Are you particularly nervous for no apparent logical reason? Or is the work not going well? Is there a crisis with the partner or with the children? Do you drink an extra alcohol, eat in a disorderly way and smoke a lot, deluding yourself to get away from thoughts, stress and bad moods? You are a possible candidate for gastroesophageal reflux. What exactly is it caused by? And how to prevent it from becoming a problem?
The Advice meanwhile, better plans to live with greater availability to believe that trouble happens a all and not only to us, which is only one matter of time and what a bad time it will end soon, but if the gastroesophageal reflux now manifests itself with a certain frequency, it is however a disturbance from to solve.
What is gastroesophageal reflux
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If you complain one indigestion, if you feel with your stomach full after nibbled the most skimpy of the panini, think about taking a appointment with the doctor of family in a lot of times quick.
“All ailments, which within certain limits are physiological I know caused from a slight indigestion or from a meal abundant, they become pathological if you add others inconvenience disabling, like cramps O burning stomach, bad breath, hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, dry cough and persistent, not to mention that odd sensation to have a foreign body in the throat. It could be consequences reflux gastroesophageal “,
explains Ettore Vallarino, gastroenterologist at hospital Galliera of Genoa.
Gastroesophageal reflux: why does it occur?
“This disorder is caused by an incontinence of the valve between the esophagus and stomach, which normally remains closed between one swallowing and the other. The valve has the task of to prevent than the gastric contents ebb into the esophagus, which is a kind of Street one-way with the task of Push in the stomach what we swallow. Sometimes in the tunnel (made of muscle tissue) it may happen that i gastric juices proceed “In the wrong direction” e date back into the esophagus, causing that fire we call stomach ache (o pirosi) ”.
Not to risk remain a victim of the disease from reflux, that interests 4 out of 10 people, according to prof. Vallarino there is a number of rules to put into practice, before to pass on hiring of opportune medications. Here’s what to do not to aggravate the inconveniences:
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- Stop smoking: nicotine weakens the lower section esophagus.
- Don’t drink large amounts of water before bed: fats come to flaws and stop before the mouth stomach.
- Lie down on your left side: for the conformation of the stomach, reflux will be less facilitated.
- Avoid chewing gum and hard candies: already the mere fact of to graze a long between the teeth the food, increases the amount of aria that risk, responsible for the emission of air from the mouth.
- Don’t lie down immediately after eating: it favors it shift to the top of food.
- Avoid snacks and late-night snacks: not to digest during the sleep.
- Avoid tight clothing: in order not to hinder the functions digestive.
“The stomach is the first stop that alcohol does before getting to terminus. The more you have it stomach full and less alcohol go to the stop next. The consequence is that of stimulate the production of hydrochloric acid, that irritates or even a “corrode” the walls of the stomach “,
explains Vallarino.
- Don’t eat citrus, oranges, grapefruit, pineapple, but also food spicy, spices, tomato, chocolate, thick and creamy soups or broths, food from fast food.
- Avoid physical activity that involves forward bending immediately after eating.
- Avoid using the hot water bottle: in the face of abdominal pain acute, put heat on the area gets worse inflammation.
- Avoid heavy meals and hard to digest will be.
- Lose weight if you have a few extra pounds: the extra fat you have on the abdomen, pushes gastric juices upward.
- Sleep with your back and head raised a few centimeters: gravity will give you a hand to hold on if i juices in the stomach.
- Prefer low-fat milk or dairy products with 1-2% fat.