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Causes and types of burping after eating

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Belching is a sudden (often resounding) air outlet through the mouth, stuck in the esophagus or stomach, sometimes with a small amount of gastric contents. Belching occurs due to the contraction of the muscles of the stomach with an open cardiac sphincter.

This unpleasant phenomenon experienced by all, and healthy and sick. Burp haunts us from birth, as almost without exception, all babies swallow excessive air during sucking. But with the full development and growth, this problem goes away.

When the proper functioning of the digestive tract belching is not seen, but if it happens, it is extremely rare and mostly empty (air). We regularly swallow small amounts of air, which allows the body to adjust gastric pressure, but then, he goes so tiny portions that we do not notice.

Hence – the conclusion that belching may have physiological and pathological origin.


The causes of burping

Consider the physiological causes of burping.

Periodically belching occurs in people with normally functioning gastrointestinal tract. As a rule, belching air, or smell what was eaten or drunk the day before. It occurs when a person:

  • conducts a rapid conversation during a meal;
  • hurry, and almost without chewing, swallowing food;
  • eating in a state of emotional tension;
  • overeat;
  • suffering from air swallowing (zaglatyvanii excessive air during meals and outside meals).

Remember the remark of Professor Preobrazhensky from the film "heart of a Dog" about reading Newspapers at lunch? With him will agree any doctor-gastroenterologist.

However, people are faced with this problem, not only in connection with the way they eat, but due to the fact that eat.

For anybody not a secret that some foods and beverages increase gas. Accumulated in the stomach gas will be released through the esophagus.

These include:

  • carbonated beverages;
  • popular today oxygen cocktails;
  • bow;

  • milk;
  • ice cream;
  • beans and cabbage can also be the cause of formation of burping, but mainly a consequence of their excessive consumption is flatulence.

But we should not too lightly to stand the belching air, as it may be a precursor of stomach cancer.

Causes of pathologic regurgitation are diseases of the digestive system:

Important: persistent belching air with the feeling of fullness in the future acquires a rancid smell, can be a symptom of stomach cancer.


Belching after eating

Causes of belching after eating can be due to physiological, which have already been mentioned above, pathological processes that violate the gastrointestinal tract. This diseases such as:

  • chronic or acute pancreatitis,
  • bulbit,
  • diskinesia biliary tract,
  • gastritis with high acidity,
  • esophagitis (inflammation of the mucous membrane of the esophagus).

Note that the often repeated belching after eating in an adult, can be a symptom of health problems, and concerns violations of not only the digestive tract, so you should not neglect professional advice.


Frequent (constant) belching

The human body can react in a similar way to:

  • on a regular errors in diet;
  • the wrong organization a meal;
  • air swallowing, including neurotic character;
  • in various pathological processes.

Constant regurgitation may indicate:

  • on diseases of the digestive tract;
  • on the cardiovascular disease.

In addition, excessive and frequent belching can occur:

  • if you have problems with the lower sphincter of food, of food due to hernia of the diaphragm opening;
  • ulcer of stomach/duodenum;

  • with non-ulcer dyspepsia;

  • when gastroezofagealnam reflux;
  • in pathology of pancreas and biliary tract.

The types of burps

Types of belching:

Depending on what causes hiccups, it can be:

  • acidic, which indicates the increased acidity of gastric juice;
  • bitter – when reflux of bile into the stomach;
  • putrid or give acetone – when stasis and fermentation of undigested food in the stomach and diabetes;

  • air – if aerophagia, irregularities in diet, and early stages of various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

Let us consider the reasons of occurrence of various types of pathological regurgitation.

Sour belching after eating

Sour belching after eating can be a symptom of:

  • Inflammatory diseases of the mucous membrane of the stomach – gastritis;

  • gastro-oesophageal reflux;
  • Peptic ulcer disease;
  • More serious diseases, including stomach cancer.

Regurgitation of acidic always accompanies the pathological processes in the gastrointestinal tract, and this problem is impossible to get rid of before starting treatment of causal diseases.

