What is the reason for belching on an empty stomach

The symptom of belching when fasting is a factor that many people have experienced. Belching can also have a great impact on patients, and may even affect their lives and work. Therefore, when belching occurs, in addition to stopping the belching, you also need to examine your body in a certain way, determine the cause, and then treat it!

1. Central factors

Hiccups are medically called hiccups. When the human central nervous system is out of control, the inhibitory function of the hiccup reflex arc will be abnormal or lost. Most patients are caused by organic diseases, including cerebrovascular accidents, brain tumors, encephalitis, meningitis and other brain disease factors, and then by metabolic diseases, including uremia, alcohol poisoning, etc.

2. Peripheral factors

The hiccup reflex arc can also be triggered by stimulation of the centripetal pathway. Common factors that stimulate the phrenic nerve in clinical practice include esophagitis, esophageal cancer, mediastinal tumors, thoracic aortic aneurysms, etc. Some patients suffer from lesions in the tissues around the diaphragm, such as subphrenic abscess, pneumonia, pleurisy, pericarditis, myocardial infarction, and hiatal hernia. Diseases that cause hiccups due to vagus nerve stimulation include gastric dilatation, gastritis, gastric cancer, pancreatitis, etc.

3. Improper diet factors

If you eat too fast and too full, take too much cold medicine or soda containing bubbles, eat too hot food and inhale too much air when blowing, etc.

4. Frustration

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that negative emotions can also cause hiccups. For example, anger can damage the liver, cause adverse qi flow in the body, and cause stomach qi to rise up and move the diaphragm. Some patients also suffer from hiccups because of liver depression that suppresses the spleen, or because of excessive worry that damages the spleen.

The factors that cause hiccups are very complicated. If you hiccup occasionally, you can check whether it is caused by improper diet. If the hiccups last for a long time, you need to pay attention to timely examination. If the primary disease is found, targeted treatment should be carried out in time to restore normal body as soon as possible.