Also, hydrochloric acid kills pathogenic microflora sensitive to acid that enters the stomach with food, which is a natural barrier to pathogenic bacteria and microbes.
However, many modern people develop deviations in the production of the amount of gastric juice, which leads to various deviations in digestion and is one of the main reasons for the appearance and exacerbation of hemorrhoids.
The theory of hyperacidity and hypoacidity of the stomach is generally accepted. Everything is simple here: if the stomach secretes too much gastric juice, then this is increased acidity. Conversely, if the stomach secretes little hydrochloric acid, then this is a low acidity of the stomach.
Symptoms of hyperacidity according to the qualifications of modern medicine: heartburn, burning in the chest and throat, sour belching and It's a dull pain, which disappears after eating, but reappears on an empty stomach, as well as digestive disorders - diarrhea, constipation, bloating.
Symptoms of low acidity: heartburn, putrid breath, diarrhea, increased gas formation, bloating, rumbling in the intestines.
If you carefully compare the symptoms of increased and decreased acidity, you will note their similarity. Heartburn, diarrhea, bloating appear with both increased and decreased acidity of the stomach.
And here I have been tormented by a vague doubt for a long time. Why such a similarity? After all, it should be just the opposite.
The cause of heartburn with high acidity: the reflux of acidic contents from the stomach into the esophagus, which leads to a chemical burn, which a person feels like a burning sensation. But then the question arises: what is thrown at low acidity?
After all, hydrochloric acid is not enough and it can not be thrown into the esophagus. Despite this, many patients with insufficient secretion of hydrochloric acid suffer from heartburn. This is not clear to me!
Diarrhea (diarrhea): with a lack of gastric juice, proteins are not digested, and pancreatic juice is also secreted in insufficient quantities, since the pancreas and stomach are interconnected.
Due to the putrefaction of undigested proteins or the fermentation of carbohydrates in the intestine, diarrhea begins. The body is just in a hurry to get rid of these poisons. But this should manifest itself only with a lack of gastric juice. With an excess of pepsins and hydrochloric acid, meat food should be perfectly digested. And there should be no diarrhea. However, this is not the case.
Persons with high acidity suffer from diarrhea. Of course, it all depends on the nature of your diet, as well as on the existing diseases of the pancreas or liver and gallbladder. After all, we don’t eat pure meat, but mix it with carbohydrates: potatoes, vermicelli, porridge, and also add vegetables.
But while conducting anonymous surveys of individuals with hyperacidity, I did not notice a direct connection between diarrhea and hyperacidity. Although finding people with a stomach problem that does not affect the pancreas and gallbladder is not so easy.
The next symptom: increased gas formation, flatulence, bloating. If not enough gastric juice is secreted, then everything is clear. Food is not fully digested. In the undigested lump of food, fermentative bacteria multiply, which, during their life, emit various gases, which leads to the indicated symptoms.
But what if it's acidic? There is enough of both gastric and pancreatic juice. Everything should be perfectly digested. There should be no excess gases. However, it is not.
In general, there is a clear discrepancy between the theoretical postulates and the practical symptoms of patients with deviations in the acidity of the stomach. I understand that digestion is quite difficult.
Hundreds of prescription diets, hundreds of techniques proper nutrition that contradict each other. Try to figure it out here. Gastroenterologists can't figure it out. Or maybe they don't want to understand.
Why puzzle over what's going on in your intestines and stomach. Deal with nutrition and diet of dishes, study your analyzes. It's easier to prescribe some medicine. And goodbye.
In the process of studying this problem, I am increasingly inclined towards an alternative explanation for acidity deviations in humans. I have not yet completely switched to this theory, but as they say, in the process. I collect material, consult patients, draw my own conclusions.
An alternative theory is this: there is no hyperacidity of the stomach, only low. Here the question immediately arises: what is thrown into the esophagus during heartburn?
There is an answer to this question. Have you ever heard of the "caustic alkaline damage" theory? It's all because of the small bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which lives in the stomach. In order not to die from exposure to hydrochloric acid, it releases "residual" ammonia.
The more of this bacterium, the more ammonia is released, which accumulates at the top of the stomach cavity. And then the chemistry begins. Ammonia at high pressure forms ammonium hydroxide, which is caustic.
Ammonium hydroxide is injected into the esophagus, which leads to alkaline irritation, which is felt as heartburn.
If you ate sour fruits and vegetables that contain natural acids that increase the overall acidity of the stomach, then the Helicobacter pylori bacterium for protection, as well as the decomposition of this fiber, releases more ammonia, which leads to the reflux of ammonium hydroxide into the esophagus and heartburn.
Therefore, people with low acidity in the presence of this bacterium cannot eat acidic fruits and vegetables. When taking spicy, fried, salty foods, the release of hydrochloric acid in the stomach also increases. Result: The bacterium releases more ammonia to protect itself, leading to heartburn.
But this is only the first half of the alternative theory. The second half is the answer to the question: where does hydrochloric acid go? The answer is simple: it is absorbed into the blood. The formula for hydrochloric acid is HCL, i.e. It is a solution of hydrogen chloride in water.
According to an alternative theory, chlorine is the body's natural cleaner. It kills pathogenic cells, viruses, bacteria, tumors, growths, etc. The presence of chlorine explains the therapeutic effect of saline, the formula of which is NaCl.
Indeed, all seriously ill doctors immediately put droppers with saline. And you all know perfectly well that saline has brought many patients back to life. According to this theory, on the contrary, it is necessary to increase the production of hydrochloric acid, which is the body's natural defense against all diseases.
To determine your stomach acidity according to the basic theory, just eat an orange, tangerine or drink sour juice: cranberry, pomegranate, citrus. If after that you experience discomfort in the stomach: pain, heartburn, then you have an increased acidity of the stomach. If after drinking acidic fruits or juices, on the contrary, your intestines have begun to work, then the acidity is low.
And according to an alternative theory, there is nothing to determine: you have low acidity anyway.
In any case, with deviations in the secretion of gastric juice, you need to switch to 5-6 meals a day, eat more often, but little by little. This solution fits both theories. Here such problem exists.
Leave your opinion on this in the comments. Which theory of acidity do you like best? Share your practice and reasoning right now. I really appreciate your opinion on this matter!
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That's right, the stomach and esophagus are interconnected, acid (heartburn) burns everything inside. The duodenum also suffers, because. when the gallbladder is removed, bile is incorrectly thrown into the stomach, burns the walls ... fills the esophagus ... the liver suffers .... hylacbacterium sits in the stomach and doctors can’t find a solution in any way - how to cure and remove this microbe from the human body ... .
A very strong article. Everything is lined up. The main conclusion is frequent meals. After 18.00 - no food should be in the stomach. Potassium - 2-3% - norm - sodium 6-8%. No diets. There are no allowed and prohibited products. The norm of food is two palms (it doesn’t matter if it’s the first or the second).
