Daily Health Advices

You can show up as overweight, gastritis or an ulcer, and causes excessive acidity, heartburn and pain. Hiatal hernia is a disease that indigenous medicine described by the expression “turned up the stomach,” and that is common in older people.

The food we eat every day go out of our mouth to the pharynx, then to the esophagus, the stomach and then end up in the small intestine, where nutrients are absorbed.

This process can be affected when there is a gap opening, the body that connects the esophagus to the stomach, which moves above the diaphragm (muscle separating the chest from the abdomen). This condition, known as hiatal hernia, can be caused by hereditary factors, obesity or a diet high in fat and spices, although it is believed that other causes are still unknown.

“When the stomach back up into the area we have a case of hiatal hernia, a condition that alters the mechanisms that regulate the functions of the body, thus returning food to the mouth, burning in the chest that may spread to the throat, frequent belching and pain by eating food or hot drinks,” referred to a gastroenterologist Roberto Martínez Ayala, who is part of Grupo Angeles.

Confirmation

The diagnosis of the disease includes symptoms reported by the patient, auscultation and physical signs ratification of endoscopic technique in which “the person affected is tiny camera inserted through the mouth, which reaches the stomach and small intestine, a Once there, you made a circular motion can be seen in what condition are the walls of the area, which helps us to check ulcer, gastritis or tumors. By this method it is possible to measure the distance from the mouth the abdomen, which normally is 41 inches, but when that space hernia measuring 32 to 34, “says gastroenterologist.

Also, “during endoscopy forceps can be introduced with which a sample of stomach tissue, which is analyzed in the laboratory to see if it hosts a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori, which causes gastritis,” the specialist.

It is also possible to identify the disease by study called gastro-esophageal series, which involves giving the patient an oral fluid that will then better visualize the structures to study X-rays.

It is important to note that when not treated early on the condition of severe complications may occur, especially in older patients, and increased regurgitation and pain and even at night when lying rise of stomach acid . Because their defense mechanisms are no longer the same, wake up with a cough, do not get to sleep and are at high risk of burns in the esophagus. “When this acidic substance comes to this area in chronic (long) can cause cancer, a condition called Barrett’s esophagus,” refers Martínez Ayala.

Correction

Depending on the type of hernia is it decided whether to resort to surgery. Thus, measuring less than two inches can be controlled with medication and diet, while larger ones require surgery, as with the so-called fundoplication, which “is to lower the pass behind the stomach and esophagus so that you can no longer up into the chest cavity, and thereafter, the open part of the diaphragm is closed with suture material, “says Martínez Ayala.

The operation can be performed in an open, ie, by cutting with a scalpel in the abdominal, or laparoscopic, which consists of four holes, through which special forceps are inserted and a small camera that allows the doctor perform surgery by monitoring the process through a monitor.

Prevention

Remember that prevention is very important, therefore, we recommend the following:

- Make five small meals instead of 2 or 3 abundant.
- Do not eat too much at night or lie down immediately afterwards, wait at least three hours.
- Avoid using condiments, fats, chocolate, peppermint, citrus, tea, coffee and alcoholic beverages excessively.
- Do not smoke, because nicotine increases the secretion of gastric juices.
- Maintain your ideal weight.
- Avoid drinking hot liquids or gases.
- Curl up while sleeping on pillows that allow you to keep your head and shoulders elevated.

Remember better prevent than treat, but if you have symptoms of the disease, do not miss the time, immediately go to a gastroenterologist for proper treatment advice.

credit to: Karina Vasquez Galarza

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