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Medical Forum / General / General / April 2005Burping excessively
Whenever my partner feels sick to the stomach she starts burping consistently for hours. Nothing seems to stop it. It interrupts her sleep and it makes her feel sicker. Tonight it was from overeating. She has been burping for over 2 hours before bed with no sign of it ending. Any ideas on what causes it? I've personally never known anyone to do that before. Yes ... she is probably suffering from a Hiatal Hernia that is causing acid reflux. It is incredibly painful and awful to deal with. It can take many years to cure this condition which requires smaller meals, less acid, more exercise and more water ... things like citrus juice and coffee need to be sacrificed completely. What she should not do is get hooked on drugs like Prevacid and Prilosec and other heartburn medication. All that does is kill the acid in the stomach to stop the gas, but that doesn't stop the problem, it only masks it. If she wishes to sleep, I advise putting 4 or 5 inch wooden blocks under the top of your bed, so that she's sleeping at an angle. Sleeping this way will at least keep everything down. I'm not a doctor ... but I endured that painful, embarassing hell for two years before I made the lifestyle change. It means she has some unhealthy eating and exercise habits and maybe drinks too much coffee or other acidic food. Hope this helps. > Yes ... she is probably suffering from a Hiatal Hernia that is causing > acid reflux. It is incredibly painful and awful to deal with. It can [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > acid in the stomach to stop the gas, but that doesn't stop the problem, > it only masks it. Excessive belching and bloating in patients with GERD is caused by air swallowing, which the patient does, more or less unconciously, in order to clear the lower esophagus of the refluxate. The cause of GERD is a malfunction of the lower esophageal sphincter, either a low resting pressure, or transient inappropriate LES relaxation. Esophageal reflux occurs when the pressure in the stomach exceeds the contraction pressure of the LES at any given moment. The term "hiatus hernia" refers to an anatomic abnormality where the upper part of the stomach has actually slipped up into the chest...it doesn't describe any kind of disease condition. Hiatus hernia can contribute to GERD, but doesn't have to. Not all patients with hiatus hernia have GERD, and not all patients with GERD have a hiatus hernia. HMc > Whenever my partner feels sick to the stomach she starts burping > consistently for hours. Nothing seems to stop it. It interrupts her sleep > and it makes her feel sicker. Tonight it was from overeating. She has been > burping for over 2 hours before bed with no sign of it ending. Any ideas on > what causes it? I've personally never known anyone to do that before. There are various digestive disorders. I advise you to ask her to visit her doctor and discuss this problem with him or her. There are several medications that might make the problem go away. In addition, both of you should visit a health food store and buy a bottle of "Plant Enzymes" and "Bromelain". These two products aid in food digestion. I should note that some medical problems might also cause this problem--the doctor should be aware of this problem.  SignatureNEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. In article <42580ad2$0$14796$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>, >> Whenever my partner feels sick to the stomach she starts burping >> consistently for hours. Nothing seems to stop it. It interrupts her sleep [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> on >> what causes it? I've personally never known anyone to do that before. One of the things that contributes the most to transient inappropriate LES relaxation is a full stomach. In addition, the full stomach increases the pressure gradient across the already-inappropriately-relaxed LES making reflux all the more likely. When patients do reflux gastric contents back into their esophagus, the typical reaction is to swallow air to clear the esophagus. It's easy to postulate your partner overeating, swallowing air to clear the esophagus, belching the swallowed air, but the increased air in the stomach makes it fuller, which in turn promotes more reflux, which causes more air swallowing, and on and on it goes ad nauseum (literally). Nothing to do about it, really. The only way the cycle can be broken is by decreasing intragastric pressure, which will happen eventually as the stomach empties itself. The key to keeping it from happening is to avoid overeating, and avoid substances that decrease the LES tone, such as alcohol, tobacco, caffiene, certain spices. Weight loss is also an important component in GERD patients who are obese. That intraabdominal fat also will contribute to increased intraabdominal pressure, which increases the gradient across the LES. HMc |
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