ACIDITY/INDIGESTION/GASES

Indigestion has many possible causes. Often, indigestion is related to lifestyle and may be triggered by food, drink or medicine. Common causes of indigestion include:

• Overeating or eating too quickly.
• Fatty, greasy or spicy foods.
• Too much caffeine, alcohol, chocolate or carbonated beverages.
• Smoking.
• Anxiety.
• Certain antibiotics, pain relievers and iron supplements.

A condition known as functional or nonulcer dyspepsia, which is related to irritable bowel syndrome, is a very common cause of indigestion.

Sometimes indigestion is caused by other conditions, including:

• Inflammation of the stomach, called gastritis.
• Peptic ulcers.
• Celiac disease.
• Gallstones.
• Constipation.
• Pancreas inflammation, called pancreatitis.
• Stomach cancer.
• Intestinal blockage.
• Reduced blood flow in the intestine, called intestinal ischemia.
• Diabetes.
• Thyroid disease.
• Pregnancy.