At the expense of the amount of water per day - still a question. It doesn't matter if you are a lark or an owl. Sleep or work. North or south. After 18.00 - no hydrochloric acid. Nothing to digest food. Everything that was eaten after 18.00 will be waiting for 5 in the morning, when hydrochloric acid will again save you from illness.
Hello. Recently I read a cool article about the so-called hyperacidity by Ukrainian author Boris Bolotov. The central expression - hyperacidity does not exist, there is increased stupidity in some academicians of official medicine. And his article is very closely intertwined with the methodology of Dr. Kravchenko. It's hard to even imagine how much I like it all. All these dairy-vegetable, salt-free diets of medicine at one time only ruined me. The entire accompanying set has earned, damn it, so much time and money lost.
I, too, am generally not a supporter of acidification of the stomach, it’s scary to somehow acidify. To catch the right balance of sodium and potassium in the body and maintain it - here knowledge is needed, of course, especially in nutrition.
And what if really - hyperacidity does not happen in principle. What if heartburn, gastritis and ulcers are the result of alkali being thrown into the stomach from the intestines. What if - this is the result of damage or deformation of the duodenal bulb 12. For symptoms of heartburn, doctors prescribe an exclusively alkaline diet. But alkali gets into the stomach anyway and the patient alkalizes the body even more. As a result, you can get a tumor - cancer. Maybe in this case it is the other way around - to acidify the body and correct the duodenal bulb? And finally - why does our body actually produce such *increased acidity* What is its nature. Because of which?
Hello Sergey. A few years ago, during an EGD procedure, I was told that I had very low stomach acid. But I never get heartburn. I would not even know what it is if it were not for pregnancy. It was only when I was pregnant that I had heartburn. All other symptoms: constipation, diarrhea, flatulence (minor), I had. The doctor told me that I need to drink whey. There are no medicines in the pharmacy that treat low acidity. Only acidin-pepsin. But it doesn't heal. For many years, our valiant doctors tried to treat dysbacteriosis for me, and I drank Hilak Forte, Linex and a bunch of other things, but the results were zero. I read on the Internet that with low acidity there are not enough enzymes to digest food, I began to take enzymes (namely pancreatin). While I take it, everything works fine, as soon as I stop, all the symptoms return. Am I supposed to drink enzymes all my life? There is no heartburn.
Olga. There are a lot of people like you today. Reduced acidity of the stomach is the scourge of our time. There are no cures for low acidity. From increased - heaps. Only sense. You need to save your stomach. There is only one tactic - Eat in small portions - often - as close as possible to separate meals. After 18.00 no food should be in the stomach. You have to draw out the hydrochloric acid. Under the ban flour, rich, sweet, fatty, smoked. Sauerkraut should be in favor. Squeeze carrots through a meat grinder, make balls and eat them. Move the onion 12 duodenal. She's definitely deformed. There is bile in the stomach, it does not allow the stomach to work well. No production of hydrochloric acid. As long as there is no heartburn (that's good). And pay attention to the thyroid gland. Check her out.
Good day, Sergey! I would like to share the medical history of my daughter (23 years old). For the first time, we went to the doctor in January 2015 with pain in the solar plexus and diarrhea. The result of FGDS was an esophageal ulcer of degree C, hemorrhagic ulcers in the stomach, Helicobacter pylori was not detected, pH - 2. This means that there is increased acidity of gastric juice !!! Colonoscopy - the result is good, biopsy - there are no data for Crohn's disease. For 3 months of taking PPI, all ulcers were healed. It was recommended to stop taking PPIs, and as a result - a new exacerbation, persistent heartburn. There is a PPI withdrawal syndrome (although many doctors claim that PPIs do not cause one). It is proposed to continue taking PPIs with subsequent dose reduction. And despite the fact that the daughter continues to take medication and diet, she has episodes of heartburn, which she suppresses with Gaviscon. The doctor suggested a secondary reflux, according to ultrasound, she has an inflection of the gallbladder. But no other drugs have been prescribed yet. I would like to know your opinion on this matter. Doctors do not give predictions. I am tormented by the question, can we finally recover and get away from taking drugs? What causes high acidity? I myself have been suffering from high acidity for 10 years, I personally cannot be cured. I really hope that you will give some recommendations.
Hello. Please help with advice. After a meal (Mostly after dinner), somewhere in an hour and a half, cramping pains appear after the onset of which diarrhea necessarily occurs. After diarrhea the pain goes away. The diarrhea itself is very fetid, burning the rectum, sometimes after it appears external hemorrhoids. The color of diarrhea is brown, but if such attacks bother you every day, then the diarrhea turns bright golden. Life these days is becoming unbearable. Began to lose weight. I went to the doctors - they cured giardiasis, Helicobacter pylori. Have found out a peptic ulcer duodenal ulcer, has spent on drink a healing course of changes is not present. I drank enzymes, ursofalk, nexium in courses, the attacks still come back. Some doctors say that this is a large amount of bile, others say its absence. Ultrasound showed weak work of the duodenum, duodenos. I got to the regional doctor, he said that it was from the nerves and there was no need to go to the doctors. From my observations, omeprazole sometimes helps, but it does act on acidity. Then where is the bile. please advise something. It feels like I'm slowly dying, I feel like an old man. I'm 37 years old. Thanks in advance for your comments.
Hello! I read your article, very interesting! My heartburn started again, I decided to write. The fact is that they never find Helico Pylori bacteria in me. Somehow, in my youth, I gave juice to determine the acidity - low. I suffered from gastritis due to the fact that there was simply no time to eat on time: either study, then children (three), then work. And now it seems that there should be nothing, but alas. Tormented by heartburn. In the fall, I drank the herb Centaury (I read the article, but I didn’t find Gentian in pharmacies), heartburn stopped. A medical preparations did not relieve heartburn, then I decided that they, too, should not be carried away for a long time. Now there are no problems with nutrition, no stress, the stomach did not hurt, and heartburn started again. And it started after I ate chocolate once, drank strong tea about 3 times. Why now drink only water all my life, give up sweets for good? I don’t abuse it? I rarely drink coffee with milk. I don't drink alcohol at all. I have a normal chair, daily, in the morning. True, sometimes the intestines rumble. Or maybe it happened because the intake of chocolate, tea coincided with berries? I don't even know what to do. Sometimes it even becomes sickening at the thought that people eat everything in a row, drink, eat off their stomachs - they have NO problems. And then you look after yourself, forbid yourself everything, and the problems repeat. FGDS was done six months ago, nothing special, xp. gastritis. Now I have been drinking this bitter herb again for a week, it has become easier.
