TY - JOUR
T1 - Physiologic and pathologic belching
AU - Bredenoord, Albert J.
AU - Smout, André J. P. M.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Accumulation of air in the stomach increases gastric volume, which activates receptors in the gastric wall. A reflex is initiated, leading to relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter, upward movement of the air through the esophagus, and finally passage through the upper esophageal sphincter, during which an audible belch can sometimes be heard. Excessive belching is often reported in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease and functional dyspepsia. Often other symptoms are predominant, and these should be treated first. Sometimes patients present with excessive belching as an isolated symptom. These patients belch in very high frequencies, up to 20 times per minute, and often during consultation. This condition is referred to as aerophagia. In these patients air is sucked into the esophagus or injected by pharyngeal contraction, after which it is expelled immediately. Aerophagia is a behavioral disorder, and behavioral therapy and/or speech therapy seems to be the therapy of choice
AB - Accumulation of air in the stomach increases gastric volume, which activates receptors in the gastric wall. A reflex is initiated, leading to relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter, upward movement of the air through the esophagus, and finally passage through the upper esophageal sphincter, during which an audible belch can sometimes be heard. Excessive belching is often reported in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease and functional dyspepsia. Often other symptoms are predominant, and these should be treated first. Sometimes patients present with excessive belching as an isolated symptom. These patients belch in very high frequencies, up to 20 times per minute, and often during consultation. This condition is referred to as aerophagia. In these patients air is sucked into the esophagus or injected by pharyngeal contraction, after which it is expelled immediately. Aerophagia is a behavioral disorder, and behavioral therapy and/or speech therapy seems to be the therapy of choice
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2007.02.018
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2007.02.018
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17481963
SN - 1542-3565
VL - 5
SP - 772
EP - 775
JO - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
JF - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
IS - 7
ER -