fact that a stomach with a high content of gastric juice is formed in the stomach. A strongly expressed acidic eructation may indicate that there is increased acidity or in insufficient amounts of hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice. A bitter eructation appears as a consequence of the fact that bile enters the stomach from the duodenum. The rotten putrefaction causes decomposition of food during its long existence in conditions of reduced acidity, which can take place in the stomach, where, as a result, a stagnant process occurs. This kind of eructation is also able to act as a sign of developing ulcers and stomach cancer.

An eructation of food, when it becomes systematic, requires compulsory medical advice and a survey to determine the objective causes of this phenomenon.

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Causes of burping food

As such, belching is a fairly common phenomenon associated with the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract and in a healthy state of the body.

The eruption is caused by physiological movements inherent peristalsis, which is accompanied by an increase in pressure in the stomach and a simultaneous weakening of the sphincter between the stomach and esophagus. The result is that some part of the air that gets into the stomach during food intake rushes towards the oral cavity. In some cases, a certain amount of food eaten earlier may also be involved in this process, which acts as a cause of belching food.

Eating belly or having its odor can arise as a result of slowing the transport of stomach contents into the duodenum. You can talk about this on the basis of the fact that the appearance of such eructations is noted even after 8 or more hours after eating.

Prerequisites for the emergence of burping food is also the following. When a person actively communicates during a meal, absorbs food in a hurry, not chewed enough, or is in a strong emotionally charged state, he is inclined to swallow the air together with food. Subsequently, the stomach gets rid of the resulting excessive pressure in it by eructation. And if it is extremely full as a result of overeating and intemperance of a person in food, this does not exclude the possibility that, together with air in the oral cavity, there may be some amount of gastric contents.

However, not only those factors that are relevant are related to the way in which food is taken, how a person eats, but also what foods take place in the diet. In particular, the excessive use of strong-carbonated drinks, ice cream, milk, onions, cabbage, beans leads to an increase in gas-forming processes in the stomach.

The causes of belching can be very different, and although such a phenomenon does not itself cause any fear, nevertheless, if such cases become more frequent, it can become a harbinger of such serious problems as the development of pancreatitis, gastritis, gastroduodenitis, gallbladder lesions, hernia of the esophagus and ulcers.

Symptoms of burping food

When belching healthy people, along with air from the stomach, together with a part of the air that has accumulated there after eating food into the esophagus and further into the oral cavity, a small part of the food eaten recently can get. The eructation itself is a completely natural physiological process inherent in the human body. It is another matter that the contents of the stomach in the company during eructation in some cases may turn out to be in the amount of those approaching such an eructation to being referred to the category of vomiting.

Symptoms of burping food often occur after a person is too hearty and ate a lot. Especially if accompanied by the process of absorbing food by washing it with strong-carbonated drinks, resulting in an increased content of gases in the stomach. Associated with this characteristic symptom is the appearance of bloating. In addition, abdominal pain may occur, constipation may appear or vice versa, diarrhea with flatulence. Frequent companions become nausea along with vomiting, or each of these manifestations can take place separately. In addition, a person may suffer from heartburn.

Thus, the totality of the indicated manifestations characterizes the symptoms of burping food, but on the other hand, and in turn it is able to act as one of the characteristic phenomena in gastric, hepatic diseases, gallbladder diseases, and disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.

Constant belching of food

Since belching is by and large an integral aspect of the functioning of the human body, it is first necessary to understand when it can be considered not to go beyond the state that is seen as the norm, and in which cases it is said that it occurs with an abnormally high frequency. In a healthy state of the body after eating, the eructation happens as a rule about 4 times. When this number reaches a value exceeding this value, it may indicate a certain pathology.

The constant belching of food with a reflex character in many cases accompanies the course of many diseases of internal organs, including diseases of the stomach, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, liver and gallbladder. The high regularity of the spontaneously arising processes of expulsion of air from the stomach together with a certain amount of food can be caused by the existing disorders of the function of closing the sphincter of the separating stomach from the esophagus. This can take place as the consequences of the performed surgery on the gastrointestinal tract, and in addition, if there is a hernia in the diaphragm area.

Constant eructation often provokes neuropathy in its autonomous form, in which there is a lesion of the nerves providing the innervation of the digestive tract. As a result, the progress of food in the esophagus, and further in the stomach and along the intestine, is uneven, since the rhythm of muscle contractions is disturbed. The consequence of this is that the evacuation of contents is delayed, and prerequisites for the development of reflux are created.

The constant eructation by eating is mainly a reflection of the negative processes occurring in the body in the internal organs associated with the functions of digestion. Therefore, to cure this eructation, it is first necessary to take measures against the underlying disease causing it.

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Diagnosis of burping food

Diagnosis of burping food is carried out on the basis of a careful study of an anamnesis of a person who has applied for medical help on this matter. In the course of a consultation with a medical professional, he or she will be updated on how long the patient has noticed her initial appearance, how often such a belch occurs, at what time interval after eating, how long it takes to manifest it, how long it usually lasts.