If the person is:

  • regularly burps acidic burps later can give rotten;
  • loses appetite;
  • suffering from heartburn, accompanied by profuse salivation;

  • experiencing nausea, and even consuming a portion of the most benign food, slightly exceeding the norm;
  • experiencing heaviness in the epigastric region after eating, sometimes leading to severe pain.

So, it is necessary to seek the assistance of a gastroenterologist, as these symptoms may indicate gastritis or peptic ulcer disease.

Usually belching regularly occurs after eating, sometimes with gas in the oral cavity and enters the gastric contents.

"Sour burp" indicates that the stomach contains more acid than needed for digestion.

In the gastro-digestive reflux muscular valve that separates the esophagus from the stomach, is not working properly, and sour stomachjuice regularly enters the esophagus and from there into the oral cavity.

This condition in 10% of cases may cause the development of Barrett's syndrome, where due to frequent irritation of esophageal mucosa by acidic gastric nipple, its structure is changing. It becomes similar to lining of intestine.

Constant companions of this disease are:

  • very frequent belching;sour;
  • heartburn;
  • sharp or dull pain in the upper part of the stomach.

According to recent studies the risk of cancer of the esophagus is particularly high in people with reflux, as they are taking medicines that weaken the symptoms and promptly seek treatment to control their condition.

Belching bitterness

Belching bitterness is also a symptom of certain diseases or disorders, occurs when:

  1. Gastroduodenal reflux. Bile from the liver must get into the duodenum and further into lower sections of the intestine. In dysfunction of the pylorus and increased pressure in the duodenum, which can be caused by certain diseases, bile is moving in the wrong direction and into the stomach;

  2. Trauma, hernia, tumor of the abdominal cavity. By mechanical compression of the duodenum, the bile, which is under pressure overcomes the sphincter muscle of the pylorus, and again enters the stomach;

  3. Taking certain medicines. Muscle relaxants and antispasmodics lower muscle tone of the sphincter, which is formed between the lumen of the duodenum and stomach;

  4. Operational interventions. If during the operation were dissected muscles of the sphincter, the bile will continuously enter the stomach;

  5. Chronic duodenitis. Inflammation and swelling of the duodenal mucosa increases the pressure, due to which the stomach is thrown duodenal contents;

  6. Pregnancy. The reason is the same pressure on the duodenum.

From time to time, the bile into the stomach in healthy people. If this happens rarely, no symptoms.

Burp acetone

Burp acetone can be caused by diabetes.

Digestive disorders, a faithful companion which is belching, which is characteristic for late complications of diabetesdiabetes:

  • prolonged hyperglycemia;
  • diabetic neuropathy;
  • disorders of compensation metabolism of carbohydrates.

The causes of burping with acetone in diabetes:

  • the Autonomous form of neuropathy, which affects the nerves responsible for the functioning of the digestive tract. Food is moved through the esophagus, stomach and intestine failures due to violations of the normal rhythm of the muscle contraction. There is a delay of the evacuation of content, developing reflux.
  • decreased tone (paresis) and paralysis (atony) of the stomach. These conditions cause stagnation of food masses in the stomach cavity and create favorable conditions for bacteria to grow.

People suffering from diabetes, complicated with disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, concerned about the burping, heartburn and nausea, worse after eating.

Diabetic ketoacidosis (impaired carbohydrate metabolism) causes an acute atony of the stomach and intestines, the mucous membrane which can be irritated keratinocyte acids and acetone.

All these diseases require treatment by an endocrinologist, followed by treatment and observation.

Belching odorless

The causes of burping without smell can be:

  • physiological,
  • pathological.

Physiological regurgitation can cause:

  • aerophagia is the swallowing of excessive air while eating, which then exits through the mouth;
  • diseases of the oral and nasal cavity;
  • drinking carbonated beverages or beer;
  • hot or cold drink;
  • whipped, airy drinks, cocktails;
  • some products (milk, ice cream, onion);
  • overeating;
  • the second phase of pregnancy;
  • the abuse of chewing gum;
  • snacking on the go;
  • poor chewing of food;
  • sports and other physical activities after a meal;
  • sleep after a meal;
  • eating in a state of strong emotional stress;
  • other disorders of nutrition.

