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Common Digestive Problems-Flatulence, Heart Burns, Eructations, Indigestion

August 29, 2008 by Arun Pal Singh · Leave a Comment 

Flatulence

  • Gastric Causes:
  • Aerophagy
  • Neurosis
  • Hiatus hernia
  • Pyloric stenosis
  • Biliary dyspepsia
  • Following vagotomy
  • Food intake
    • Cabbage
    • Cauliflower
    • Peas
    • Beans
  • Intestinal
    • Steatorrhea
    • Intestinal obstruction
    • Malignancy, etc.
  • Systemic diseases
    • Cardiac failure
    • Cirrhosis

Heart Burns

  • Organic lesions
    • Reflux oesophagitis
    • Hiatus hernia
    • Peptic ulcer
  • Functional
    • Faulty dietary habits
    • Addictions
  • Psychogenic
    • Neurosis
    • Repressed emotion

Eructation

  • Faulty dietary habits
    • Aerated water
    • Chewing gum
    • Mouth breathing
  • Addiction
    • Smoking
    • Alcohol
    • Betel nut
    • Paan
  • Gastrointestinal
    • Gastritis
    • Peptic ulcer
    • Hiatus hernia
    • Cholecystitis
    • Stones
    • Irritable bowel syndrome.
  • Psychogenic
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

Indigestion

  • Upper gastrointestinal tract
    • Alcohol
    • Heavy meals
    • Aerophagia
    • Hiatus hernia
    • Gastroesophageal reflux
    • Peptic ulcer disease
    • Ggastritis
    • Drugs
  • Lower gastrointestinal tract
    • Parasites
    • Food intolerance
    • Irritable bowel syndrome
    • Increased intraluminal gas
  • Hepatobiliary
    • Cholecystitis
    • Stones
    • Pancreatitis
    • Splenic flexure syndrome
  • Systemic diseases
    • Uremia,
    • Cardiac failure
    • Tuberculosis
    • Malignancy.
  • Functional

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