Clinical Considerations
➤ General comments
– Dyspeptic syndrome is the generic term for all types of upper abdominal and retrosternal pain, abdominal discomfort, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, and other gastrointestinal symptoms.
– It is characterized by prolonged upper abdominal problems due to an underlying functional disorder with or without an additional psychovegetative component. The symptoms occur in the intestinal lumen without significant intestinal wall involvement. The following types can be distinguished:
• Epigastric meteorism with distended abdomen (most common type): The stomach and intestine are often jointly involved.
• Arteriosclerosis of gastrointestinal arteries: Characterized by deficient absorption of intestinal gases and flatulence.
• Cholecystopathies (latent or manifest),...