How to know the acidity of the stomach
How to know the acidity of the stomach
The digestive process occurs whenthe direct participation of gastric juice, which consists of hydrochloric acid, enzymes and a number of other substances necessary for the breakdown of food. In addition, it contains mucus, which protects the walls stomach from the effects of acid. However, some diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, nervous and endocrine systems can change its composition and cause an increased or decreased it acidity.
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With reduced acidity of gastric juiceeach meal is accompanied by a prolonged sense of heaviness in the stomach. This sensation is associated with a weak digestive process due to inadequate production of hydrochloric acid, the components of which digest food. Since gastric juice has a bactericidal (disinfecting) effect, its reduced production leads to seeding of the contents stomach bacteria that come with food, which causes fermentation, putrefaction and is manifested by a faint belch and nausea.
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Penetrating into a state of fermentation in the intestines, foodmasses disrupt its microflora, and cause dyspeptic disorders - diarrhea, flatulence, rumbling and swelling of the intestine. Against the background of low acidity of gastric juice, due to insufficient absorption of all necessary substances from food, avitaminosis often develops. Also, due to a decrease in the level of a specific substance in the gastric juice - the internal factor of the Castle, responsible for the absorption of vitamin B12, with the participation of which the red blood cells mature, a severe form of anemia can arise.
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Increased acidity manifests other signs. High content of hydrochloric acid causes damage to the mucosa walls stomach. The ulcerated surface reacts rather painfully to the arrival of food, so each meal is accompanied by a sharp pain.
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A characteristic feature of increased aciditygastric juice is heartburn - burning pain along the esophagus, as well as sour eructations, constipation, in rare cases, vomiting with an admixture of mucus, gastric juice and bile. Increased secretion often causes hunger spasms (pains on an empty stomach), as the acid begins to erode mucous membranes and walls stomach. Often, enhanced production of hydrochloric acid leads to peptic ulcer disease.
