An eructation is the escape of air or gases, as well as the eaten food from the gastrointestinal tract through the mouth. It is more often done involuntarily. As a rule, accompanied by a specific sound and smell.
Causes of eructation can be:
- aerophagia (with belching of air);
- gastroesophageal reflux disease;
- chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer;
- the use of a certain type of food, soda water;
- binge eating;
- physical activity and others.
The causes of permanent or frequent eructations can be covered in various diseases and disorders of the normal functioning of the digestive system, such as:
- inflection of the stomach;
- hernia of the esophageal opening of the diaphragm;
- Stenosis of the stomach;
- violation of peristalsis of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
The cause of burping of rotten eggs, as a rule, is that stagnation of food and its decomposition occurs in the stomach, with the formation of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia. This can occur with stomach cancer, or for example, stenosis of the gatekeeper, resulting from frequent exacerbations of peptic ulcer. Therefore, in case of eructation of rotten eggs, the cause should be established by the doctor. The main thing is not to waste time and ask him for advice as soon as possible.
When belching food reasons can be chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer, both with high acidity, and with a decreased. In the first case, the eructation will be acidic due to the impurity in it of acidic gastric juice. In the second case, the sour taste of the eructation will be due to the fermentation of food in the absence or reduced content in the stomach of gastric juice. The bitter taste of the eructation is caused by an admixture of bile, which can be thrown into the stomach from the duodenum. If the food is in the stomach for a very long time, the fermentation processes can end with decay. In this case, the taste of eructation will be putrefactive.
Some people can be bothered by frequent belching with air. Its causes can be both excessive gas formation in the stomach, and aerophagia, in which a person for some reason swallows the air from the outside. A large amount of gas in the digestive tract can be formed by eating a certain type of food (peas, cabbage, milk). From the outside, air can enter when:
- fast food;
- talking while eating;
- hysterical states;
- the use of carbonated drinks;
- when treated with oxygen cocktails.
Causes of eructations in children
Eating in infants is common. Its reasons are that during the feeding the baby swallows the air, which is especially often when the baby's body is in the wrong position when sucking, because of the irrational shape of the bottle or nipple with artificial feeding. Also, the eructation of milk eaten in young children is due to the weakness of the muscles at the entrance to the stomach, which
Treating belching
First of all, it is necessary to eliminate the causes of eructation. To regulate the intake of food, to rationalize nutrition, to normalize the neuropsychic state, to exclude food, which strengthens gas formation. If the elimination of the causes of eructation does not help, proceed to treatment, which should appoint a doctor after the examination. After all, how many do not take "tablets from advertising", if not treated the underlying disease, for which the eructation is only one of the symptoms, there will be no point. From the traditional medicine can be used beet juice, which reduces acidity, the juice of fresh cabbage, which contributes to the healing of ulcers, plantain and beans, which increase the reduced acidity, etc. Antacids and adsorbents can reduce the existing eructation.