Methods for determining the acidity of the stomach

People with stomach problems are often interested in: how to determine the acidity of the stomach at home?

In the digestive system, the amount of acid produced is of great importance. The norm is about 0.5%.

You can find out the level of acidity when performing a gastroscopy procedure, but you can do it yourself.

Why does acidity change?

The body must always maintain the acid-base balance. If the gastrointestinal tract is malfunctioning, then, most likely, this balance is broken.

Gastric juice is secreted by the epithelium of the stomach. Its main function is to help recycle food.

The acid produced by the stomach can cause a mucous burn. But the body's epithelium produces mucus, a protective organ.

It envelops the walls of the stomach, its alkaline environment neutralizes the action of gastric juice and protects the walls from damage. Acidity of the stomach can vary. It can go down or rise. The amount of acid can be determined by gastroscopy.

In case of deviation from the norm of the acid index in the patient's body, unpleasant diseases will develop.

Such factors can affect the change in acidity:

• the patient smokes or drinks a lot of alcoholic beverages;
• in the diet a large amount of coffee, tea;
• in the menu a lot of oily or spicy food;The
• patient often experiences stressful situations;
• the patient took medications for a long time;
• vitamin deficiency;
• the patient has a genetic predisposition to change the acidity.

If there is not enough mucus in the stomach, excess hydrochloric acid is formed. They adversely affect the walls of the stomach, destroying the epithelium.

As a result, diseases can develop - gastritis, ulcers, bleeding in the organs of the digestive tract.

If acidity decreases, the ability of gastric juice to kill germs and bacteria is lost. Along with food, organisms that can disrupt the microflora enter the stomach.

In addition, viruses and fungus can freely develop. They will provoke the development of ulcers, gastritis, malignant neoplasms.

How can I independently determine the increased acidity?

The increase in acidity will negatively affect not only the state of the stomach, but also the entire body. The acid produced in the stomach will greatly irritate the mucous organ.

As a result, the patient will experience the following symptoms:

• the patient feels heartburn. In this case, you can reduce the acidity level by drinking alkaline water, soda dissolved in water, or eating sunflower seeds;
• in the mouth of the patient may appear copper or sour taste. If the patient has thoughts about the use of acidic foods, then in the mouth increases salivation;The patient's
• is burdened with eructations. It can appear no matter what product was eaten. Most often, the eructation occurs after fried, fatty and acute. But the sweet can also cause an unpleasant sensation;
• in the stomach of the patient may appear aching pain. With increasing hunger, pain is most often intensified. If food enters the stomach, the pain will subside;
• in the stomach area is felt heaviness after the patient snacks;
• in the patient may break the process of defecation - there will be diarrhea or constipation. As a result of this phenomenon, appetite will decrease, since right after eating there is a need to visit the toilet;
• anti-inflammatory drugs can cause the patient to feel nauseated or uncomfortable in the area of ​​the stomach.

The norm of the indicator is 0.5%.

The indicator will be higher if, in addition to the above symptoms, the patient has the following unpleasant sensations:

• after the patient eats fatty, smoked, fried dishes, he has a headache;
• may decrease or completely disappear appetite;
• the patient may feel worse, apathy may appear;
• may cause nausea and vomiting. Similar phenomena occur after a while;
• tongue is covered with yellow or gray bloom.

It is worth paying attention to your condition. If there are several similar symptoms, then the level of acid has increased.

Symptoms of decreased indicators of

Acidity may decrease. This phenomenon is considered a deviation from the norm. The acid, contained in the stomach, detoxifies food that enters the human stomach, destroys harmful bacteria, viruses, microbes.

If the level of acidity decreases, sufficient disinfection of the products does not occur, as a result of which the gastric mucosa may become inflamed.

To find out for yourself - if the acidity in the body has decreased, it is possible not only by conducting a medical examination.

For this, it is necessary to pay attention to the presence of the following symptoms:

• a belch appears in the patient, which has an amber of a rotten egg;
• the patient feels rumbling in the abdomen, in the stomach and intestines the fermentation process begins. As a result, there is discomfort in the stomach;
• a patient has heartburn;
• in the hypochondrium appears a feeling of heaviness;
• in the navel area, there is aching pain after eating;
• may cause a breakdown in the process of bowel movement: diarrhea or constipation. In the feces there are undigested pieces of food.

With reduced acidity, proteins are very poorly digested, so accumulation of decomposition products that poison the body occurs.

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As a result of poisoning, immunity decreases, the body develops pathological processes.

Mycosis of the mucous membrane, nails, skin may appear.

In a patient with a low acidity, indirect symptoms may arise:

• nail growth slows down, the nail plate exfoliates and breaks;
• skin becomes dry;
• hair becomes thin, brittle;
• on the face appears acne, the vessels dilate;
• the weight of the patient falls;
• the patient feels constant fatigue.

Tea, coffee, horseradish can increase the acidity very quickly. But you can not get involved with these products, as gastritis or peptic ulcer can develop.

Apricots, eaten before meals, can normalize the acidity. Increase it will be able to also a few grape berries, which should also be taken before meals.

How else can you determine the acidity level?

There are other ways to check the acidity level yourself. The norm should be 0.5%, any deviation will lead to unpleasant consequences.

But not everyone will be able to know the amount of acid in a percentage.

At home, you can find out the acidity with the help of ordinary products:

• half a spoonful of soda dissolve in water and drink before eating. The presence of burping will indicate that the indicator has not decreased to normal values;
• determination of acidity by lemon - patients with increased indices taste the fruit and will not be able to eat much, those who can eat lemon completely completely calmly, should increase the level of acid, so that its rate is about 0.5%;
• you can eat millet porridge. Heartburn appears in patients with elevated levels of acid;
• is effective in checking the apple juice that is drunk on an empty stomach. If after its reception there are no unpleasant sensations, then the level of acid is normal. When there is a metallic taste, you can talk about the increase in the indicator, the desire to eat or drink something else sour indicates a decrease in the level of acid.

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Despite the fact that it is possible to know your level of acidity at home, you need to undergo a gastroscopy procedure.

Based on the analysis data, the doctor will write out the necessary medications, advise the correct diet.