Almost every one of us has experienced cases of abrupt release of gas from the mouth after drinking carbonated drinks or beer. But if this happens often and not just because of carbonated drinks, then it is hardly harmless, perhaps the body in this way gives a signal about the presence of any disease. Belching is the uncontrolled release of gas through the oral cavity that has accumulated in the esophagus or stomach. Sometimes it is the result of an accumulation of air that is swallowed while eating. When belching occurs with the release of gas with an unpleasant odor, then, most likely, this is a sign of pathology in the gastrointestinal tract.
Let's try to figure out how belching occurs, the reasons for its appearance and whether it is possible to cope with it.
The main reason that causes severe burping is digestion, when the stomach for some reason is not able to digest food normally, but instead produces gas.
The reasons may be the following:
• Lack of enzymes - leads to the appearance of symptoms such as constant belching, indigestion and flatulence.
• Lack of gastric juice. If in the process of eating people get used to drinking food with plenty of water, it as a result dilutes the gastric juice so much that digestion can occur due to this. The body is forced to work faster and produce as much gastric juice as possible to break down the amount of food that enters the stomach. This is the most common reason that a constant burping occurs.
• Increased fermentation. The cause of burping may be Candida albicans yeast, which can provoke excessive fermentation and frequent burping. As a rule, 85% of people have this fungus in the body, but not all cause this kind of symptoms. Everyone who has ever taken antibiotics can have an albicans in Candida, as well as those who eat a lot of sugar-containing and refined foods. This fungus is able to affect the increase in the production of digestive enzymes and gastric juice, a vivid indicator of this is constant burping.
Belching is the most harmless of all that this fungus leads to while in the human body. Candida albicans can sometimes cause quite serious illnesses, therefore, despite the fact that the probability is small, it will never be superfluous in case of suspicion of him undergoing a medical examination.
What diseases are belching associated with?
• Strong burping with air, odorless, can indicate the presence of a disease of the biliary tract and gall bladder. Sometimes there is a throwing into the stomach of the contents from the duodenum with an admixture of a certain amount of bile, then when burping it can bitter in the mouth.
• The increased acidity of the secreted gastric juice can provoke an eructation of sour taste. In this case, it can be accompanied by nausea and heartburn, as well as discomfort and pain in the epigastric region. In addition, pain or a feeling of heaviness in the right hypochondrium are possible , most often after eating fatty, fried foods or after taking alcoholic beverages.
• Gastritis. The atrophic nature of stomach diseases, such as gastritis, can also be called one of the reasons for belching after eating with rotten smell after eating .
• However, the most common cause of belching becomes a pathology in the mechanism of cardia closure - a muscle located at the border between the esophagus and the stomach, it is this muscle that prevents food from moving back. Constant belching in this case is accompanied by constant heartburn, as a result of systematic irritation of the tender mucous membrane of the esophagus with the acid contents of the stomach.
As for the treatment, if the above symptoms appear, it is definitely recommended that you go to the gastroenterologist for an examination and prescribe the appropriate therapy.