symptoms of digestive disorders
digestive disorders
Indigestion
Dyspepsia has many causes, which, despite common use of the term "indigestion," do not involve a problem digesting food. Acute dyspepsiamay occur briefly after ingestion of A large meal Alcohol Certain irritating drugs (such as bisphosphonates,erythromycin, iron, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [NSAIDs]) Also, some people having a heart attack or unstable angina (coronary artery ischemia) may feel only a sensation of dyspepsia, rather than chest pain ( see Chest or Back Pain ). Forrecurring dyspepsia,common causes include Cancer (of the Stomach Cancer or Delayed gastric (stomach) emptying Drugs Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) None Gastritis or Helicobacter pylori Infection None Unknown (nonulcer dyspepsia) Delayed gastric emptying is a situation in which food remains in the stomach for an abnormally long period of time. Delayed emptying is usually caused by a disorder (such as diabetes, a connective tissue disorder, or a neurologic disorder) that affects the nerves to the digestive tract. Anxiety by itself does not cause dyspepsia. However, anxiety can sometimes worsen dyspepsia by increasing the person’s concern about unusual or unpleasant sensations, so that minor discomfort becomes very distressing. In many people, doctors find no abnormality during a physical examination or after looking in the esophagus and stomach with a flexible viewing tube (upper endoscopy) or after doing imaging or laboratory tests. In such cases, called nonulcer dyspepsia (functional dyspepsia), the person's symptoms may be due to an increased sensitivity to sensations in the stomach or to intestinal contractions. 