Lyuba. And they won't find any Helicobacter! Read Sergey's blog about acidity. You need to save your stomach. You have bile in your stomach. Because of this, heartburn. Lyuba, people will have problems if everyone bursts in a row, do not envy. Start without panic. You need to eat fractionally very small portions, 5-6 times a day. Portion - a glass. After 18.00 do not eat at all!. In three weeks you will feel everything. You need foods rich in sodium. Do you drink bitter grass? And it becomes easier. That's right. Pull out the hydrochloric acid. Tea with wormwood 2-3 times a day. After each meal - dissolve the salt - 2-3 grains. After 18.00 - 150 gr. Essentuki mineral water 4. And read carefully Sergey's blog about KSCHB. All these berries, fruits, potassium food are unacceptable for those who have low stomach acidity. This is a scourge. It is very difficult to increase the acidity. There are no tablets. Here's a downgrade - time to spit, a bunch of drugs. How to raise? Need a system. And doctors are generally a separate number. Gastritis means *high acidity*. Yes, it does not exist in nature.
Hello, I would also like to know what's wrong with me? For 11 months now I have been tormented by going to the doctors and there is no sense, I am a nursing mother, a child of 1 g, When he was two months old, I had a burning sensation in my stomach, in my mouth, my tongue was lined with a white coating, I began to go to the doctor to find out what was wrong, they did biochemistry was done by FGDs, ultrasound, all the time it was the same thing they said gastroduodenitis, thick bile, and an s-shaped gallbladder, to biochemistry, the total protein was increased, they said that it was associated with feeding because they weren’t treated much with all sorts of drugs that you can drink during gv omeprazole valerian, since nothing helped me, they said that it was psychosomatic, she went to a psychotherapist, conducted sessions with me, wrote out afabazole, too, she began to drink nothing, it didn’t help at night, dry mouth all the time in the morning I get up my tongue and in the afternoon as burned and now I go to the doctor again, now they again diagnosed gastroduodenitis thick bile in the stomach in the region of the cardia is moderately exactly hyperemic with a fibrin coating all the time in the stomach a feeling of heaviness as if I had just eaten sometimes even e I don’t know what to do now I was discharged again with Nolpaza, but they said you can be prescribed Motilac and after taking food Enter of Reel, as she finished all these, she told me to go on with Dufalac on an empty stomach and continue Nolpaza 1 nanometer at a time during the day, gastal, but the fact is that I drink all this, but I still feel heaviness in my stomach and constantly belching, multi-storey empty air, she even has a hungry stomach to go to the toilet, I go to the toilet normally in the morning and it is soft and at the beginning when it all started it was sheep feces now I am softer I don’t know what to do about acidity, I asked they said They don’t do it with us and therefore I don’t know how to determine I tried catfish with all sorts of herbs and kefir and for the night now I feed the child depression has already begun because I don’t know what to do for almost a year I have been suffering with this Zhenya and belching in the mouth with a white coating on the tongue no medicines help what should I do please tell me
Hello. I am 69 years old. I have been suffering from constipation since childhood. Ah, I've also had type 2 diabetes since 2006.
For a long time, more than 25 years, I have been trying to adhere to a healthy lifestyle, I drink 2 - 2.5 liters. water, I eat a lot of vegetables, I absolutely do not eat smoked meats, canned food, ALL flour,
Due to diabetes, I do not eat fruits, cereals, I generally eat foods with low carbohydrates, and indeed sugar decreases.
.Here (on diabetes) still needs to be sorted out, but at least there is a direction. And as for constipation, things are not going at all. I use flaxseed, enough vegetable oil, etc.. I tried a lot of things, I took "good" probiotics, eczymes. psyllium. Laxatives in those doses that are recommended do not help, I generally have a negative attitude towards them. Only Besacodyl candles help, which I use very rarely. because I don't want to get used to it. I don't have hemorrhoids. I push hard. and the result is very weak, so the bowels are always full.
Because of this condition, constant pressure, there is an inguinal hernia on the left. Yes, I do exercises, massage the abdomen, (I push).
Doctors suggest that I have dolichosigma. Did gastroenterology. examination, they said that everything is normal in the intestines. .In general, my stomach does not hurt, I may not have a chair for a long time. If you do not count a certain amount of lumps from straining, then there may not be a chair for a very long time, but I don’t bring it to this, but I put the Besacodyl candle, the “glycerin” candles are weaker. My liver, stomach and other organs do not hurt.
Did a thyroid test; in the morning I measured my body temperature in bed, it was 35.8, which indicates a reduced function, and applied iodine, so it lasted almost a day.
Help me please. I'm probably doing something wrong, or not knowing the reason, I don't know what to correct,
I read a lot of material about the treatment of constipation, but nothing helps, and you can’t try everything.
I really want to get advice from you that will change the situation. Thank you, I'm sorry I wrote a lot, maybe I missed something.
Best regards, Rita
Nothing hurts me. No diseases of the stomach, no liver, nothing, Nothing bothers me, except for constipation and diabetes. Thank you for your attention, for your answer, I really want with your help to cure constipation.
Thanks Sergey. Of course I have a parting to measure sugar. I now eat mostly carbohydrate-free foods, and keep sugar under control. Sour fruits also increase sugar in diabetics, so I do not eat them either. I eat almost what Kravchenko recommends, as well as fractionally and after 2 hours, and the last meal ends at 18 hours.
Kravchenko distinguishes two organs for healing the body: the thyroid gland and the stomach.
As for the stomach, it’s somehow clear, but about the thyroid gland ...
Blue iodine I do not dare, because it is written that it provokes constipation, and that it should be taken "... carefully, under the supervision of a doctor ... and an overabundance is more dangerous than a lack ..."
Therefore, I want to replenish the body with iodine, using iodine nets, according to the scheme. as she wrote.
I can eat fatty, and I like it, and there are no pains. But constipation ... Maybe it's from a lack of bile, or maybe bile is produced later, and the first portion of food passed without bile. So, there are many reasons, but what exactly is my reason? Therefore, I need to find out the reason. Sergey You are well versed in this matter, so I listen to your advice. Thank you.
Thanks Sergey for the quick response. I have been eating for almost a week on the recommendation of Kravchenko. I don’t know what kind of environment I have in my intestines. Is it possible to determine acid or alkaline by the reaction of the body? And if it is alkaline, how can I improve it, how can I change it?
On your page about the gallbladder, even before you took blue iodine, you wrote that you took milk thistle to increase bile from the gallbladder. Do I need to take it?
Thank you. Best regards, Rita
Good evening, Sergey. Thank you for your attention. I read the article you recommended to me. There is a video at the end of the article, but it was not possible to watch it, because it says that the author has restricted access. It's a pity.
