Gastric disorders are nowadays among the most common slow digestion, heartburn, regurgitation, belching insistent, swelling and heaviness are only the most frequent gastric symptoms indicative of a problem that affects the stomach and bowel function.

Events can be simple occasional spontaneous remission, recurrent disorders, or disorders that may become chronic, a sign of a disease that becomes dysfunctional organic and potentially severe.

What is surprising is the treatment, ranging from frequent and usual indication and prescription by the general practitioner or specialist, the anti H2 or proton pump inhibitors for all forms of gastritis and hyperacidity widespread.

So far so normal, they are powerful drugs that reduce the acid secretion and normalize in a few days mucosa also seriously damaged, whose use has been eliminated from the indications for gastric ulcer.

But the long-term use of proton pump inhibitors has been linked to a recent scientific work ( The Canadian Medical Association Journal, August 2008 ) with a significant increase of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures.

Not only that, the classic counter antacids, such as the common calcium carbonate, in addition to not care at all gastritis because after the first momentary and apparent reduction of the following response characterized by acid hypersecretion, can, if used indiscriminately, biochemical imbalances also cause severe life-threatening.

This article reported the case of a pregnant woman who, taking over the counter antacids in large doses, combined with large doses of milk arrived in the emergency room in serious condition, with a picture of hypercalcemia with acute pancreatitis and secondary diagnosis called milk-alkali syndrome .

All this to say that un'autoprescrizione, even banal, as in this case made by the counter antacids, which may cause damage if not treated in an emergency, even cause death.

Finally reducing gastric acidity, irrespective of drug used, was related by Dr. Erika Jensen-Jarolim University of Vienna a licensing increase in allergies and food intolerances and other studies seem to indicate even a small natural defense against the most common infections bacterial, viral.

The heartburn is physiological and his presence is certainly not random; reduce drastically for long periods, protects the gastric mucosa from excessive acid but substantially alter the environment of the entire digestive system.

The frequent use of anti-inflammatory drugs, combined with poor diet and emotional stress is the cause of the increasingly frequent use of antacids. These drugs, indipendetemente by nature are among the most sold and used at all, in turn, seem to be among those responsible for an increased incidence of other diseases as oseoporosi, osteoporotic fractures, food intolerances, allergies, and perhaps finally make the body more sucettibile to infection.

In short, the regular intake of these drugs indefinitely inexorably leads to recruitment of other drugs also only estimates. This establishes a growing dependence on the assumption of chemical preparations and a chain of successive and progressive imbalances or iatrogenic farmacoindotti not be underestimated.

Disregard and resistance is a considerable risk, because you may have feared the gastric perforation, self-care with OTC drugs is not as we said, without risk, and specific medication prescribed by a specialist such as proton pump inhibitors for life however, leads to alterations of note. Finally rely only and only to a healthy diet and commonsense advice "but come on, do not take it" may not be enough.

But then, why do not you think care differently? Acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy, are all therapies that, if prescribed by specialists and experts in serious and possibly associated with a proper diet and living permanently solve the various dyspeptic going to the root of the disorder and not only altering the gastric microenvironment. Not only that: they can also avoid regular intake of anti-inflammatory drugs

And 'certainly demand more attention and time to heal in this manner but I think it is worthwhile to stop and think.

Moreover if we consider the stomach as the center of power to assimilate nutrients, how can we think that its normal function and maintenance of its natural microclimate not a head of our whole health and balance of our own blood?

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Tags: acidity , Acupuncture , Food , gastritis , stress , ulcers

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