How to deal with bloating and indigestion

Eat on time, chew carefully, choose foods that are balanced between ingredients, relieve stress, get enough sleep for 7-8 hours a day.

Dr. Pham Minh Thien, Head of the General Department of Internal Medicine, District 11 Hospital (HCMC), said dyspepsia is a common symptom of gastrointestinal disorders, causing discomfort in daily activities.

Indigestion occurs frequently or in a wave, occurring after eating or while eating. Patients feel hot in the epigastric region, especially after drinking alcohol, using high-fat foods, milk sugar or hot foods containing stimulating spices such as peppers and pepper. There are cases where the patient sees the abdomen constricting.

Feeling of bloating will lessen when the patient deflates or bowels. Sometimes people have heartburn, heartburn, nausea or may vomit in the morning. The stomach felt heavy on the top, feeling like the brain was full of water, bloating. Breathing and puffing, walking heavily. May have diarrhea and constipation attached.

The stomach felt heavy on the top, feeling like the brain was full of water, bloating.

If this condition is frequent and prolonged, your body becomes tired and exhausted, it may signal a dangerous disease that needs early treatment.

Dr. Thien analyzes several causes of bloating and indigestion:

Eating disproportionately

When eating too much, eating indigestible foods and easily giving birth to steam, will cause slow digestion. Foods that are easy to cause bloating, flatulence, dyspepsia such as starchy foods, high fiber, greasy fried foods, alcohol, cigarettes, carbonated drinks, re-cooked foods, live (sour spring rolls, soup, raw vegetables .), seafood, alcoholic beverages .

Improper eating habits

Eating too fast, not chewing well, eating at the wrong time, at the right time, having just finished eating has to lie down or sit still, causing the digestive system to stagnate affecting food metabolism. Habits and eating while watching movies, laughing and talking while eating, swallowing easily cause bloating, flatulence, especially in children.

Digestive disorders

Toxins from foods, intestinal bacteria disorder, excess acid, gastrointestinal bacteria, asthenia, prolonged insomnia, stress cause reduction of digestive enzymes, reduce gastrointestinal motility, some people Due to poor lactose tolerance, it also causes bloating, bloating, and indigestion.

Gastrointestinal disease

Some digestive diseases such as gastric mucositis, gastric ulcer - duodenum, gastroesophageal reflux, stomach cancer affect the ability to squeeze food. Pancreatic disease causes decreased pancreatic secretion, gallstones, hepatitis resulting in impaired liver function, reduced secretion of bile and digestive enzymes.

Mentality

Psychological stress, work pressure, insomnia . can affect the central nervous system, which controls the digestive process, thereby affecting intestinal motility, indigestion, belching. Especially when prolonged stress that using stimulants, tranquilizers will make patients fall into the "sick husband disease" , digestive disorders are getting worse.

Due to side effects of the drug

Antibiotics kill beneficial bacteria, cause imbalance in the intestinal microflora leading to digestive disorders such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, dyspepsia .

How to reduce bloating and indigestion

1. Change eating habits . Eat on time, eat slowly, chew carefully, choose foods that balance between protein, fat, sugar ingredients. Limit eating fried foods, starch and fiber. Do not use stimulants such as coffee, alcohol, beer, cigarettes, carbonated drinks, hot spices like mustard, chili, pepper.
2. Reasonable living regime . Regularly mobilizing, participating in light sports, taking time to rest, relax, listen to music, walk . help the spirit of comfort, relieve stress, help the digestive system work more smoothly. Working in moderation, needing 7-8 hours of sleep a day helps to relax and recharge the body's energy.
3. Limit the use of drugs that cause side effects leading to discomfort in the digestive system. If you suffer from gastrointestinal diseases, you need to be examined and treated completely.

8 ways to limit indigestion

The food should and should not be eaten when the stomach is full