Treatment of functioal dyspepsia
By Lee Sung-hunWorking till late at the office, while keeping irregular hours, sometimes skipping dinner or having very late meals at odd hours...Unfortunately, this is a common experience in Korea. Added to all of that stress, your boss comes down hard at you, making you lose any appetite you had in the first place. You force yourself to eat something, but it only adds indigestion to the pressure you feel in your chest.Dyspepsia is a common illness to modern urbanites, and it describes a number of symptoms in the upper abdomen related to the digestive tracts. Patients often complain of upper abdominal pain, bloating, fullness or nausea, and functional dyspepsia where such symptoms repeatedly occur without any known causes. Although it is a rather common disease, the exact cause is yet to be identified. Some of the most likely causes are disrupted functions of fundus, disrupted movement of gastrointestinal tract, extraordinary sensitiveness in the stomach senses, socio-mental pressure, infection of helicobacter, etc.According to the statistics from 2006 to 2011, the number of people
Mar 8, 2013
