Stomach acidity, bloating, acid reflux and heartburn may be caused by bile reflux gastritis, reflux esophagitis, gastric cancer and other diseases, which can be relieved by general treatment, medication or surgery.
1. Bile Reflux Gastritis: Bile Reflux Gastritis can be manifested as abdominal pain, abdominal distension, etc., and can be accompanied by acid reflux, heartburn and other symptoms. Most of the mild patients can relieve the symptoms by changing the diet, and at the same time need to be given gastric mucosal protective agents, such as aluminum sulfate, magnesium aluminum carbonate and so on. Gastric stimulants such as itopride and mosapride can also be given.
2. Reflux esophagitis: obese people reduce weight, raise the head of the bed when sleeping; stop eating three hours before bedtime, quit smoking and drinking; avoid increasing abdominal pressure. Can use such as rabeprazole to inhibit gastric acid secretion, can also take mosapride and other promote gastrointestinal peristalsis to improve symptoms. For those who are in good condition for surgery and cannot stop taking medication, they can have surgery, such as laparoscopic fundoplication.
3. Gastric cancer: patients with gastric cancer will also have stomach acidity, bloating, acid reflux, heartburn and other discomforts, and nutritional support is one of the important means of gastric cancer treatment. For early stage patients, surgery is often adopted. At the same time, follow the doctor’s prescription with radiotherapy and other auxiliary treatments.
Stomach acidity, bloating, acid reflux and heartburn are mostly caused by gastric diseases, so it is recommended to clarify the cause of the disease and then treat symptomatically.