of muscular power of the stomach ; (3) due to inflammations of the stomach ; (4) to nervous disturbances of the mechanism of the stomach(5) due to displacements of the stomach; (6; to presence of foreign bodies, and dyspepsia dependent upon diseases of other organs, e.g., phthisis, heart disease, kidney trouble, etc., etc. Two other chapters deal in a complete manner with dyspepsia in infancy a...

BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori is the most common chronic bacterial infection, and a significant aetiological factor in acid peptic diseases and gastric cancer. Dyspepsia is a common gastrointestinal disorder, and the most common indication for gastroscopy. Detection of this organism during endoscopy has become standard clinical practice. We determine the prevalence of H. pylori infection among...

TO THE EDITOR: We read the article by Tse et al. 1 with interest , which showed the usefulness of 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) as a reliable screening tool for psychiatric disorders in the patients with functional dyspepsia. Interesting studies were recently published showed anxiety to be linked to functional dyspepsia and especially postprandial distress syndrome, but not epig...

Neurological diseases are common in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, but their exact prevalence is unknown. Method: We prospectively evaluated the presence of neurological disorders in 121 patients with IBD [51 with Crohn’s disease (CD) and 70 with ulcerative colitis (UC)] and 50 controls (gastritis and dyspepsia) over 3 years. Results: Our standard neurological evaluation (that inclu...

Dyspepsia affects a quarter of the population annually. Most of them have a functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID), eg. functional dyspepsia (FD) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). There is a great deal of evidence on the association between psychological factors, eg. anxiety and depression, and FGIDs. It is uncertain if 1) psychological factors cause dyspepsia, 2) dyspepsia causes psychol...

Dyspepsia is a digestive syndrome distinct from (although frequently overlapping with) gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which is characterised by various combinations of painful and non-painful symptoms arising from the epigastrium. Dyspepsia can be secondary to a variety of diseases, but in most instances it is idiopathic. Helicobacter pylori infecti...

Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders often manifest similar symptoms with overlapping clinical diagnosis and unmet medical needs. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has history-proven benefits for GI diseases; albeit language barrier prevents Western readers from accessing the original reports in Chinese. The TCM formula Si-Ni-San (SNS) consists of 4 herbs targeting on homeostatic disturbances chara...

H. pylori is now a known cause of gastric and duodenal ulcers, noncardia gastric cancer and gastric MALT lymphoma. In addition, the role of this microorganism in causing or preventing a large number of other diseases has been investigated, some of which include esophageal cancer, functional dyspepsia, gastroesophageal reflux disease, asthma, cardiovascular diseases, iron deficiency anemia and i...

OBJECTIVE To assess prevalence of dyspepsia and distribution of dyspepsia and frequent dyspepsia in subgroups of adults (20 years and older) according to their demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. METHODS A cross-sectional population-based study was carried out comprising 3,934 subjects living in Pelotas, Southern Brazil, from October 1999 to January 2000. Data was collected through...

Acid peptic diseases are common gastrointestinal disorders, which include gastroesophageal reflux disease, peptic ulcers, non-ulcer dyspepsia and stressrelated gastric mucosal injury. Drugs commonly used in the management of these disorders include antacids, H2 blockers, proton pump inhibitors and mucosal protective agents. In this chapter, pharmacology of these drugs will be discussed, followe...