The phrase that a cough is intractable may seem unbelievable to ordinary people. Everyone may think that a doctor who can’t even cure a cough is a doctor? In fact, simple to complex, like the ice exposed on the sea, is just the tip of the iceberg. The most ordinary things on the surface may have complex reasons behind them. The same is true of coughing. As the most common signal of human illness, there are not only hundreds of reasons behind it, but actually thousands. The cough caused by stomach problems is not uncommon, but it is often ignored.
Modern people live a fast-paced life, work under pressure, and eat irregularly, often causing stomach problems. Acid reflux, belching, bloating and abdominal pain are common symptoms. One of these conditions, called gastroesophageal reflux, is one of the causes of refractory cough. So what is gastroesophageal reflux? How does it cause coughing? Let me tell you about it below.
First of all, let me tell you about the structure, so that everyone can understand that the esophagus is the conduit for food delivery and an important organ connecting the throat and stomach. It is perpendicular to the middle of the chest and slightly behind it. It exists behind the trachea, its opening is adjacent to the trachea opening, and the middle is separated by the epiglottis. When eating, the epiglottis automatically covers the trachea opening, and the food smoothly enters the esophagus and enters the stomach through the esophagus. The lower end of the esophagus is connected to the stomach. There is a row of rubber band-like sphincter muscles at the connection to hold the opening. When eating, the sphincter muscles automatically relax, allowing food to enter the stomach and automatically tighten, so that the contents of the stomach cannot enter the esophagus. The crux of the matter lies in this row of little rubber bands.
When the small rubber band relaxes due to various reasons, the contents of the stomach can flow back into the esophagus, or even into the throat, and may enter the trachea when a person is asleep . The composition of the digestive juice in the stomach is very complex, including gastric acid, pepsin, and bile refluxed from the bile duct. These digestive juices can digest the esophagus and throat mucosa, and when they reflux into the lungs, they can cause lung inflammation, which can also lead to a long time. Pulmonary Fibrosis. In these cases, the person develops a persistent cough that is not effective at all with ordinary cough suppressants. In severe cases, it can also lead to decreased lung function. affect quality of life.
Stomach, taking advantage of the negligence of the gastroesophageal sphincter, dispatched the special forces of gastric acid to infiltrate the throat and lungs, and completed a long-distance raid. Its movements were secretive, difficult to detect, and became stubborn. A difficult-to-diagnose cause of cough.