Sergey, in the comments to this article, people focus on the water they drink in the morning and say that it helps with constipation. In the morning, immediately after getting up, I drink 1 glass / 250) of warm water with vit, "C", and after 10-15 minutes. another 0.5 cup with chromium 2 capsules, and magnesium 1 cap (for diabetes), And after that I go to exercise, approx. 30 min. At 8 o'clock I have breakfast; 2 eggs or scrambled eggs with coleslaw., sometimes I immediately take a slice of cheese with butter; don't know right? Kravchenko writes that breakfast should be hearty.
Unfortunately, the cabbage now in the store is not the kind to ferment it. and the finished one from the store is very bad .. I will look for other means.
Sergey, while I get the bowels working, time goes by. And now, of two evils, which is the lesser; take a laxative, if so, which one is better than senna, buckthorn, or would you recommend something else?, Or instead of laxatives, put besacodyl suppositories from time to time?
Thank you. Best regards, Rita
Good afternoon
I am 34 years old, often in the mornings (leaving for work) I ate only sweets - interestingly, I just didn’t want salty, but I just wanted sweets. In principle, there have never been any problems with health, but for a couple of years I noticed that if I drink sweet tea or eat something sweet in the morning, heartburn torments me for half a day. I thought increased acidity ... but after reading this article I thought ..... What can you recommend based on your knowledge and experience?
Sergey, tell me, please! For about a year I suffer from pains in my stomach, the nature of the pain is different, sometimes spasms, sometimes aching, at night, too, aching pains. In March, I did an EGD, the result was sharply increased acidity, the diagnosis was erosive gastroduodenitis, plus Helicobacter pylori was found, I underwent a course of treatment (antibiotics, etc.) for a month. Do I need to go through the course of treatment again?
Good day, Sergey!
I am hope for your help! I am now 33. It all started 2 years ago. I ate rolls, caught, apparently, some kind of intestinal infection and away we go! The first 3-4 days of terrible diarrhea 10 times a day, then it subsided. The local clinic did not really treat, as a result, the disease was launched. A year later I went to paid doctors. Identified and treated Helicobacter pylori, staphylococci in the intestines. It has become easier, but ... At the moment I have: 1) The result of FGDS: Increased acidity of the stomach, pronounced superficial gastritis, pronounced bulbitis, moderate duodenitis, Chr. non-calculous cholecystitis against the background of JVP. Cholelithiasis, Chr. Pancreatitis is questionable. 2) The result of colonoscopy: Terminal ileitis (mucosa of the terminal ileum is not sharply hyperemic), Colitis of the large intestine (focal hyperemic).
Symptoms: In the morning, liquid/mushy stools 1-2 times, sometimes there is a little mucus. According to the results of the analyzes, the stool has an acidic reaction, a small amount of: fatty acids, muscle fibers with striation, iodophilic flora, vegetable digestible fiber. Bifidobacteria reduced by half.
Food: dietary. Fresh vegetables and fruits cause diarrhea, potatoes cause gas.
I have had acidity since childhood. I associate the development of diseases under No. 1 with Helicobacter and high acidity of the stomach. And diseases under number 2 - with an intestinal infection, dasbacteriosis and partially with increased acidity of the stomach.
I visited several paid doctors, they treat symptoms, they don’t look for a causal relationship.
Now I am very worried about weight loss. 2 years ago, with a height of 182 cm, he weighed 78 kg., Now 69 kg.
Sergey, I ask you for help. What do you think, what should be treated and how? Thank you!
Well, that's why doctors again diagnose - hyperacidity? Again planted on a plant-based diet. Again fruits and vegetables. Well, it's wrong. Of course, there will be loose stools. Strong alkalization of the body. Gas formation. Save your stomach. And if Helicobacter is excited, then the alkali in the stomach. The valves are open, the stomach is not working. It is necessary to close the valves and improve the work of the stomach.
Why are all dogs being hung up on Helicobacter pylori? She lives in the pyloric region of the stomach. This bacterium is excited under one condition, when alkali enters the stomach. Why does alkali enter the stomach? What is she doing there? Could it be the valves (sphincters)?
Sergey. Many people suffer from constipation. Why is that? After all, everything is so simple. Eat small meals every 2-2.5 hours. Do not eat after 18.00. And there will be no blockages. What is the power of habits in people? They are looking for some workarounds, they run into subtleties. Two or three weeks with this principle of nutrition give one hundred percent result. It's just that simple. What drugs, what laxatives? Adjust the work of the stomach and that's it. Only self-discipline. Nothing bad will happen with this diet. On the contrary, a good appetite in the morning, improved energy, in the evening - rest for the organs. Everything is fine. It seems to me that few people can refuse an evening meal. The dog is buried in this. All excuses are looking for excuses.
Good afternoon I want to ask you for advice. I never suffered from constipation. The chair was daily, although it was sometimes difficult. I have hemorrhoids. I read that it helps to put candles from potatoes for hemorrhoids. A month ago, I put candles at night. 10 times put. After that, I became constipated, there was no stool for two or three days. I put glycerin suppositories twice. I started eating more salads. The chair happens for several days. And then it is gone again. Tell me how I should be in this situation. Sincerely, Luba
Good afternoon. And if after a head injury it happens that food stays in the stomach for a long time, as if something is not letting it in, can the liver hurt from this? And if the liver already hurts, is it possible to do something about it or is it not treated?
I periodically pressed the sphincter, the pain stopped for about a week, I thought I got rid of it, after the operation and malnutrition it hurts again periodically, yesterday the lower abdomen hurt on the left side, the tests are normal for women. How to strengthen the immune system? I drink bacteria and lactic acid products, kefirs, fermented baked milk, cottage cheese. I have read and reviewed your articles. What do you recommend?
Heartburn occurs with both high and low acidity. More often with increased In this case, there is a burning sensation, often - belching with a sour taste, sore throat, extending to the sternum. Treatment of heartburn should begin with the establishment of the causes that cause this condition. Therefore, self-treatment at home is not recommended. First of all, you need to undergo an examination and, based on the data obtained, prescribe treatment. It is important to stick to a diet and know which foods can trigger heartburn.
The stomach produces gastric juice containing hydrochloric acid. This substance is necessary to neutralize pathogenic microorganisms that enter the stomach with food. But if the mucosa of the organ is protected from its aggressive effects, then the walls of the esophagus are not.
There is a valve between the stomach and esophagus. After a portion of food enters the stomach, it closes and controls that part of the gastric juice does not enter the esophagus. Under the influence of various factors - an ulcer, a decrease in valve tone, overeating, pregnancy, the valve does not perform its function. In this case, there may be a reflux of hydrochloric acid into the esophagus. This can cause burning and other unpleasant symptoms.
Hyperacidity can occur with excessive production of gastric juice and acid. If timely treatment is not carried out, increased acidity becomes a trigger for the development of multiple pathologies, including cancer. Therefore, treatment must be carried out immediately.
