Some people will feel sour if they eat too much or drink alcohol. Even some people turn sour when they eat sweet potatoes, noodles and other foods.
I feel that the things in my stomach are sour and sour, and they go up in bursts until my throat or even my mouth, which is especially uncomfortable.
Acid reversion is when someone breaks the rules and goes backwards on a one-way street.
Under normal circumstances, when eating, the food passes through the esophagus and reaches the cardia, the junction between the stomach and esophagus.
The cardia is like a one-way gate. Under normal circumstances, food knocks on the cardia from this side of the esophagus and says, “I want to go in. The cardia is identified and opened for release.”
But if food or gastric acid says to it from the stomach side: I want to go out. The cardia will close the door and tell them without hesitation: this is the entrance, not the exit!
However, some restless elements do not give in and are determined to rush hard. They also incite more gastric acid to rush hard.
At first, the cardiac will strengthen the closing of the door, but the force is weak. The cardiac will be squeezed open by a slit. As more and more gastric acid and food rush past, the slit will become bigger and bigger, and the result will be acid regurgitation.
Will acid regurgitation have what’s influence?
Gastric acid and food occasionally revolt, adults will not take a large number of cardia to heart, still will conscientiously check, some small damage on the door (lighter gastritis), it will silently repair.
However, if gastric acid is agitated for a long time, Cardia will eventually be unable to cope, the damage is too big to repair, want to close all can’t close. Without stop, gastric acid more unruly, all the way up, along the way still in the esophagus and even throat [record], also caused esophagitis and pharyngolaryngitis. Therefore, sometimes long-term chronic pharyngolaryngitis or cough, the doctor will let go to the digestive department for examination.
At first, the repair troops of the human body were able to do a good job and repair the minor damages of the cardia and esophagus. However, gastric acid has been reacting for a long time, and the repair troops are too busy to repair it. As the damage gets bigger and bigger, large pits (ulcers) will appear.
Sometimes I even make mistakes in my busy work and get the wrong materials. These materials are extremely difficult. When they are supplied with blood, they will grow slowly by themselves and eventually become the tumor that everyone is afraid of.
What problems will cause acid regurgitation?
1. The biggest problem is that life is not self-disciplined,
For example:
(1) Overeating
In an instant, the stomach should be filled with food. To digest so much food, of course, more gastric acid is needed. However, the space in the stomach is limited. This is not to force the government to revolt against the people and let them rush at the door.
(2) Smoking and drinking, eating chocolate and fried chicken nuggets
These let a person cool, relax, cardia will relax; But as soon as it relaxes, gastric acid will flow back again.
(3) Lie down after meals and eat before going to bed
These habits will slow down the stomach movement, and the food will stay in the stomach for a long time, which will increase the secretion of gastric acid.
2. Without these bad habits
Some people eat foods rich in starch or oil, such as sweet potatoes, noodles, butter, etc., which are easy to stimulate gastric acid secretion and difficult to digest if they eat too much.
There are also some people whose gastric acid is impulsive and irritable, and whose cardia is sensitive and fragile. Therefore, a little stimulation will give them a feeling of acid regurgitation.
3. Gastroesophageal reflux disease and other diseases
In addition to life is not self-discipline, there are also some real diseases, will cause acid reflux, mainly gastroesophageal reflux disease. This disease is mainly because the cardia is not to force, the door is lax. Got this disease, typical symptoms are acid reflux, heartburn, generally do not need to do gastroscopy.
Other diseases, such as gastric ulcer, eosinophilic esophagitis, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, etc., also have acid regurgitation symptoms, which may need to be diagnosed by gastroscopy.
What’s situation requires gastroscopy?
Generally speaking, gastroscopy is recommended if there are any of the following conditions besides acid regurgitation:
- Dysphagia, dysphagia, chronic recurrent cough, Recurrent bronchial symptoms, aspiration pneumonia and other vomiting blood, or pull out the stool is black persistent pain often has nausea, vomiting does not deliberately diet to lose weight, but people are getting thinner and thinner lymph node swelling belly has a lump 45 ~ 55 years old people, before all good, have sudden uncomfortable symptoms at home someone has had esophageal cancer or gastric cancer
How should acid regurgitation be treated?
1. Better lifestyles
Because the biggest reason for acid regurgitation is that life is not self-disciplined, the most important thing to improve acid regurgitation is to improve the lifestyle. Avoid overeating and eating before going to bed.
Step 2 Raise the head of the bed when you sleep
Raising the head of the bed by 15 ~ 20cm is a simple and effective method, which can increase the difficulty of gastric acid climbing and reduce reflux by gravity during sleep. The anti-gastroesophageal reflux pillow pad on X Bao uses this principle.
3. Proper control of diet varieties
Diet, quit smoking and drinking, fat, chocolate, tea, coffee and other foods should be properly limited; Sensitive friends should also reduce their intake of sweets and starch-rich foods.
Step 4 Ask for help from a doctor
Some friends have obvious and repeated symptoms, which cannot be well controlled by improving their lifestyle. At this time, they need to seek the help of a doctor and take some medicine under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.
Most people will soon get better, and a small number of people need surgical treatment because of their own conditions, such as esophageal hiatal hernia, too loose cardiac muscles, etc., and the symptoms are repeated and serious.
5. Adhere to good living habits when taking drugs.
Many patients’ friends may have some improvement in their symptoms during the medication process, but they will immediately reduce or even stop the medication to restore their [romantic and happy] state. It is easy to see symptoms repeat again and again. After a long time, the cardia will no longer be faithful to its duties, and the master will not restrain himself. Why do subordinates repeatedly resist the enemy?
These people may need to take drugs for a long time to control their symptoms. None of us want to do this. So the key is not to [do] (zu).
If you want to have no acid regurgitation, friends, you still need to improve and maintain good living habits and help the cardia to close well, instead of being an accomplice to gastric acid!