Rotten belching is the regurgitation of gastric or intestinal gases with a putrid odor, accompanied by a characteristic sound. The symptom can be combined with pain or discomfort in the abdomen, dyspeptic disorders. Eructation most often occurs with diseases of the digestive system, enzyme deficiency, and some parasitic infections. To identify the cause of belching with rotten eggs, ultrasound, X-ray, endoscopic and laboratory methods are used. To reduce the frequency of erection, drugs (prokinetics, enzymes, laxatives), cleansing enemas are used.
Read more →Nausea during pregnancy is subjectively unpleasant sensations in the pharynx and epigastrium that disturb pregnant women at different periods of bearing a child, usually accompanied by other digestive disorders and autonomic dysfunction. Most often, the symptom is associated with the development of early toxicosis. Nausea also occurs with pathologies of pregnancy, concomitant diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. To identify the causes, ultrasound, gynecological examination, laboratory tests are performed. To reduce symptoms, non-drug methods, sedatives, prokinetics are used.
Read more →Nausea after eating is an unpleasant painful sensation in the stomach, esophagus and oropharynx, which occurs immediately or some time after eating and is accompanied by a violation of general well-being. Nausea often precedes vomiting. The symptom may have physiological prerequisites: overeating, pregnancy, but is more often determined in various pathologies of the digestive tract and hepatobiliary system. To identify the causes of nausea, ultrasound, endoscopy, radiography and laboratory methods are used. Herbal teas, prokinetics, sorbents, antihistamines help to reduce discomfort.
Read more →Nausea on an empty stomach is painful sensations in the epigastric region, oral cavity and pharynx that occur on an empty stomach with subthreshold excitation of the vomiting center. Nausea can be observed both with pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract, and as a result of toxicosis of pregnant women, endogenous intoxication syndrome, and neurological disorders. To detect the causes of nausea, ultrasound, endoscopy, pH-metry, laboratory blood and stool tests are prescribed, women are recommended a gynecological examination. In order to relieve discomfort, herbal teas, prokinetics, sedatives, antacids are used.
Read more →Nausea is a peculiar sensation of discomfort in the epigastrium, behind the sternum, in the throat and oral cavity, which is often a harbinger of vomiting. May be accompanied by salivation, hyperhidrosis, weakness, dizziness. It is extremely rarely observed in healthy people with diet errors. Usually appears in diseases of the digestive organs and the central nervous system, intoxication conditions. To clarify the causes of nausea, endoscopic, radiological, ultrasound, electrophysiological and laboratory research methods are used. Before the diagnosis is made, sedative herbal remedies, prokinetics, and enterosorbents are usually used to reduce the severity of the symptom.
Read more →Dry mouth (xerostomia) is a subjectively unpleasant sensation of dryness of the mucous membrane, difficulty in eating, speech disorders caused by insufficient saliva secretion. The symptom occurs with lesions of the salivary glands, endocrine and metabolic disorders, pathology of the respiratory, digestive and urinary systems. To establish the degree of xerostomia and find out the causes, sialometry, sialography, and ultrasound are performed. To alleviate unpleasant symptoms, it is recommended to use moisturizing oral fluids, cholinergic drugs.
Read more →Salivation (sialorrhea, hypersalivation) is normally observed in infants, pregnant women, and also with mechanical irritation of the receptors of the oral cavity. Common etiological factors are diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, teeth, ENT organs, damage to the central and peripheral nervous system. To diagnose the causes of salivation, saliva is examined, blood and urine tests are performed, instrumental visualization of the gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system. To stop the symptom, it is necessary to cure the underlying disease. Anticholinergics, botulinum toxin preparations are prescribed to reduce salivation.
Read more →Sweet taste in the mouth (glycogeusia) is an intermittent or persistent unpleasant sensation of sweetness in the oral mucosa for no apparent reason. The symptom worries with malnutrition, excessive restriction of carbohydrates, a sharp rejection of cigarettes. Unpleasant taste is characteristic of diabetes and gestational diabetes, damage to the digestive system, and neurological diseases. To identify the etiological factor, laboratory tests, endoscopy, ultrasound are performed. To eliminate the sweet taste, eating habits are corrected, etiotropic therapy is prescribed.
Read more →Vomiting blood is the sudden, uncontrolled discharge of bright red (hematemesis) or brown (coffee grounds) vomit through the mouth. The symptom is most characteristic of gastric ulcer, other factors include inflammatory or destructive diseases of the esophagus and gastroduodenal zone, liver damage, pathologies of the blood coagulation system, and taking certain medications. To clarify the causes of vomiting, endoscopic, radiological, ultrasound and laboratory research methods are used. Drugs are prescribed only after a clinical diagnosis has been made.
Read more →Vomiting food is a complex reflex act in which gastric juice with partially fermented food masses is released through the mouth as a result of increased pressure on the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract and diaphragm. The symptom is often combined with nausea, abdominal pain, stool instability. Vomiting occurs with organic and functional diseases of the upper digestive tract, but sometimes has a physiological origin. To identify the prerequisites for the violation, ultrasound, radiography, endoscopy, manometry, and laboratory tests are performed. To stop the symptom, prokinetics, sorbents are used.
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