NUTR 1010 Lecture Notes - Trachea, Constipation, Digestion
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Disorders related to digestion, absorption and elimination. Some people secrete too much hydrochloric acid (hci), or lower esophageal sphincter opens too soon. Unlike the stomach, esophagus not coated by mucus and is therefore unprotected. Many have overly relaxed or damaged lower esophageal sphincter. Some have no heartburn, but may have: Can make gerd worse if you have it. Stomach contents will go up into esophagus. Usually complain around 3 trimester about heartburn. Foods such as citrus fruit, chocolate, caffeine, fried foods, garlic, onion, spicy foods, tomato based foods. Fat sits on top of stomach content goes back up esophagus. Same reason as pregnant women pressing on stomach. Avoid trigger foods: if citrus products triggers heartburn, avoid them. Eat smaller meals: big meals take up a lot of room in stomach. Drink between, not with meals: if you drink with meal, you expand gastric content. When you burp you have the lower esophageal sphincter opening up.