In the process of establishing the diagnosis, it is required either to ascertain or exclude the presence of gastrointestinal diseases by gastritis, cholecystitis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer.

Mandatory laboratory testing is required. A person is referred to a clinical blood test, as well as biochemistry. There is a feces for the possible detection of hidden blood in it. It is also necessary to conduct a coprogram.

Diagnostic measures are expedient by means of instrumental research methods. They are performed with the use of ultrasound diagnosis, colonoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, diagnosis of respiration in order to identify or disprove the presence of Helicobacter pylori. In addition, the amount of stomach acid produced is tested.

Diagnosis of burping food allows, based on the results of the necessary necessary studies and analyzes, to develop a plan for rational treatment of the underlying disease, which is the main cause causing involuntary regurgitation of food. By itself, proper eructation in any special treatment does not need.

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Treatment of burping food

Treatment of burping food is selected taking into account those specific factors of the patient's body condition that they cause the occurrence of such a phenomenon. It is possible that, as a result of all the required diagnostic measures taken, with all justification, it becomes possible to exclude from the number of probable causes the presence, anyway, of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Treatment in this case more and more reduces to recommendations for the patient to puzzle the question of the correct approach to the organization of his diet. It is necessary to strictly follow the received medical corrective prescriptions concerning the necessary diet. To take food is required in small portions and the food must be thoroughly chewed. Care should be taken to ensure that the diet is balanced in terms of the content of all vitamins and microelements necessary for the normal life of the human body.

As for those cases in which it can be stated with full certainty that the eructation of food is caused by a gastrointestinal disease, then the vector of targeted medical treatment should be directed primarily against this disease. Stopping the negative progress of its development, it will be possible to get rid of burping food.

The treatment of burping with food, as is evident from all that we have examined, presupposes a comprehensive approach, including the treatment of its main provoking disease, and the organization of a proper diet that contributes to reducing the risk of its occurrence in the future.

How to get rid of burping food?

It is compulsory to seek medical help when it lasts with a large number of repetitions for an hour not less than five days. This may indicate the presence of a certain pathology in the body and requires a person's examination to establish a diagnosis and start treatment of the underlying disease as its main cause.

A belching meal happens sporadically, and has no place to be regularly on a regular basis, does not necessitate any special treatment. Mostly, its occurrence is due to irrational approach to the issue of proper nutrition.

There are a number of practical recommendations that can be useful in how to get rid of burping food.

The fundamental principle here is the principle of excluding those foods whose digestion in the stomach requires a long time. It is also recommended to limit consumption of strong-carbonated beverages, beer, oxygen cocktails. Diet should be built on the principles of fractional nutrition, adhering to which you need to eat a small portion of food up to five times throughout the day.

In addition, an indispensable condition in the fight against eructation is the proper process of eating, during which you should not rush, but thoroughly chew everything.

In food, you must always observe moderation, avoiding overeating. And experiencing the consequences of any stressful situations, in a state of nervous tension, it is better to postpone the meal until you can restore calm and peace of mind. And while eating, try to refrain from talking at the table.

How to get rid of burping food can also be understood if by eliminating certain foods and food come to an understanding in which the main reason for such an individual reaction of the organism manifests itself as a burp.

Prevention of burping food

Prevention of burping food is reduced to a number of relevant rules and principles, the following of which contributes to reducing the probability of encountering this quite unpleasant phenomenon. Thus, the guide to action in this matter implies the following.

The first step is to abandon the products that lead to increased formation of gases in the stomach.

The urgency of the eructation problem can be reduced as the disease recedes in the course of the timely begun treatment of various gastrointestinal tract causing them. After all, such eructations often appear against the background of inflammatory processes in the stomach - gastritis, in the gall bladder (cholecystitis), with gastric ulcers and peptic ulcer of the duodenum. Successful cure of these lesions of the digestive system in the human body prevents the very possibility of the appearance of belching in connection with them. Medical measures aimed at curing hernia in the diaphragmatic area are also a positive preventive factor from belching food, because of hernia disruption of the sphincter separating the esophagus and stomach, so that food from the stomach can move to the oral cavity.

And, of course, we should not overlook and emphasize once again that the best prevention against many diseases is a healthy lifestyle, moderation in food, quitting smoking and drinking alcohol only in reasonable quantities. Preventing belching food here is no exception.

Forecast of burping food

The forecast of belching food is determined by the degree of effectiveness of the applied measures of a medical nature with a certain disease of the digestive system, the course of which it accompanies. Belching, in fact, being no more than a characteristic symptom, is not able to lead to an improvement or deterioration of the state, causing a tendency to positive or negative changes in the course of the course of the underlying disease.

Nevertheless, this should in no way inspire confidence that it is possible to neglect the therapeutic and preventive measures taken to prevent the development of diseases in which there may be a belching of food.