What is the deviation of acidity of gastric juice from normal?
Normal Acidity Of Gastric Juice
Those doctors who are well studied, should be well aware that the normal acidity of the gastric pH is 0,8-1,5. This is strongly acidic medium. For comparison with the pH of lemon, which is 4,5-5,0. Lemon is a weakly acidic medium.
Please, just think about the fact that the healthy stomach produces 2.5 quarts of concentrated hydrochloric acid per day. Therefore, in the stomach may not be high in acidity, it can only decrease inflammatory processes in the stomach or stressful situations, when the rising tone of the sympathetic nervous system, which is involved in regulation of gastric motility and gastric secretion. With an increased tone of the sympathetic nervous system is blocked secretion of gastric juice and "stop" the stomach, i.e. there pylorospasm. As a result, food stagnates in the stomach, begins to rot, ferment; there is bad breath, heartburn and nausea.
There is so because in the background of low acidity of gastric contents began to flourish conditionally pathogenic microflora, and the acidity of gastric juice does not just digestive function, but also a barrier, i.e. protects our digestive system from falling into excessive multiplication of pathogenic and conditionally pathogenic microflora. The result is inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach that the stomach is a stressful situation and further enhances the tone of the sympathetic nervous system. Thus, a vicious circle and the person becomes "eternal" patient with a gastroenterologist. Appointing H2 - histamine blockers (Ranitidine) and blockers proton pump (Omeprozol), which dramatically reduces the acidity of gastric juice; gastroenterologist or another doctor supports "eternity" of his patient.
Nausea And Heartburn
You may ask, where does nausea and heartburn? Nausea is associated in this case with spasm of the pyloric stomach, which is a powerful reflexogenic zone. The stronger pylorospasm, the more pronounced nausea, thus there is reverse peristalsis of the stomach, throw the food the stomach contents into the esophagus or vomiting, which brings short-term relief. Heartburn is associated with increased acetate fermentation, resulting in the formation acetic acid or lactic fermentation, which produced lactic acid, because of the excessive reproduction of fungi and lactic acid, for life and reproduction are optimal pH of gastric contents is 3,0-3,5, i.e. medium and weak acidic medium. If you have to take into account the fact that the gastric mucosa produces not only a lack of hydrochloric acid, but insufficient amount of mucus that protects the inner membrane of the stomach from the irritating self-digestion and acetic and lactic acids, it is natural that the epithelial cells of the gastric mucosa would be simply die at this place formed erosion and ulcers that have already annoying pain receptors. So at the beginning there is heartburn, and then dull or sharp pain in the stomach, which in turn further increases the tone of the sympathetic nervous system.
A principled approach to treatment of violations of the acidity of gastric juice.
That's such a banal way a person develops a chronic gastro, and later stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer. Therefore, policy approaches of treating this health problem is to suppress the excessive reproduction of conditionally pathogenic microflora and increase rather than decrease, gastric acidity, which decided individually at the reception of a doctor. Ranitidine and Omeprozol should be used only as premedication for surgical operations on the stomach.
Stomach problems are directly linked to chronic tonsillitis, acute respiratory viral infections, obesity, mastitis in women, and especially for breastfeeding mothers. Please pay attention to the fact that the person who normally works the stomach is never thick or thinner as well as virtually no ill.