Q. What is Dyspepsia?

Dyspepsia is the most frequent disorder which we all experience some time or the other. Dyspepsia is the term given to a group of gastrointestinal symptoms associated with the taking of food e.g., nausea, heartburn, epigastric pain, discoinfort and distension. It is commonly known as indigestion.

Dyspepsia may be:

1. Functional

2. Organic.

In functional there is no structural change in any part of the alimentary canal. The symptoms may be psychological and emotional in origin or due to intolerance of a particular food or faulty food habits. A disease or a disorder of the digestive tract or a chronic disease of the kidney or even of the heart generally causes the second type i. e, organic dyspepsia. Let us read about some of the common symptoms associated with dyspepsia.