Category stomach health

The natural remedies against gastritis aim on the one hand to reduce gastric secretion, and on the other to protect the stomach mucosa from the aggressiveness of acid juices. Natural antisecretives To this category belong the atropine and scopolamine alkaloids, extracted from the belladonna (leaves of Atropa belladonna ) and considered the parents of the current anticholinergic drugs; these medicines inhibit the interaction of acetylcholine with its muscarinic receptors, placed in the peripheral structures innervated by the parasympathetic nervous system, which exerts a stimulating effect on ga

Generality Hypochloridria is the reduction of the secretory activity of the stomach, with particular reference to the low production of hydrochloric acid. When this deficit turns into total absence of acid inside the gastric juice, we speak instead of achlorhydria . Gatrice juices The acid secretion of the stomach is an excellent defense against germs introduced with food, participates in the digestion of proteins and food in general, and also facilitates the absorption of bivalent and trivalent cations (calcium, zinc, copper, iron, magnesium, selenium, boron) in the intestine

Generality Gastric lymphoma (or gastric MALToma ) is a malignant stomach tumor, which appears due to the uncontrolled proliferation of some cells that make up the lymphoid tissue of the gastric mucosa. According to experts, the infection with Helicobacter Pylori , a bacterium, would play a decisive role in the onset of gastric lymphoma

Generality Stomach pain is a widespread symptom, presumably experienced by the vast majority of the population, on at least one occasion in life. Most of the time, stomach pain is a passing disorder, which regresses spontaneously or with the help of simple behavioral and / or pharmacological interventions; more rarely, on the other hand, it represents the indicator of rather serious pathological conditions, which, contrary to the previous situations, require an appropriate, specific and sometimes immediate medical intervention

Generality Morning sickness is a feeling of discomfort felt in the stomach just a few minutes after waking up. This unpleasant disorder is quite common and can affect people of all ages. The causes of morning sickness are many and of different origins. When presented in a transient way and is of mild intensity, the disorder can be due to bad eating habits, important psychological stress or meals consumed too quickly

PH-metry is a diagnostic test used to monitor the pH of the lumen of the stomach and / or esophagus. The excessive acidity of the gastric contents is in fact implicated in the onset of numerous diseases, such as erosions and ulcerations of the mucous membrane of the stomach. An intraluminal environment with a particularly low pH also favors the appearance of esophageal lesions, especially in the presence of close non-physiological refluxes (abnormal ascent of the gastric contents into the esophagus)

Pyrosis is the term by which doctors identify the unpleasant sensation of discomfort, or burning type (burning) pain, felt behind the sternum with a tendency to irradiate towards the throat (sense of acidity rising). Responsible for this symptomatology is the insult suffered by the esophageal mucosa due to the excessive ascent of the acids contained in the stomach

The hiccups is an unexpected contraction, therefore involuntary and spasmodic, of the diaphragm that is expressed in an inspiration followed by the sudden and noisy closing of the glottis. The impulses responsible for the hiccups usually have gastrointestinal or emotional origins; they are accompanied, for example, by a lavish meal (characteristic is the hiccup of the child after feeding), the habit of ingesting air through food and chewing (aerophagia), digestive disorders (dyspepsia and gastroesophageal reflux) or one scare

Generality The nasogastric tube is a long and flexible tube which, introduced into the stomach starting from the nose, can be used to: the administration of nutrients, the elimination of a certain undesired gastric content (gas, blood, accidentally ingested objects, etc.), gastric lavage, gastric decompression, drug administration lung expansion (is a favoring factor)

Premise In 9 cases out of 10, stomach cancer (or gastric tumor ) is an adenocarcinoma , a malignant tumor that originates from the epithelial cells of the gastric mucosa. This article is therefore mainly devoted to the description of the typical symptoms of gastric adenocarcinoma , the most common type of stomach cancer