An eructation of air may be in a healthy person, but sometimes it is one of the first symptoms of gastritis. How to determine where the norm, and where the signal about the need to begin treatment?
When a person is healthy, he also has a belching of air. But this happens only once or twice a day, after a meal and there are no other abnormalities in the digestive system.
If the eructation begins to appear more often, its character has changed or there are still some unpleasant symptoms, for example, aching or pulling sensations in the stomach, mild nausea, heartburn, it is necessary to consult a gastroenterologist urgently. Most often this is a sign of chronic inflammation of the stomach mucosa, which has already affected the functioning of the glands of the stomach.
By the nature of the eructation with gastritis, you can even first say which part of the stomach is affected by the inflammatory process: acid indicates that there are problems with the lower part, a putrid smell - the upper part suffers, which is responsible for the production of hydrochloric acid.
What causes the eruption and the development of gastritis?
The provoking factors are products and substances that irritate the gastric mucosa, causing inflammation, which is exacerbated by repeated irritant action. Such products are usually:
- drinks with high alcohol content;
- combination in food is acute and oily;
- any carbonated drinks;
- are overly acidic or salty foods;
- marinades;
- some medications;
- consumption of fruits or vegetables in significant quantities immediately after the main meal.
Even if there are no complaints, it is desirable to avoid these products, because gastritis sometimes develops gradually and every use of foods harmful to the stomach increases the risk of inflammation.
Belching is a sign that the inflammatory process continues for a period of time, which was enough to cause inflammation to hit so many glands and mucous membranes of the stomach that it is no longer able to release the substances necessary for digesting food in time. Therefore, you should not suffer and hope that soon everything will go away by itself, you need to seek medical help. Chronic gastritis is a disease that must be dealt with.
Treating belching with gastritis
To get rid of the symptom, you need to eliminate the cause - the main disease, in this case you need to treat gastritis. It is necessary to tune in to the fact that this process will be lengthy - before the chronic form arose, quite a long time passed. Naturally, it will take a long time to recover. The main thing is to exercise consistency and do not interrupt treatment as soon as the disturbing symptoms disappear.
In any case, the fight against belching with gastritis includes several mandatory aspects:
- A good examination that will help to understand the type of gastritis, the main cause of its development, the degree of defeat.
- Drug therapy - you need to go through the entire course. Apply drugs that protect the mucous membrane, reduce inflammation, correct the level of acidity.
- Strict diet - you must completely avoid any products that can trigger an aggravation and spoil all the improvements in health that have been achieved at the moment. It is equally important to avoid excessively large portions and build a diet.
- Need to get rid of bad habits. Smoking and the use of alcoholic beverages will reduce the effectiveness of medical measures and may cause a new exacerbation.