Dyspepsia is a term to denote a variety of alimentary symptoms arising form upper gastrointestinal tract.
Symptoms includes
Organic dyspepsia
Functional dyspepsia
Organic causes of dyspepsia
It is due to motor dysfunction of upper gastrointestinal tract mediated by neurohumoral mechanism
What are the Alarm features in Dyspepsia
Symptoms includes
- Upper abdominal pain ± related to food
- Heart burn, regurgitation, water brash
- Anorexia, nausea, vomiting
- Early repletion and satiety after meals
- Flatulence, belching and bloating.
Organic dyspepsia
Functional dyspepsia
Organic causes of dyspepsia
- Peptic oesophagitis
- Peptic ulcer
- Upper GI malignancy
- Hepatobiliary disease
- C/c pancreatitis
- Other system disorders - CRF, CHF etc.
- Drugs - NSAID, corticosteroids
- Alcoholism, pregnancy
It is due to motor dysfunction of upper gastrointestinal tract mediated by neurohumoral mechanism
What are the Alarm features in Dyspepsia
- Weight loss
- Anemia
- Vomiting
- Hematemesis
- Melaena
- Dysphagia
- Palpable abdominal mass.
