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Functional Gastric Disorder - Causes
Last reviewed: 06.07.2025
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The causes of functional stomach disorder are as follows:
- Psycho-emotional stress situations (acute and chronic).
- Alimentary disorders: irregular meal times, changes in diet, overeating, abuse of carbohydrates, coarse plant fiber, spicy foods and foods that irritate the gastric mucosa.
- Food allergy.
- Smoking, alcohol abuse.
- Exogenous factors - high air temperature, high atmospheric pressure, vibration, ionizing radiation, burns, gastrotropic drugs (NSAIDs, glucocorticoids, etc.).
- Diseases of other organs and systems (nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, genitourinary, hematopoietic), as well as diseases of the digestive system (liver, bile ducts, pancreas, intestines).
The indicated etiological factors cause disturbances in the motor and secretory functions of the stomach, gastric blood flow. Disturbances in the function of the gastrointestinal endocrine system may play a certain pathogenetic role.
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