understanding of heartburn| Thu Aug 09 2018 19:04:20 GMT+0700 (WIB)

parkyingnam (53)in #health-status • 6 years ago

Heartburn (indigestion) is a term that describes pain originating from the stomach, small intestine, or even esophagus due to a number of conditions. Another mention of heartburn is dyspepsia.

Heartburn can be caused by many things, including open wounds that appear in the inner lining of the stomach (gastric ulcer), infection with Helicobacter pylori bacteria, side effects of the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and stress.

Although most heartburn can be treated without the need to consult a doctor, a medical doctor's examination is still necessary if heartburn is accompanied by frequent vomiting, you have difficulty swallowing and losing weight, and if you are 55 years old on.

If you have proven heartburn, your doctor will prescribe medication. Some examples of drugs that can be used to treat heartburn are antacids, H2 receptor antagonists (H2RA), proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), alginates, antibiotics, prokinetics, and antidepressant drugs.

Heartburn is a common disease in Indonesia. According to data carried out in several endoscopic centers in Indonesia there are around 7000 cases of ulcers with 86.4 percent of this number being functional dyspepsia. Functional dyspepsia is a stomach ulcer that has no known cause.

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