Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Gastroesophageal reflux disease refers toto chronic relapsing diseases. It manifests itself in a variety of symptoms, is caused by a sudden, repeated regularly throwing of gastric contents into the esophagus. This, in turn, leads to a lesion in the lower part of the esophagus.
Similar progress through the esophageal lowerThe sphincter is considered a normal phenomenon of a physiological character in the event that it happens rarely, and it is not accompanied by unpleasant sensations. However, if this phenomenon is observed frequently, accompanied by damage or inflammation of the mucosa and symptoms outside the esophagus, then this is gastroesophageal reflux disease.
The development of the disease is influenced byfeatures of the life of the patient. These include work related to frequent inclined position, stress, obesity, eating habits, smoking, pregnancy and so on.
Gastroesophageal reflux diseasedevelops due to a decrease in the tone of the esophageal lower sphincter, a violation of the function of self-cleaning the esophagus and emptying the stomach, increasing intra-abdominal pressure. In addition, the refluxant (thrown contents) can have damaging properties, and the esophagus mucosa may not be able to withstand its action.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease: symptoms and diagnosis
Gastroesophageal reflux disease is manifested by acidic eructations, heartburn. The next common symptom is chest pain, which is given to the left half of the chest cavity, between the shoulder blades, etc.
External (extra-esophageal) manifestations of the diseaseinclude shortness of breath (shortness of breath or cough), ENT organs (dryness in the throat, hoarseness of the voice) and stomach (bloating, rapid saturation of vomiting, nausea).
The disease has two forms. The first include endoscopic-negative (non-erosive) reflux disease. It is noted in seventy percent of all cases.
The thirty remaining percentages include episodes of reflux esophagitis.
To detect inflammatory lesions, erosions,ulcers, strictures of the esophagus, endoscopic and X-ray examination is used. Diagnostic measures include daily monitoring of the pH of the lower third part of the esophagus. This allows you to determine the duration and amount of refluxing, as well as to select an individual type of therapy and ensure control over the effectiveness of the action of medications. The change in the tone of the sphincter of the esophagus allows one to reveal a manometric study.
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Treatment
The basis of therapy is the change of individualfactors in the patient's lifestyle. Work is being done on the normalization of body weight, excluding smoking, reducing the use of coffee, alcohol, fatty foods. In addition, the load is reduced, causing an increase in intra-abdominal pressure. It is important that during sleep the body takes the correct position - with the head elevated by 15-20 cm.
The impact of drugs is mainly aimed atelimination of esophagitis and reduction of episodes of reflux and the number of refluxant, reducing its damaging properties. In this case, as a rule, drugs of three drug groups are prescribed: antisecretory agents, antacids and prokinetics.
Treatment of folk remedies gastroesophageal reflux disease includes herbal medicine.
Very effective herbal tea, which includedthere are two parts of plantain leaves, two parts of flax seeds, five parts of althea leaves, one part of watch grass, one part of dandelion leaves, three-tenths of mint, three parts of ivan tea and three parts of centraria. A tablespoon of the collection is filled with half a liter of water and boiled over low heat. The lid should be closed. Boiling takes fifteen minutes. After this broth insisted half an hour. It is recommended to take sip half a cup four to five times a day. The infusion is drunk warm, before meals (twenty minutes), for a month or two.
Another effective remedy is juice fromfreshly dug celery roots. It is recommended to take three times a day and 1 or 2 tbsp. l before meals. Roots can be dried and chopped. To prepare the decoction, the roots (2 tsp) are poured with boiling water (glass). Broth insisted 20 minutes. It is recommended to take half a cup three times a day before meals.
