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Indigestión - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Dispepsia; Llenura molesta después de las comidas

Definición:

La indigestión (dispepsia) es una sensación vaga de malestar en la parte superior del abdomen o el vientre durante o después de comer. Esto puede abarcar:

  • Una sensación de calor, ardor o dolor en el área entre el ombligo y la parte inferior del esternón.
  • Una sensación de llenura que es molesta y ocurre poco después de comenzar la comida o cuando ésta ha terminado.

La distensión o las náuseas son síntomas menos comunes.

La indigestión NO es lo mismo que acidez gástrica.

Consideraciones generales:

La indigestión por lo general no es un problema de salud más serio, a menos que también esté acompañada de otros síntomas, como pérdida de peso o dificultad para tragar.

La indigestión es un problema común.

En muy raras ocasiones, la molestia de un ataque cardíaco se confunde erróneamente con una indigestión.

Causas comunes:

La indigestión se puede desencadenar por:

  • Consumir alcohol en exceso.
  • Comer alimentos condimentados, grasosos o grasos.
  • Comer demasiado (en exceso).
  • Comer demasiado rápido.
  • Estrés emocional o nerviosismo.
  • Alimentos ricos en fibra.
  • Tabaquismo.
  • Demasiada cafeína.

Otras causas de indigestión son:

  • Cálculos biliares.
  • Gastritis (cuando el revestimiento del estómago resulta inflamado o hinchado).
  • Inflamación del páncreas ( pancreatitis).
  • Úlceras (intestinal o gástrica).
  • Uso de ciertos fármacos como antibióticos, ácido acetilsalicílico (aspirin) y antinflamatorios no esteroides (AINES).
  • Reviewed last on: 2/4/2011
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and George F Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Tack J. Dyspepsia. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 13.

Talley N. Functional gastrointestinal disorders: irritable bowel syndrome, dyspepsia, and noncardiac chest pain. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D. Cecil Textbook of Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 139.

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