What are the symptoms of excessive stomach acid? This is how gastritis occurs!

Clinically, excessive gastric acid is not only a bad symptom, but also a type of disease, and it is also one of the main causes of gastrointestinal diseases. If gastric acid is secreted in an appropriate amount, it can help the human body digest more food. On the contrary, if there is too much or too little gastric acid, it will cause damage to the intestines and stomach. So, what are the clinical symptoms of excessive gastric acid?

Clinical manifestations

1. Acid swallowing, nausea, and vomiting.

2. Heartburn, acid reflux, burning pain and discomfort can be relieved by eating or taking alkaline drugs or acid-suppressing drugs.

3. After an ulcer occurs, regular hunger pain, night pain, etc. may occur.

Complications

1. Chronic gastritis

When gastric acid increases and the gastric mucosa is damaged, edema and bleeding will occur, leading to chronic gastritis.

2. Gastric ulcer

Excessive gastric acid can cause the gastric mucosa to be digested and corroded by gastric acid, resulting in perforation of the stomach and intestines (which we often call gastrointestinal ulcers).

3. Reflux esophagitis

It is mainly an inflammation caused by the reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus, which irritates the esophageal mucosa.

4. Duodenal ulcer

Excessive gastric acid will corrode the stomach, causing acid swallowing, nausea, and vomiting, and may even cause serious consequences such as gastric ulcers or duodenal ulcers. Digestive tract ulcers, digestive tract stenosis and obstruction, and digestive tract tumors cannot be ignored.