indigestion
Sign in to saveIndigestion, also known as dyspepsia or upset stomach, is a condition of impaired digestion. Symptoms may include upper abdominal fullness, heartburn, nausea, belching, flatulence or upper abdominal pain. People may also experience feeling full earlier than expected when eating. Indigestion is relatively common, affecting 20% of people at some point during their life, and is frequently caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or gastritis.
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Indigestion, also called dyspepsia or upset stomach, is a digestive problem that can cause symptoms like abdominal pain, heartburn, nausea, bloating, and feeling full quickly when eating. It's fairly common—affecting about one in five people at some point—and is often caused by conditions like GERD or gastritis.
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- Medical condition.synonyms
- Dyspepsia
- Medical condition.field
- Gastroenterology
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Upper abdominal pain
- Medical condition.frequency
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29 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Symptoms
- Signs
- Alarm symptoms
- Cause
- Organic dyspepsia
- Esophagitis
- Gastritis
- Peptic ulcer disease
- ''Helicobacter pylori'' (''H. pylori'') infection
- Pancreatobiliary disease
- Duodenal micro-inflammation
- Functional dyspepsia
- Epigastric pain syndrome (EPS)
- Post-prandial distress syndrome (PDS)
- Food, herb, or drug intolerance
- Systemic diseases
- Post-infectious causes of dyspepsia
- Pathophysiology
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Diet
- Acid suppression
- Prokinetics
- Alternative medicine
- Epidemiology
- See also
- References
- External links
Indigestion, also known as dyspepsia or upset stomach, is a condition of impaired digestion. Symptoms may include upper abdominal fullness, heartburn, nausea, belching, flatulence or upper abdominal pain. People may also experience feeling full earlier than expected when eating. Indigestion is relatively common, affecting 20% of people at some point during their life, and is frequently caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or gastritis.
Indigestion is subcategorized as either "organic" or "functional dyspepsia", but making the diagnosis can prove challenging for physicians. Organic indigestion is the result of an underlying disease, such as gastritis, peptic ulcer disease (an ulcer of the stomach or duodenum), or cancer. Functional indigestion (previously called non-ulcer dyspepsia) is indigestion without evidence of underlying disease. Functional indigestion is estimated to affect about 15% of the general population in western countries and accounts for a majority of dyspepsia cases.