Insufficiency of the cardia

Insufficiency of the cardia is a disorder of the stomach where the sphincter that separates the stomach and esophagus is not fully closed. Kardiya is a valve that separates the stomach and its contents to the esophagus, where it is alkaline or neutral process in the internal environment. Lack of authority contributes to reflux disease. This valve prevents the waste of the gastric contents into the esophagus, the walls of which in contact with enzymes for digestion can cause burns and ulcers, resulting in malignant transformation of the lining of the esophagus.

What factors lead to the development of organ failure?

Cardia failure most often occurs for two reasons:

• Kardiya stomach loses its functionality due to the increased pressure on on. To keep food from the esophagus reaches the stomach, it is necessary a low pressure. However, the valve started to pass back the contents from the stomach, requires a very high impact that can be caused by severe flatulence in the stomach, fermentation of food in the stomach, or overeating;
• The second reason for the lack of authority is a violation of the functionality of a natural mechanism that prevents the tension of the valve of the stomach muscles in front of the diaphragm. This condition appears in the presence of certain pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract, and obesity. It is the result of frequent overeating of food in large quantities before bedtime, passive life style, increasing of body mass, diaphragmatic hernia.

Gastritis chronic disease provokes illness in approximately fifty percent of cases, a hernia of the esophagus also contributes to failure of the organ. Otherwise, this is a violation of the principles of healthy eating.

Insufficiency of the gastric cardia: classification and symptoms

The progression of the disease is established diagnostic method. Share the following degree of development of insufficiency authority:

• At 1 degree moving stomach sphincter is compressed completely. The disease is accompanied by frequent belching;
• 2 degree is shown closing the valve of the stomach only half. The patient plagued by frequent burping. In some cases, it may be a hiatal hernia;
• At 3 degrees kardiya not closed completely. If you experience symptoms of esophagitis.

What are the common symptoms of the disease?

• Heartburn appears regardless of the power supply;
• Regurgitation of sour or bitter content.
• Patients often tormented dyspeptic symptoms: nausea and vomiting;
• Due to the constant exposure to the mucous esophagus, pain occur in the area of the epigastrium, accompanied byrumbling;
• When the disease causes such symptoms as dizziness, weakness, fatigue.

Symptoms of reflux esophagitis following:

• Whitish coating on the tongue;
• Rumbling in the abdomen;
• Tenderness in the left hypochondrium;
• Lack of energy and dizziness.

How to diagnose insufficiency of the cardia?

In order to prescribe effective treatment of the stomach, it is necessary to implement measures for the diagnosis. Insufficiency of the cardia of the stomach is determined by means of laboratory methods:

• X-ray examination, which helps to establish a reverse process of throwing food;
• Often requires esophagoscopy to determine changes in the mucosa of the esophagus. Thanks to this method it is possible to carry out differential diagnostics with other diseases of the esophagus and determine whether there are existing problems;
• An important role in the diagnosis of disease plays such a methodology, as pH-metry of esophagus, which fails to establish the presence of throwing the content.

Treatment of insufficiency of the cardia of the stomach

Treatment failure body begins to determine the causes that led to its development. The patient should be fully examined by a gastroenterologist to determine the pathology of the gastrointestinal tract that contributed to dysfunction. If the disease caused diaphragmatic hernia, then an effective method of treatment is surgical intervention, which joins muscle tissue. This is a radical technique that is used very rarely, when there is no other therapeutic methods.

If the failure arose as a result of gastritis, then it is necessary to spend treatment of the underlying disease. To eliminate the unpleasant symptoms of deficiency of organ, such as heartburn, belching, halitosis, consider the following guidelines:

• Eat often in small portions;
• Drink on an empty stomach with 100 ml of boiled water;
• Follow a temporary diet with the exception of coffee, strong brewed tea, sweets, spicy, fatty, citrus;
• In the presence of excess weight, engage in activities to reduce it, go to the gym, drink up to two liters of clean drinking water per day, follow the diet, etc.;
• Perform exercises to strengthen the abdominal muscles;
• Many go on foot slowly;
• Do not drink alcohol or smoke;
• After dinner, don't go to sleep for 1.5 hours;
• Do not wear tight clothing;
• Need to sleep with a slightly raised head of the bed;
• Frequent physical overexertion and tilt of the body shouldto avoid.

Drug treatment failure is the intake of drugs that enhance the activity of the valve. Effective are tools such as metoclopramide and domperidone. The dosage is assigned by the treating doctor individually.

Complications caused by the failure of the body rather serious and life-threatening to a patient, ulcers, bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract. Often used painkillers to relieve the clinical manifestations of deficiency of the body. The detection of opportunistic diseases of the stomach, need combined treatment, including antibiotics. Appropriate and timely treatment failure of on – the Foundation of a rapid recovery and prevent complications of the disease of the stomach.

Such as as insufficiency of the cardia of the stomach, does not simply appear. It may indicate a malignant tumor in the stomach — gastrinoma. Should not self-medicate disease and to put off going to the doctor. Will definitely consult a gastroenterologist and undergo a complete diagnostic. You may need urgent medical care.