Sunday, April 18, 2010

Alcohol And Acid Reflux

The stomach produces an acid gastric juice, which promise a good digestion and the prevention of pathogens in food is essential. The term refers to the reflux of acidic gastric contents reflux into the esophagus. An occasional reflux of stomach acid is normal and usually goes unnoticed.

Acid reflux disease occurs when there are complaints or when determining changes in the mucosa of the esophagus. There is relatively large number of people suffering from reflux disease. One in five has occasional complaints that manifest themselves often characterized as heartburn. In about one in ten leads to an inflammation of the esophagus.

What are the causes of reflux disease?
In healthy people it may prevent the lower esophageal sphincter largely to the reflux of acidic gastric contents. If it is disturbed in its function of stomach acid, it flows back into the esophagus and then damages the mucosa. Coupled with that is often the assimilative capacity of the esophageal mucosa diminished, so that this natural protective mechanism fails. Delayed gastric emptying with a backlog may also impact negatively.

Alcohol and acid reflux
In the majority of cases a combination is earlier than the emergence of different mechanisms. There should be a diagnosis of nerve injury caused by alcohol in the stomach, for example, in the context of diabetes mellitus (diabetes) or with the autoimmune disease scleroderma and Sjogren’s syndrome.

It also occurs in 50 to 60 percent of all pregnant women, as heartburn, when mixed with alcohol. Cause is the increased pressure in the abdomen. The symptoms usually disappear after childbirth.

A link to the genesis of acid reflux disease with Western dietary habits such as excessive intake of saturated fatty acids, nicotine or alcohol consumption, the increased consumption of sweetened or highly acidic food and drinks and obesity is suspected, but could yet be proved unsafe.




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