The heartburn constitutes for some among us an unpleasant momentary feeling, but for others, they can be the symptom of a more serious complication. Sometimes, indeed, brûlement of stomach is such as certain people do not dare more anything to eat fear of accentuating their pain. When they are more occasional, it is easier to identify food or the activities which cause the heartburn. On the other hand, if they are chronic or become it, a specific treatment must be prescribed in order to control the symptoms and to prevent that the situation leads to complications.
The people who have heartburn more twice per week and whose symptoms are not relieved that temporarily by antiacids should consult their doctor. A more in-depth treatment can be undertaken to relieve the symptoms in the majority of the cases.
The œsophagite
The oesophagite can be one of the complications resulting from the heartburn. Through being in contact with the gastric juices, the mucous membrane of the stomach is irritated and been able to cause an ignition of the oesophagus. One speaks then about œsophagite. The mucous membrane of the oesophagus can then present ulcers and haemorrhages. Sometimes, the fabrics which recover the oesophagus are replaced by other unusual fabrics. The doctors believe that this phenomenon can be a favorable ground for the development of cancer. The people who suffer from œsophagite by backward flow can immediately feel a feeling of burn in the lower part of the chest after the fatty hot food or fruit juice, alcohol, hot drink ingestion. This kind of faintness can appear after a meal, when one leans or then when one lies. If the symptoms are serious, the person will awake with a cough, a whistling breathing, or the impression to choke itself.
The Ulcer
An ulcer is a hole which is formed when the wall of the digestive tract is destroyed by the acid gastric juices. The ulcers can be formed in the wall of the stomach (gastric ulcer), the duodenum (first part of the small intestine) or of the oesophagus. Even if acidity in the stomach plays a significant part in the formation of an ulcer, other factors can be in question, including the nicotinism and certain drugs anti-inflammatory drugs. The symptoms related to an ulcer are variable, but they can include the feeling of burn in the top of the abdomen or a painful hunger less than three hours after the meals. Sometimes, of the serious complications can occur like bleedings or a perforation (erosion of the ulcer through the wall of the stomach or the intestine). The majority of the ulcers can be cured effectively using a treatment. The antiacids which neutralize the acid present in the stomach.
Cancer
The cancer of the stomach occurs in the cells which paper it. There is no single cause with the cancer of the stomach, although the food seems to play a part a little more important than the other risk factors. The factors worsening the risk to develop a cancer of the stomach are a food rich in salt, out of salted meats and smoke, a weak vegetable and fruit supply, a gastrite atrophic chronicle, or an infection in Helicobacter pylori, ageing, the nicotinism or even the family antecedents. Let us note that it is possible that the cancer of the stomach causes any sign nor no symptom at the time of the first stages. It can also happen that the person tends to be unaware of her symptoms if they are vague. The cancer of the stomach can generate symptoms like the changes of digestion, it Malayan abdominal, the loss of appetite, the heartburn, the gastric backward flow, the difficulty of swallowing, the vomiting, the diarrhoea, the constipation, the weight loss, etc… Other late signs occur as the tumour grows bigger or is propagated with other parts of the body.
