A baby vomiting after feeding experience a food channel problem called ‘gastro-esophageal reflux (GER)’. This situation happens when food or milk in the stomach flows back into the oesophagus or the food channel which connects the mouth part and the stomach.
This reflux can happen after or when the baby eats. In the lower part of the food channel before it meet the stomach, there is a spiral muscle which controls the food travel so that the foods eaten cannot flow back from the stomach. This spiral muscle is called ‘lower oesophageal spincter’.
11-11-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Children, Digestive System
Food poisoning is a type of gastroenteritis caused by food which has been contaminated by poison, usually bacteria. Depending to the poison’s type, abdominal spasm, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea will happen within 3 to 24 hours. If food has been contaminated by bacteria, bacteria will produce a poison which is known as toxin. Toxin provides a direct impact to intestinal layer and causes inflammation. There are various types of bacteria causing food poisoning but the usual ones are salmonella, shigella, staphylococcus and E. coli are a major cause of food poisoning among babies, especially babies who bottle suckling.
02-03-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Children, Digestive System
Liver produces bile – a chocolate green colored liquid containing bile salt, fat liquid, cholesterol and other chemical materials.
This emulsion kept in the gall-bladder until it is required to digest fats in your small intestine. When eating, your gall bladder would contract and releases bile through sistic duct and enter ordinary bile duct.
This bile duct then will bring the bile to the top small intestine (duodenum) where there it will first break fats in your food.
02-02-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Digestive System, Gallstone, Stones
Benefits of probiotic to health which have been proven clinically:
- Lighten and reduce allergic reaction to lactose (milk)
Lactase enzyme transforms lactose (in dairy product) into glucose and galactose which can be used by our body. Those who are already allergic to lactose have not enough lactase enzyme level. This mean lactose cannot be digested and absorbed, causing diarrhoea, collywobbles, stomach bloating and pain in their abdomen. Probiotic such as Laktobasilus gasseri yields lactase, therefore it can help to rise the low level enzyme therefore simultaneously reducing this allergic reaction.
25-01-2008 by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Digestive System
Probiotics are a good bacterium that stays on the intestinal wall making us stronger and healthier. It promotes good health, produce balance and help the digestive system to function well.
by Drali @mesrahealth
category: Digestive System
