Dyspepsia describes a complex of symptoms occurring in digestion problems. The causes are various. It is recommended to visit a doctor to clarify the cause and take proper medications to relieve the symptoms. In some cases, an endoscopy is necessary for a detailed check.
Dyspepsia is a general medical term for a malfunctioning of digestion and is mostly related to unpleasant feelings happening in the stomach or upper abdomen. The dymptoms of dyspepsia often start or worsen after meals. It includes common symptoms such as heartburn, pain, heat and fullness in the stomach or upper abdomen.
The causes of dyspepsia are various. For example lifestyle, a variety of diseases, and certain medications can lead to dyspepsia. Lifestyle such as overuse of alcohol or caffeine, irregular diet, being under stress for a long period of time, smoking and imbalanced diet may lead to dyspepsia. Meanwhile, diseases can also cause dyspepsia, for example, gallstones, gastritis, inflammation of the pancreas, stomach or intestinal ulcers. Besides lifestyle and other diseases, overuse of medications such as antibiotics, aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) can also result in dyspepsia. Sometimes the symptoms have even no identifiable cause, which then is often described as functional dyspepsia. Dyspepsia is a wide-spread term and includes symptoms such as: burping, heartburn, nausea, bloating and pain in the upper abdomen.
The treatment of dyspepsia will often depend on its cause. For example, if the dyspepsia is caused by infections or ulcers, then the medications may be antibiotics or acid-blocking drugs. However, dyspepsia is an often seen condition and will primarily be treated with medications to relieve the symptoms. If the symptoms do not improve with proper medication, then an endoscopy may be performed to clarify the cause.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
Note: Your information will be kept anonymously.
Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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