Constant and frequent "blank" burp is a concomitant symptom of certain diseases. Pathological causes:

  1. Neurotic aerophagia. In this case, a person swallows air not only during meals, but the rest of the time;

  2. A motor skills disorder andthe tone of the stomach;

  3. Chronic gastritis;

  4. Peptic ulcer disease;

  5. Pyloroduodenal stenosis;

  6. Narrowing of the esophagus.

In addition, the "empty" burping can be a symptom of cardiovascular disease:

  • cardiovascular failure;
  • cardiospasm;
  • aneurysm of the descending aorta.

A healthy person can be compared to an orchestra where all instruments are streamlined and always on time come into play.

Burp, even without the smell, can indicate that in the gastrointestinal tract occur pathological changes, which should not be ignored to prevent development of the disease.


Burp the baby

For infants – belching is considered a normal reaction.

Ingestion of small quantities of air during feeding it is necessary for the regulation of intragastric pressure.

Due to the imperfections of the gastrointestinal tract of the infant, a gas bubble is retained in the stomach or passes into the intestines. In this child there has been a dramatic bloating, which can trigger spasms of the intestine. The baby would fret and cry until, until you burp the air. Therefore, pediatricians recommend not to put the baby immediately after feeding, hold him upright, waiting for trigiani. But with the full development and growth, this problem goes away.

Highly excitable children, worrying and crying during feeding, you need to see a neurologist, and take breaks in feeding to hold them in an upright position for trigiani the excess air. These kids should be prepared to food intake. Reproach in his arms, to reassure her.

If frequent belching is observed in a child after a year, you need to consult a doctor, and should begin with a consultation by a pediatrician.

At this age also is important as the nervous system of the child. If the baby is irritable, it is more prone to gastro-intestinal diseases.

Regurgitation of food or air can be caused by:

  • improper nutrition of the child;
  • stimulating games while eating;
  • watching the cartoons that are causing emotional outburst;
  • adenoids;
  • chronic tonsillitis and rhinitis;
  • highsalivation.

The causes of constant belching in children of preschool and school children can be the same as adults. This disease:

  • Gastrointestinal tract,
  • liver
  • the biliary tract.

How to get rid of burps?

While occasional belching treatment usually not required as it is caused due to disorders of nutrition and errors in the diet.

The reason for visiting the doctor is the constant belching that is repeated within hours for five days. It may indicate a pathology that requires identifying the causes and a thorough examination.

A specialist will diagnose and prescribe treatment of diseases caused by constant burping.

With regard to physiological regurgitation, in order to get rid of it, you need to:

To organize the process of eating, ie:

  • there is no rush, chewing food thoroughly;
  • not to emotional conversations while eating and in General, do not begin your meal with nervous excitement;
  • do not expose yourself in heavy physical loads.
  • To unsubscribe from soda, beer, oxygen cocktails;
  • Not to eat any foods that cause burping. By the way, the belching can be an individual human reaction to some product that you can identify and stop consuming;
  • Eat a full, high-quality products that meet the body's need for minerals and vitamins;
  • To observe moderation in food, it is very important Golden rule: "no Better... than a feather...", you can eat less but more often;
  • Do not drink too hot tea or coffee;
  • If you drink do not use a straw;
  • Refuse to chewing gum, there are many other ways to freshen breath;
  • To stop Smoking;

  • Walking after a meal, enough for even half an hour.

Important! If belching with a smell or without join pain in different areas of the abdomen, you should not delay seeking help from a doctor-gastroenterologist, self-treatment is unacceptable. They can be harbingers of a very formidable diseases, timely diagnosis which becomes the key to successful treatment.


orshenin Elena Ivanovna, doctor-gastroenterologist