Entered 2023.10.16 19:30 Views 17 Entered 2023.10.16 19:30 Modified 2023.10.16 18:18 Views 17 If you sleep soon after a late-night meal on an autumn night when your appetite increases, you may be exposed to ‘reflux esophagitis.’ . [사진=클립아트코리아]
It is easy for anyone to gain weight in the fall, the season of high body weight. As the weather gets cooler, my appetite strangely increases. This is because it is a time when body fat is accumulated in the body in preparation for the coming winter, and it is easy for food cravings to increase. Another reason why appetite increases is because brain stimulation occurs as temperatures drop in fall compared to summer.
Due to this increased appetite, people often overeat or eat late-night snacks because they cannot overcome their hunger during the night. If you sleep soon after a late-night meal, you may be exposed to ‘reflux esophagitis.’
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◆ The reason why your appetite increases in the fall season
In the fall, as sunlight decreases and temperatures drop, changes occur in our bodies. As blood vessels contract and blood circulation becomes active, the blood volume in the stomach increases. For this reason, gastrointestinal motility becomes active and appetite increases.
Additionally, as the amount of sunlight decreases, melatonin, which signals hunger, increases, increasing appetite. On the other hand, the secretion of serotonin hormone, which regulates mood, decreases, making you feel depressed more often, making it easier to binge eat.
◆ If increased appetite leads to late-night snacking and binge eating
Like this, frequent late-night snacking and binge eating that comes with fall can promote excessive gastric acid secretion, increase pressure in the stomach, and lead to reflux esophagitis, in which stomach acid flows back. In particular, people who enjoy eating fatty foods such as chicken or pizza as a late-night snack have slow digestion speed and often go to bed before the food is digested, which puts a strain on the stomach.
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◆ Reasons for the increase in reflux esophagitis
Reflux esophagitis is an inflammation of the esophagus that occurs when stomach contents or stomach acid reflux into the esophagus. The number of patients with reflux esophagitis is increasing every year due to frequent overtime work and company dinner culture. When reflux esophagitis occurs, stomach acid flows back into the esophagus, causing heartburn, a feeling of a foreign body stuck in the throat, sore throat, and coughing. If you experience hoarseness, a foreign body sensation in your throat, bad breath, residual cough, or severe heartburn or chest pain that interferes with your daily life more than once a week, you should suspect reflux esophagitis.
◆ Preventive measures to prevent recurrence of reflux esophagitis
Reflux esophagitis is a disease with frequent recurrences, and as it occurs repeatedly, symptoms may become worse than at the beginning. If esophagitis is left untreated, complications such as esophageal stricture and esophageal ulcers may occur, and in severe cases, the risk of developing esophageal cancer increases. In particular, it is best to refrain from excessive drinking, smoking, overwork, and stress, as these are risk factors that can worsen symptoms. You should prevent symptoms from occurring through a regular diet and moderate exercise.
2023-10-16 10:34:24
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