Dyspepsia – indigestion
Any of the following symptoms may be present in dyspepsia: nausea (with possible vomiting), heartburn, pain in the upper abdomen, belching, and a feeling of fullness.
Causes include overeating, eating too rapidly, inadequate chewing of food (commonly because of poor teeth), unconscious swallowing of air, excessive smoking, constipation, eating poorly cooked foods, eating foods with high fat content, and eating gas-forming foods (beans, cabbage, turnips, onions).
Dyspepsia often occurs in nervous persons especially if they have eaten when emotionally upset. Dyspepsia occurs when there is a deficiency of certain digestive enzymes. It may occur when there is actual disease of the stomach, such as gastritis, peptic ulcer, or cancer, and when other organs of the body such as the heart, gall bladder, intestine, or pancreas are diseased.
Some dyspepsia symptoms (particularly the nausea) may occur early in a normal pregnancy.