What are the symptoms of high pH?
Important! The concept of harmful products with high acidity is relative. You should always consult with your doctor before starting treatment, make a diet. Initially, you need to find out whether a person has high acidity or low acidity. And from this build on the diet.
Foods that cause heartburn at elevated pH:
So that heartburn does not bother, you need to include in the diet:
With low acidity, heartburn occurs extremely rarely, but, nevertheless, such a phenomenon can occur. An insufficient amount of enzymes responsible for the breakdown of food during digestion provokes heartburn. At low pH, not only heartburn occurs, accompanied by burning, but also nausea and vomiting.
As mentioned above, the gastric juice contains acid, which is necessary for the neutralization of various harmful microelements, toxins, and bacteria. With a decrease in the level of acidity, the neutralization process is disrupted. Malicious organisms begin to multiply rapidly. Arises inflammatory process on the gastric mucosa.
What are the signs of low stomach pH?
Treatment of low acidity should be carried out immediately after the onset of the first symptoms, especially if heartburn is present. This can lead to serious pathologies.
The following products are allowed with low acidity:
Preparations that normalize the level of acidity:
Each of the drugs, despite its effectiveness, has contraindications, an exact schedule, a dosage that cannot be violated. And this is another reason to consult a doctor for treatment.
It is impossible to determine the level of acidity of gastric juice on your own. To do this, you need to undergo an examination in a hospital. It is important to establish the true cause, which may be the cause of heartburn. Only on the basis of these data to begin treatment, adhere to a diet. In people with high and low acidity, nutrition is different. At an elevated level, you should eat foods that help reduce acidity. At a reduced level, on the contrary, products that increase the production of hydrochloric acid. Therefore, self-treatment is at least not acceptable. What method of therapy the doctor will prescribe, what diet is provided, depends directly on the type of pathology.
Many at home try to deal with heartburn. But removing the symptoms is not treating the cause!
More often than other causes that provoke the occurrence of heartburn, is the increased acidity of the stomach. However, wondering about the acidity at which heartburn often occurs, one should not exclude low acidity.
The manifestation of heartburn is an unpleasant and annoying burning sensation that occurs quite unexpectedly and causes a lot of discomfort. A person suffering from attacks of heartburn feels not only unpleasant tingling and burning, but even pain, which can be quite difficult to endure. What should be done about such a problem?
What is hyperacidity of the stomach? This term refers to the ratio of hydrogen ions in the gastric solution, which may exceed the normal range. If this happens, then the food that enters the stomach begins to be poorly absorbed, which leads to acid being thrown into the esophagus. Thus, a person begins to feel unwell and burning.
The reasons that provoke an increase in stomach acid may be as follows:
Increased acidity can also indicate a number of diseases that are actively progressing in the body. If heartburn does not subside, then it is quite possible that you have an ulcer, gastritis.
It is worth paying attention to the fact that with increased acidity, you cannot independently prescribe a diet for yourself, even if it seems to you to be purely correct. The new diet may contain specific foods that will not soothe the stomach, but, on the contrary, cause the fermentation process.
It is almost impossible and impractical to determine this indicator of the stomach on your own, since your results obtained through a home study may be inaccurate. Therefore, by contacting the clinic and conducting an examination, you can get an accurate answer and a result that will help you in further treatment.
So, the acidity of the stomach is determined using fractional sounding or intragastric Ph meter. Each of these methods will most clearly and accurately be able to cause heartburn in your case. Regardless of the acidity at which heartburn occurs, it requires examination and prompt elimination.
Reduced acidity of the stomach, accompanied by heartburn, is quite rare, but it does occur in medical practice. In this case, heartburn occurs due to an insufficient amount of digesting enzymes that help in the digestion of food.
The manifestation of heartburn with low acidity is characterized not only by a burning sensation, but also by nausea and sometimes even vomiting. Often, this disease is caused by a purely wrong way of life of the sick person or the abuse of a certain type of medicines, as well as products.
With this type of disease, it is dangerous to delay treatment, since the disease quickly flows into all kinds of gastrointestinal diseases that can bring a person not only to chronic gastritis, but also to cancer.
You can determine what acidity you have with heartburn on your own, however, a doctor's consultation in this case is extremely necessary.
All these signs directly indicate the presence of low acidity of the stomach. Patients should be aware that this type of disease is more dangerous and requires mandatory and constant monitoring by a gastroenterologist.
The causes of low stomach acid usually come down to the following:
With increased acidity, products should be completely abandoned, which can potentially cause discomfort. This list includes spicy, salty and flour dishes. You should stick to a diet and load your diet with mineral non-carbonated water. It will help dilute the acid in the stomach, which will contribute to a quick improvement. general condition. It is equally useful to use honey with increased acidity of the stomach. A teaspoon of honey can be absorbed several times a day. Honey can also be added to chamomile tea to soothe the stomach.
You should never delay treatment, even if heartburn is not too annoying and tiring. If heartburn appears regularly and persistently, then, most likely, this is a signal that problems are occurring with your body and it needs treatment.
Reduced acidity also requires a special diet, but here the patient will have to lean on acidic foods that will keep digestive enzymes normal and will not allow foods that have got inside to begin to ferment and rot. Most fruits, juices, smoked sausages, fried and spicy foods, which can irritate the mucosa and provoke pain, should be abandoned.
With this problem, you need the help of a specialist who will help maintain all the indicators of the stomach in the normal range and prescribe the necessary and varied diet, which will not adversely affect the immune system and will help to quickly rehabilitate.
Decreased stomach acid is a serious problem that prevents many people from living full life. In fact, it is a fairly common condition and is associated with other diseases such as stomach cancer, asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis.
If you are experiencing symptoms such as acid reflux, heartburn, gas, bloating, nausea after eating, then it is very likely that you have an acid stomach problem.
People who have been diagnosed with diseases gastrointestinal tract have a higher risk of stomach acid problems. If you're following a healthy diet, making lifestyle changes, and still not seeing the results you want, low stomach acid may be the problem.
Normal gastric acidity is necessary for adequate absorption of many nutrients, including minerals (iron, copper, zinc, and calcium), vitamin B12, folic acid, and protein.
Stomach acid is also an important part of the immune system. The acid barrier of the stomach, in normal health, easily and quickly kills bacteria that enter the body. It also prevents bacteria from multiplying in the intestines, migrating and colonizing in the stomach.
Without an appropriate level of gastric acidity, our body's defense system is completely broken. Worse still, you can eat right and eat only organic foods, but still suffer from malnutrition, since the body cannot absorb nutrients. Today we will talk about what are the main signs of low stomach acid.
