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Causes

The causes of functional dyspepsia are not well identified and are thought to be several mechanisms:

Gastrointestinal motility disorders. Believed to be a relevant factor in half of cases of dyspepsia. There is a disorder of peristalsis, or there is a slow gastric emptying.

Impaired gastric secretion.

Psychosomatic disorders. It has shown a relationship between stress and exacerbation of symptoms. It is believed that the increase in catecholamines and endogenous opioids, beta-endorphin, which occurs in situations of stress, strain and stress, inhibits gastrointestinal motility.

It is also envisaged in the Helicobacter pylori bacterium that causes gastric ulcers and gastritis, but although in some dyspeptic was detected this bacterium in their stomach, their eradication has not been a significant improvement in symptoms.

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