Dyspepsia

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The term dyspepsia, also called indigestion, refers to a discomfort in the central or upper abdomen that originates in the esophagus, the stomach, or the first portion of the duodenum. Discomfort might be felt either occasionally or as often as daily, and depending on its origin, it might be accompanied by such symptoms as nausea, bloating, belching, heavy digestions, acidity, regurgitations, abdominal distension, substernal pain and vomits that don’t relieve pain. Dyspepsia can be classified into: functional dyspepsia, which is not caused by other diseases, and organic dyspepsia, which result
from other disorders.
Se denomina dispepsia a toda molestia o dolor en la parte central o superior del abdomen y que se origina en el esófago, el estómago o la primera porción del duodeno. El malestar puede cursar de forma recurrente o periódica y se acompaña, con mayor o menor frecuencia, dependiendo del origen, con náuseas, eructos, digestiones pesadas, acidez gástrica, regurgitaciones, distensión abdominal, sensación de saciedad con poca ingesta, ardor retroesternal y vómitos que no alivian el dolor. Realizamos una división fundamental entre las distintas dispepsias: las denominadas dispepsias funcionales que no son causadas por otras enfermedades y las dispepsias orgánicas que sí lo son.