Functional dyspepsia, also known as dyspepsia, is common and often suffers from the following symptoms:
1. Postprandial fullness;
2. Early satiety: After eating a small amount of food, you feel full in your stomach and cannot complete a normal meal.
3. Epigastric pain;
4. Burning sensation in the upper abdomen;
5. Other symptoms: such as loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, etc., some patients may have diarrhea, constipation and other discomforts at the same time.
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The disease will recur, and the severity is sometimes mild and sometimes severe, and some patients also have mental and psychological symptoms such as anxiety and depression.
It is called "functional" dyspepsia because the patient has undergone various tests and found no evidence of other conditions that may be causing the above symptoms. Symptoms are more likely to come from gastrointestinal hypersensitivity, which is more likely to produce abnormal sensations in response to small stimuli.
It can be improved with specific drug treatments, such as drugs to eradicate Helicobacter pylori, protect the gastric mucosa, and improve gastrointestinal motility; Acid-suppressing therapy may also be given with drugs that suppress gastric acid secretion.
If the effect of the above treatment is not good, the symptoms of mental and psychological disorders are severe, and it is necessary to cooperate with psychiatric and psychological treatment.
Functional dyspepsia is easily confused with some other digestive diseases, and it is recommended to seek medical attention in time when related problems are suspected, and ask a professional doctor to judge it, so as not to delay the standardized diagnosis and treatment.
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Wei Wei is an attending physician in the Department of Gastroenterology
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