Each of us at least once in life experienced an unpleasant feeling of burning in the esophagus, which spoiled not only the pleasure of the dish just eaten, but also brought great discomfort.
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Why burning?
Food from the oral cavity and pharynx falls into the stomach through the esophagus, which is a muscle in the shape of a tube length about 25–30 centimeters. The esophagus from the stomach separates the hole - the valve, the lower esophageal sphincter. This is a kind of gate: passing food in the stomach, it instantly closes and does not allow her back to the esophagus. If «Gates» do not climb, then hydrochloric acid penetrates from the stomach in the esophagus, which annoys its mucous membrane, which is felt as heartburn.
It can be a symptom of various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract: chronic gastritis with an increased secretory function, ulcerative illness of the stomach and duodenum, chronic cholecystitis, gallstone disease.
However, often heartburn - a consequence of the wrong supply, unbalanced diet, the abuse of nicotine and drugs, as well as heartburn during starvation. For example, real provocateurs «Fire» There are some foods: milk, fatty sour cream, chocolate, caffener-containing and carbonated drinks, sharp dishes, citrus, tomatoes, alcohol. The emergence of unpleasant sensations in the esophagus also contribute to the tobacco smoke and medicine (aspirin, ibuprofen, glucocorticosteroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). Not rare heartburn with long starvation.
Reverse casting of gastric juice and dietary masses from the stomach in the esophagus occurs due to physical overvoltage, lifting weights, cough, close clothes, tight-fastened belt.
Prevent and not stew
You can avoid heartburn, following simple rules. First, it is right and balanced to eat, take food in small portions 4–5 times a day. At the same time, food should be carefully chewed. After lunch, do not lie down, but also not jump. Better some time to quietly.
Secondly, if possible, not to take aspirin and other medicines provoking the gastrointestinal disorders.
Thirdly, refuse nicotine and not abuse alcohol.
Neutralize and neutralize!
If the heartburn still caught the surprise, it is better to resort to the help of drugs.
One of the most effective measures to eliminate this illness for more than a hundred years are antacid drugs. Chemically interacting with hydrochloric acid, they neutralize the gastric medium. Antacids are divided into suction and notable.
Suction (soluble) antacids dissolve in the blood. They quickly reduce acidity, but due to the content of sodium bicarbonate and calcium carbonate, the neutralization of hydrochloric acid is accompanied by the formation of carbon dioxide. I.e, «Zagrib» heartburn, we get a belch. In addition, they cause the so-called ricochet syndrome: when the drug ceases to act, acid is produced with a new force. The most famous suction antacid – Ordinary dining soda. The same group includes «Burgo mixture», Renny, Gevisson.
Insecual antacids are associated with hydrochloric acid and obstruct gastric content by the content of magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide. They are slower neutralized and adsorbed hydrochloric acid, but do not cause acid ricochet. Much less and side effects, one of which constipation due to the action of aluminum hydroxide.
Such drugs increase pH in the stomach, reduce peptic activity, possess an enveloping effect, forming a protective film on the surface of the gastric mucosa. Phosfalugel, Gustal, Maalox include non-surging antacids. However, the most famous and tested drug in Russia - Almagel.
Heartburn, pain and bloating - no!
For the first time appearing in our country more than 30 years ago, AlmaGel Quickly won the recognition of patients and doctors. The secret of the effectiveness of Almagel lies in the content of antacids – medicinal substances that envelop the stomach wall, neutralize the hydrochloric acid of the stomach and remove burning and pain. At the same time, the distinctive feature of Almaty is «specialized» Approach to the elimination of basic stomach problems. After all, as it is not in the light of a single solution for all tasks, it cannot be one, the universal means from all gastric problems. That is why today Almagle is a series of three drugs, each of which is struggling with certain symptoms of discomfort: heartburn, pain, bloody.
For convenience of consumers, all three packs differ in color, which makes it easier to choose the drug that needs you.
Classical AlmaGel in green packaging - exactly the drug who treated heartburn more parents.
Yellow Almagel A It helps not only under heartburn, but also pronounced pain in the stomach. To do this, its composition includes a local anesthetic benzocaine.
And finally closes the top three newest development - Almaty Neo In an orange package, which, in addition to heartburn and pain, helps solve the problem of bloating. Due to the simeticon contained in its composition, the drug makes it difficult for the formation of gas bubbles and contributes to their destruction. Released gases are absorbed by the intestinal walls and are derived naturally. In addition, in Almaty, a balanced ratio of aluminum and magnesium hydroxide, which eliminates constipation.
Thanks to the three varieties of Almaty, it is possible to choose a drug for each specific case, depending on the predominance of a symptom (heartburn, heartburn, accompanied by pain or bloody).
Unlike the absorbing antacids, the Almagel series does not cause the secondary hypersecretion of the gastric juice, that is «Ricochlet syndrome». At the same time, starting to act in the 3rd minute, it works within 1.5-2 hours.
Almagel is used both with isolated cases of disorders and as concomitant therapy in acute and chronic gastritis, ulcerative disease of the stomach and duodenum in the aggravation phase, gastro-ezophagaal reflux, symptomatic gastrointestinal ulcers, acute or chronic pancreatitis.
Almagel preparations are produced in the form of a liquid suspension in a bottle with a measurable spoon, which allows you to accurately dispense the medicine to achieve a rapid medical effect. So, adults can take 1-2 dimensional spoons 3-4 times a day (an hour after each meal and in the evening before bedtime). Children from 10 years recommended half of this dose. The duration of treatment should not exceed 15-20 days in case reception. However, if the symptoms are short-lived, then the reception may be in a situation of 1 to several days.
Preparations of Almagel, despite time-tested quality and high efficiency, remain the most affordable drugs of this group. The cost of packaging Almagel fluctuates within 100–130 rubles (according to the audit of pharmacy retail sales). With a 4-time reception on the day of the package, enough for 4-5 days.
Nowadays, when to follow the nutrition from most of us, there is no time, and the errors in the diet become the norm, the problems with the gastrointestinal tract are becoming more common. Heartburn, pain, bloating can overtake even those who have never suffered similar disorders. That is why the first-aid kit should have an antacid agent that is quick, efficiently and, most importantly, safely, will sweat «fire» and relieve unpleasant sensations.
