What is Indigestion?
What is Indigestion?
- Indigestion: Various eating symptoms of indigestion (dyspepsia).
- Indigestion: a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Indigestion: Introduction
Types of Indigestion:
Broader types of Indigestion:
How many people get Indigestion?
Prevalance of Indigestion: 35 per 1000 - NHIS95 (frequent indigestion)
Prevalance Rate of Indigestion: approx 1 in 28 or 3.50% or 9.5 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Indigestion: 6 million cases annually
Incidence Rate of Indigestion: approx 1 in 45 or 2.21% or 6 million people in USA [about data]
How serious is Indigestion?
Complications of Indigestion:
see complications of Indigestion
What causes Indigestion?
Causes of Indigestion: see causes of Indigestion
Risk factors for Indigestion:
see
risk factors for Indigestion
What are the symptoms of Indigestion?
Symptoms of Indigestion:
see symptoms of Indigestion
Complications of Indigestion:
see complications of Indigestion
Indigestion: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Indigestion.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Indigestion.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Indigestion:
see treatments for Indigestion
Research for Indigestion:
see research for Indigestion
Society issues for Indigestion
Hospitalization statistics for Indigestion:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Indigestion:
- 0.25% (31,282) of hospital consultant episodes were for dyspepsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 98% of hospital consultant episodes for dyspepsia required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 42% of hospital consultant episodes for dyspepsia were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 58% of hospital consultant episodes for dyspepsia were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6% of hospital consultant episodes for dyspepsia required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for dyspepsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for dyspepsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Indigestion:
Organs and body systems related to Indigestion include:
Name and Aliases of Indigestion
Main name of condition: Indigestion
Other names or spellings for Indigestion:
dyspepsia
Indigestion, Stomach upset, Upset stomach, Dyspepsia, Stomach upset, Upset stomach
Source - WordNet 2.1
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