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DyspepsiaWelcome to the Dyspepsia website. This website has been provided by medical pages as an information site. What is Dyspepsia? The word dyspepsia means a discomfort or pain in the upper abdomen. As with a lot of medical terms, it comes from Greek. In medicine, words beginning with "Dys-" mean hard, difficult or sometimes painful. "Pepsia" is also from Greek meaning their digestion. Put together of course this means difficult or painful digestion but, in the modern usage, it has come to mean pain or discomfort in the upper abdomen. This is often associated with a feeling of being full even after only a little has been eaten. In addition a lot of people also get burping, belching, nausea (a feeling of sickness) at the same time.
What is the difference between dyspepsia and heartburn? Heartburn is a different condition from dyspepsia. Heartburn is the sensation of burning behind the breastbone, that sometimes goes right up towards the throat. It can be associated with a taste of acid in the back of the mouth. It is often brought on by wearing tight clothes, bending forwards or lying backwards particularly after a heavy meal.Comparing this with dyspepsia, it is clear that the two conditions can be identified as different entities.
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