This feature is more common in women than in men. So what's going on? This problem has two parts. First, the physiological problem of low acidity. Second, a belief system that is designed to deal with the symptoms of a physiological problem.
Here is a typical scenario: a girl takes care of her health. For as long as she can remember, she cannot eat red meat, like any meat in large quantities. When it comes to this, she replies that she just doesn't like meat and tells how she feels after eating it.
Her feelings are completely justified. She really gets sick, she feels lethargic and nauseous when she eats a lot of meat. And the reason is that her body is not able to digest it. She needs more stomach acid to break down protein structures. And without it, red, white or any other type of meat will make her feel worse than when she eats other foods that contain less protein.
If you also think that you do not like meat because it makes you feel bad, then you need to get tested for the level of gastric acidity.
It may seem counterintuitive to you that acid reflux does not come from too much acid, but from too little, but it's true.
Modern media and pharmaceutical advertising campaigns have led us to believe that the cause of acid reflux is high level acidity. In fact, this is an attempt to make money on your ignorance. In 2010 alone, more than 110 million prescriptions were filled for drugs that suppress acid reflux. Can Mother Nature create a situation in which every third person's body produces too much acid to maintain health? Probably not. 
It is true that the pain you are experiencing is due to acid coming into contact with unprotected areas of your esophagus or stomach. But what you didn't know before is that our body is supposed to reflux after eating.
In a normal healthy person, gastric juice is produced at each meal, which rises to the upper part of the stomach and esophagus. The problem appears when this normal action starts to cause pain.
The causes of pain are usually multifaceted, but here is an example of a typical reason why this happens.
First, a person has a low level of acidity, so food is in the stomach, and instead of being broken down by enzymes and acid, it is digested by bacteria and yeast (which produce gas when food is ingested). This gas increases pressure in the abdomen, or intra-abdominal pressure. If the pressure builds up enough, it opens a valve at the top of the stomach so acid can continually enter the esophagus. 
This can be quite painful on its own, but over time, the protections in the esophagus can wear out and the person becomes hypersensitive to any reflux. Plus, it can even lead to cancer.
Why do these signs indicate low acidity of gastric juice? Most likely, the food you ate begins to ferment with the participation of bacteria and yeast, and gases are a by-product of this process, as already mentioned. If your acidity level is low enough, these symptoms will appear almost immediately. If the signs do not go away even after a few hours, this indicates that the food is still in the stomach, although it should be in the small intestine. 
In addition, bloating indicates that there is an excess amount of bacteria in the stomach and upper small intestine. And the low level of acidity only contributes to this process. There may also be a slowdown in the rate of digestion, which gives bacteria more access to food.
Human gastric juice contains hydrochloric acid. It is necessary for the digestion of solid foods and the neutralization of bacteria that enter the body with food. But sometimes too much acid begins to be produced, and it cannot be completely neutralized during digestion. Then it corrodes the walls of the stomach and causes various digestive disorders and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Many people face this problem, so the question of how to lower the acidity of the stomach is very relevant. Some live with this problem for years, occasionally taking medication. But this can lead to serious damage to the stomach. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to recognize the onset of the disease in time.
- Feeling of heaviness in the stomach.
- Heartburn and sour belching.
- Pain in the abdomen, which can be immediately after eating or on an empty stomach.
- Frequent constipation.
- Nausea and indigestion.
If these symptoms increase after eating sour and bitter foods, pickled, spicy and fried foods, then you need to think about how to lower the acidity of the stomach. The most important thing for this is not taking medications, but changing eating habits and lifestyle.
Most often, this problem occurs in people who are fond of fatty and fried foods, spicy and sour foods. Alcohol, coffee and chocolate, tea and cola, as well as excessive consumption of sugar, confectionery and citrus fruits lead to an increase in acidity. Overeating, especially at night, also causes the release of hydrochloric acid. This problem affects people who are accustomed to snacking, irregular meals and fast food. Often these symptoms occur in people who are subject to stress and constant worries.
If you are one of those people with eating habits or have noticed symptoms of high acidity, you need to see a doctor and have an examination. According to its results, you will be diagnosed and prescribed treatment. To reduce the production of hydrochloric acid, various drugs are used.
You can lower the acidity of the stomach by taking the drugs "Maalox", "Almagel" or "Gastal". The preparations "Zantak" or "Vikalin" are also used for this. You can alleviate your condition by taking medications that regulate digestion. Most of them are sold without a doctor's prescription, such as Mezim, Festal or Pancreatin tablets. But you can completely get rid of high acidity only with the help of a diet.
To avoid problems caused by excessive release of hydrochloric acid and its action on the walls of the stomach, you need to follow some rules in nutrition:
- you need to eat fractionally, better little by little and 5-6 times a day so that the stomach does not remain empty;
- the temperature of food should be close to the temperature of the human body, it is undesirable to eat too cold or hot dishes;
- it is necessary to abandon low-fat diets that lead to the appearance of gastritis;
- it is better to cook food for a couple or boil, and the products need to be finely chopped, you can even wipe;
- food should be chewed thoroughly and try not to overeat;
A person suffering from excessive secretion of hydrochloric acid needs to monitor what kind of food he eats. Only with the help of a diet can you easily lower the acidity of the stomach. Products must be fresh, without added preservatives or seasonings. The basis of nutrition should be cereals and liquid mucous soups, which envelop the gastric mucosa and protect it. It is best to cook rice, oatmeal or semolina for this. Milk is useful, as it well reduces acidity. You can also eat cheese, low-fat cottage cheese and yogurt.
Include more boiled or stewed vegetables in your diet, potatoes are best, cauliflower and carrots. Do not refuse fruits as well, just choose non-acidic ones. It is good to make mashed potatoes, mousse or jelly from them. Meat should be chosen lean, preferably chicken, veal or rabbit. It needs to be boiled, stewed or baked, for example, to cook meatballs or steam cutlets.
Bread is recommended to be eaten slightly dried. You can eat soft-boiled eggs or scrambled eggs, drink weak tea or mineral water without gas. Such a diet will help you lower the acidity of the stomach. Products that lead to increased production of hydrochloric acid should be excluded from your diet, but otherwise, in the absence of symptoms of the disease, you can eat more varied.
So that increased acidity does not lead to the appearance of gastritis, you must completely refuse:
- from rich, rich broths, especially mushroom and pork;
- coffee, alcohol and carbonated drinks;
- spicy and smoked products, seasonings and marinades;
- fried food;
- very acidic foods, such as citrus fruits, tomatoes or sorrel.
Even at a time when there is no exacerbation, you need to limit the consumption of vegetables containing a lot of fiber, such as radish or cabbage. It is undesirable to eat raw vegetables, especially onions and garlic. It is necessary to reduce the amount of salt in the diet, eat less black bread and muffins, ice cream and canned food. But even with all these rules, the disease can sometimes worsen. The medicine is not always at hand, but you can lower the acidity of the stomach with folk remedies. Decoctions of herbs, tinctures, vegetable juices, sea buckthorn, ginger and cinnamon will come to your aid.
