Women more often suffer from digestive disorders

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Women more often suffer from digestive disorders
Women more often suffer from digestive disorders
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Dyspepsia is associated with symptoms related to digestive disorders under the influence of various organic and functional factors. Approximately 20-30% of people, most often in active age (17-35 years) suffer from a digestive disorder. It has been established that dyspepsia occurs 1.5 times more often in women than in men, explained Dr. Tomova from the Gastroenterology Clinic of the Medical Academy-Sofia.

Dyspepsia can be functional and organic. Organic dyspepsia occurs on the basis of a disease of the gastrointestinal tract (ulcer disease, gastritis, gastrointestinal tumors, inflammatory diseases of the hepatobiliary system - for example, pancreatitis, gallstone disease).

In functional dyspepsia, a disturbance in the digestion process is observed against the background of the absence of organic damage to the gastrointestinal tract. Most often, functional dyspepsia is associated with psycho-emotional tension, stress.

In case of dyspepsia, the patient reports the following complaints - heartburn, burning behind the sternum, belching, increased flatulence, intestinal rumbling, diarrhea, bitter taste in the mouth, general fatigue, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, bad mood. Along with the characteristic complaints of dyspepsia, there are also "alarming symptoms".

These are dyspepsia, which appeared for the first time at the age of 55, bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract, difficult and painful swallowing, progressive weight loss, prolonged and persistent vomiting, iron deficiency anemia, loss of appetite, severe pain in abdomen, alternating constipation with diarrheal stools. The presence of alarming symptoms of dyspepsia are often precursors of gastrointestinal cancer. In the presence of these symptoms, it is mandatory for the patient to be consulted by a doctor with a view to timely diagnosis and subsequent adequate treatment.

The diagnosis of "dyspepsia" is made by a gastroenterologist. Differentiation of organic from functional dyspepsia is carried out after a complete physical examination of the patient and exclusion of pathology from the gastrointestinal tract. Making a diagnosis is a complex and multi-component process. It includes a complete physical examination, blood and biochemical tests, X-ray examination of the gastrointestinal tract, esophagoduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, proof of Helicobacter pylori (histological, fecal test), test for occult bleeding. The goal of treatment is to achieve a cure or remission of the disease that caused the indigestion.

There are several directions of treatment:

changes in food and movement regime - increased movement activity, dietary nutrition, giving up cigarettes, alcohol, fatty, spicy food. It is recommended that patients eat more often and with smaller amounts of food

medical treatment - antisecretory drugs, antacids, prokinetics, eradication therapy are used in the presence of H.pylori. In patients with functional dyspepsia, antidepressants, psychotherapy sessions can be used

alternative methods - treatment with herbal preparations, acupuncture, etc

In the presence of organic dyspepsia, the diagnosis and treatment of the disease leads to a reduction of symptoms. In functional dyspepsia, reducing stress leads to a reduction or disappearance of symptoms

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