Dyspepsia

The term indigestion is used as a generic term for all possible forms of disorders of digestion, which can be completely different underlying causes. Synonym see the terms Dyspepsia (from the Greek δυσπεψία, Dispepsia, " the maldigestion " ) and the Anglo-American language area dyspepsia in the records.

Symptoms

Typical symptoms are bloating and loss of appetite, bloating, belching, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. In some cases, abdominal pain lead the pupils in medical treatment.

Causes

The range of possible causes is very wide. Indigestion can be generated by all involved in the digestive organs such as the stomach, gallbladder, pancreas and colon.

Among the possible causes for indigestion include, among many other inflammatory bowel disease, gastritis and pancreatic diseases. The general encyclopedia Brockhaus also called "change of the intestinal flora (eg after taking antibiotics ), but also emotional stress " ( quote from ), other possible causes.

Therapy

The therapy is based on the concrete, collected after appropriate diagnostic findings. (→ respective main article)

With regard to the clarification of a trial therapy with proton pump inhibitors for 6 weeks and persist or occur again discomfort is recommended that at least in patients under 45 years, as a cost- effective and safest method subsequent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (endoscopic investigation of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum) to serious diseases such as exclude a gastric or Zwölffingerdarmgesschwür or a carcinoma of the stomach. As general measures and a change of diet to a light food, and sour milk products (especially probiotics ) is recommended.