The most common way to do this is to drink a glass of water with tea false soda dissolved in it. This solution quickly neutralizes the acid. An excellent remedy is chalk powder or white clay. You need to stir it in water and drink this suspension twice a day before meals. You can also eat chalk powder and so. Well helps to reduce the acidity of honey water. Dissolve a spoonful of honey in a glass of warm water and drink.
Common foods will also come to your aid: carrots and potatoes. The juice from these vegetables is very beneficial for the stomach. But if carrot can be taken without restrictions, then potato drink a quarter cup 3-4 times a day. Include pumpkin and red beets in any form in your diet more often. It is best to boil or bake them.
Very effective tool against the increased acidity of the stomach is sea buckthorn. It is good to make a decoction of berries and drink it with honey, the reception is also useful. sea buckthorn oil. Don't forget about mineral water. But to reduce acidity, you need to drink alkaline water without gas before meals.
Instead of regular tea, it is recommended to drink decoctions of mint or chamomile. From time to time it is necessary to carry out courses of treatment with various herbs that help reduce acidity. The most effective for this, in addition to chamomile, nettle and yarrow. You can brew them separately or use them mixed with other plants. What fees are recommended to reduce acidity:
- mix cinquefoil erect, calendula and yarrow;
- two parts of chamomile, one part of cumin seeds and oregano herbs;
- mix two parts of linden flowers with one part of flax seeds and fennel fruits;
- mix equal parts marshmallow root, valerian, chamomile flowers, immortelle and St. John's wort.
But do not get too carried away with such treatment, especially drugs that reduce the production of hydrochloric acid. If it is not enough, then in addition to poisoning and digestive disorders, gastritis with low acidity of the stomach may appear. The symptoms of this disease are also unpleasant, and it is not immediately possible to determine them, taking heartburn, diarrhea and abdominal pain for manifestations of high acidity. So the most important thing is diet. But, besides this, you need to know how to lower the increased acidity of the stomach in order to prevent complications.
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The occurrence of heartburn depends not only on external factors: overeating, smoking, consumption of acidic foods, coffee and carbonated drinks. The occurrence of this painful symptom can also be influenced by internal changes, for example, the acidity of gastric juice. It depends on the type of disease, hereditary predisposition to a particular disease. At what acidity there is heartburn - we have to find out now.
Acidity or alkalinity importance for many chemical processes in nature and in our body. The efficiency of a particular chemical reaction directly depends on the surrounding pH of the medium.
What is acidity and alkalinity? This is the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution, making it either acidic, neutral, or alkaline. This pH indicator is commonly referred to as pH (lat. pondus Hydrogenii - the strength of hydrogen), with a numerical value from 0 to 14.
Values that are less than 7 (pH7 are commonly referred to as alkaline, and the higher this value, the more alkaline the environment is.
pH=7 is a neutral indicator. This is the pH of pure water.
IN last years such a method as pH-metry or the study of the acidity of gastric contents is used very rarely. It is considered uninformative. And it is prescribed only in controversial situations, when the treatment does not bring the desired result for a long time. The essence of the study is the introduction through the mouth or nose into the cavity of the stomach of thin tubes - pH probes up to a certain mark. The probe has measuring electrodes that make it possible to study:
Thanks to more accurate mechanisms, FGDS (fibrogastroduodenoscopy) pushed probing into the background.
This type of study, such as 24-hour pH monitoring, has become more widespread. This diagnostic has a number of advantages.
Almost any disease of the upper digestive system is accompanied by a change in the pH level. How to understand heartburn - is it an increased acidity of the stomach or reduced?
Most often, burning behind the sternum occurs under the influence of pathological reverse reflux of food or acid from the stomach into the esophagus. With a weak lower esophageal sphincter (a round muscle between the stomach and esophagus), such casts are common. Normal esophageal acidity is between 6 and 7 pH. If hydrochloric acid enters the lumen, then the pH level decreases, which means that the acidity of the esophagus increases and discomfort occurs. Therefore, heartburn appears with increased acidity of the stomach. This symptom is more common:
The lowest acidity at which the esophagus will function normally is 6. Below this level, the functioning of the mucosa is disrupted. Over time, areas with mucosal defects or erosion may develop. If hypoacid gastritis has developed (the pH level varies between 4-6), whether burning pains appear depends on the specific case.
Does heartburn occur with low acidity? A very real situation. This can happen when the parietal cells of the stomach (those that produce hydrochloric acid) are atrophied or their function is significantly reduced. One of the main functions of gastric juice is bactericidal. When the acidity index is reduced, it is not performed. There is a stagnation of food in the body, the motility of the stomach decreases sharply. If the function of the sphincter is impaired - the food bolus acts on the mucosa of the esophagus, heartburn may occur.
Another key point is a neutral pH. In this case, parietal cells practically cease to produce hydrochloric acid, food disinfection does not occur. Food accumulates in digestive system, gradually starting to wander. Heartburn with such zero acidity will not be felt, a person will be disturbed by belching, constipation, pain in the stomach.
The main treatment for hyperacid gastritis (with increased acidity of the stomach) is the elimination of the causes that caused this condition. Therapy is aimed at lowering the level of acidity in the stomach. For this purpose, the following are assigned:
Not the least important in the treatment of heartburn with high acidity is the diet, organization of work and rest.
It is more difficult to choose a treatment with a pH closer to 6, this level in therapy is called hypoacid. Drugs that lower the production of hydrochloric acid are not advisable to prescribe here. The main treatment for heartburn with low acidity is lifestyle correction and the exclusion of factors that provoke the appearance of a burning sensation. Additionally, drugs are prescribed that increase the level of production of hydrochloric acid.
The appearance of heartburn is primarily affected not by the changed pH level, but by the work of the muscles of the esophagus, acidity is only an additional factor. Do not be afraid if you have not done a study of the level of stomach acidity. According to the changed mucosa, a competent doctor will always determine what type of disease. The main thing is to contact the right specialist in time.
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Heartburn occurs with both high and low acidity. More often with increased In this case, there is a burning sensation, often - belching with a sour taste, sore throat, extending to the sternum. Treatment of heartburn should begin with the establishment of the causes that cause this condition. Therefore, self-treatment at home is not recommended. First of all, you need to undergo an examination and, based on the data obtained, prescribe treatment. It is important to stick to a diet and know which foods can trigger heartburn.
The stomach produces gastric juice containing hydrochloric acid. This substance is necessary to neutralize pathogenic microorganisms that enter the stomach with food. But if the mucosa of the organ is protected from its aggressive effects, then the walls of the esophagus are not.
