What is reflux disease?
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.
A 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 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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Im 38 and have had acid reflux with constant belching since about 5 months. my acid reflux got so bad i felt the burn from my throat to stomach all day long, with non stop belching and mostly eating any food would burn. Throughout the day i would feel like im getting choked and it would make me cough. I gave Prevacid a try again and on third day i noticed bright red in my stool. Next 2 days I seem to notice some inside of it still. It sometimes looks like fat in ground beef with some red but you have to get close to see. I have just stopped taking prevacid today. I have tried Omeprazole, and prevacid in the past and i get some relief but still problems. I have setup an appt for GI but earliest avail is still within more then 2 weeks. Is this serious, should i go to ER or could it just be side effect from prevacid. If someone can please respond it would be greatly appreciated, my anxiety is out the roof because of this and taking xanax to calm me down is affecting me throughout day.
It is advisable to go in for a gastroscopy to get to the exact reasons behind your symptoms.