There is a valve between the stomach and esophagus. After a portion of food enters the stomach, it closes and controls that part of the gastric juice does not enter the esophagus. Under the influence of various factors - an ulcer, a decrease in valve tone, overeating, pregnancy, the valve does not perform its function. In this case, there may be a reflux of hydrochloric acid into the esophagus. This can cause burning and other unpleasant symptoms.
Hyperacidity can occur with excessive production of gastric juice and acid. If timely treatment is not carried out, increased acidity becomes a trigger for the development of multiple pathologies, including cancer. Therefore, treatment must be carried out immediately.
What are the symptoms of high pH?
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Foods that cause heartburn at elevated pH:
So that heartburn does not bother, you need to include in the diet:
With low acidity, heartburn occurs extremely rarely, but, nevertheless, such a phenomenon can occur. An insufficient amount of enzymes responsible for the breakdown of food during digestion provokes heartburn. At low pH, not only heartburn occurs, accompanied by burning, but also nausea and vomiting.
As mentioned above, the gastric juice contains acid, which is necessary for the neutralization of various harmful microelements, toxins, and bacteria. With a decrease in the level of acidity, the neutralization process is disrupted. Malicious organisms begin to multiply rapidly. An inflammatory process occurs on the gastric mucosa.
What are the signs of low stomach pH?
The following products are allowed with low acidity:
Preparations that normalize the level of acidity:
It is impossible to determine the level of acidity of gastric juice on your own. To do this, you need to undergo an examination in a hospital. It is important to establish the true cause, which may be the cause of heartburn. Only on the basis of these data to begin treatment, adhere to a diet. In people with high and low acidity, nutrition is different. At an elevated level, you should eat foods that help reduce acidity. At a reduced level, on the contrary, products that increase the production of hydrochloric acid. Therefore, self-treatment is at least not acceptable. What method of therapy the doctor will prescribe, what diet is provided, depends directly on the type of pathology.
Many at home try to deal with heartburn. But removing the symptoms is not treating the cause!
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Presumably a large number of who heard about such an expression as low acidity of the stomach. But not everyone knows why this condition is dangerous and how to get rid of it correctly, quickly and fundamentally for a long time. Let's chat about the main symptoms and indicators that accompany this disease, remedies and medications used for treatment. How to find out the disease? Are diets and folk remedies to get rid of this disease? We will find answers to these and other questions of interest to many and let's deal with them.
Nutrition is a responsible process that supplies the vital activity of the human body. The key role in this course is played by the stomach, the functions of which are as follows:
The stomach produces juice, the main purpose of which is the digestion of food consumed. This happens through hydrochloric acid, which is part of the juice. The acidity of the stomach depends on the amount of acid. This acid is produced by the fundic glands, and the more of these glands, the higher the level of acidity will be. So, the acidity of the stomach is an indicator of the concentration of hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice.
Acidity performs the following important functions in the human body:
For the correct and normal production of hydrochloric acid, vitamins A, B1, C, D are necessary.
It is clear that low acidity does not appear without obvious circumstances. The most popular circumstances for the development of this condition:
All of the above conditions in most cases proceed either with violations of the correct functionality of the glands that produce gastric juice, or in super-severe cases - with a complete loss of efficiency. Regardless of the circumstances that provoked the appearance of this disease, low acidity is not a minor threat to the health of the patient. If the acidity of the stomach is normal, then it does not allow various negative microflora to enter the intestines, thereby providing a protective function.
In addition, a healthy level of acidity does a wonderful disinfecting, antiviral and bactericidal function. But a decrease in the acidity of the stomach can cause the origin of various intestinal infections. All this leads to the formation of important inflammatory pathologies. With reduced acidity, the body's absorption of many vitamins and minerals that are important for the body's performance worsens.
Significantly more often given disease seen in older people.
Low acidity of the stomach leads to the work of the digestive organs. Some enzymes lose their activity, which leads to improper protein digestion and the formation of active fermentation processes.
How to find out this disease? In this state, the following indicators are observed:
Let us consider in more detail such an unpleasant indicator as heartburn. There is a conclusion that heartburn appears only with an increased level of acidity. But this conclusion is not correct and is erroneous. Heartburn with low acidity of the stomach is a very common indicator. It is not uncommon torturing and quite strong. How does heartburn appear with low acidity? For its origin does not require a huge amount of hydrochloric acid.
Because a decrease in the level of acidity leads to disorders of the motility of the digestive organs in a patient, the following symptoms can appear:
In addition, there are secondary indicators:
Seeing any of the above signs, you need to ask for help from a gastroenterologist, who will prescribe the necessary examination and select the right treatment. It is not recommended to self-medicate.
Reduced acidity of the stomach can lead to the occurrence of cancer and other chronic ailments. For this reason, it is extremely important to determine the acidity of the stomach.
How to determine the increased or decreased acidity of the stomach? For this, a couple of methods are used. All of them are based on intragastric pH measurement. How it goes: on an empty stomach and at the end of the meal, juice is taken and a full-fledged endoscopy is performed. In addition, it is possible to determine the acidity through a special procedure: the Heidberg test, the essence of which is: the patient is allowed to swallow a certain capsule, which is held on a special thread. The capsule sends out radio signals.
When measuring the acidity of the stomach, an examination of the organ is also performed. We should not forget that probing stimulates the production of acid. Before the procedure, it is necessary to carry out preparatory measures: the root of the tongue is anesthetized, sedatives are pierced.
In addition, for diagnostics appoint:
In addition, it is possible to find out the level of acidity at home, using baking soda:
It is clear that the treatment of this disease must be started without delay. Self-treatment is unacceptable, because drugs must be selected personally, taking into account the results of the diagnosis and the non-specialized condition of the patient. Drug treatment is caused by some complications, because little is really effective drugs.
In most cases, an expert for the treatment of this ailment uses the following medicines:
In order for the treatment chosen by the doctor to bring the desired result, it is imperative to adhere to all the recommendations and instructions of the expert.
Let's get acquainted with the ways traditional medicine how to reduce stomach acid at home:
It is forbidden to normalize the level of acidity in the stomach, if the patient does not independently control and monitor which specific foods are included in his diet.
It is possible to drink carrot and blackcurrant juices.
Along with this, here is a list of prohibited foods that can lead to fermentation processes:
This condition can lead to the following diseases:
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Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are a fairly common occurrence. At the same time, most people suffer from increased acidity of gastric juice. But what is the danger and what are the symptoms of low acidity of the stomach, not many people know.
It is well known that food that enters the digestive system is broken down by the action of gastric juice. It includes a certain amount of hydrochloric acid, due to which the process of digestion of food occurs. It is the content of hydrochloric acid that determines the acidity of gastric juice, which is measured in pH units.
