Symptoms of dyspepsia among first-year students

Abstract

To study the symptoms of dyspepsia among first-year students of the Medical Institute there was a survey among 51 students, with an average age of 18 years, 30 of them are females, and 21 are males. The study included dyspepsia issues, its duration, nature, periodicity, frequency, seasonality, relationship with food intake and concomitant diseases of the digestive system. Symptoms of dyspepsia were determined in 33.6% of the respondents. The most common symptom of dyspepsia was a feeling of heaviness in the epigastric region, nausea, pain in the epigastric region, sometimes heartburn, nausea and belching. According to our data, functional dyspepsia is more common than organic dyspepsia, which amounted to 9.8%, possibly due to previously diagnosed diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. In the last two years, the overwhelming majority of respondents have developed symptoms of dyspepsia, which coincides with the high level of stress and psycho-emotional stress during the school period and with the adaptation of the freshman. For the prevention of symptoms of dyspepsia, the recommendations for first-year students are: regularly undergo preventive medical examinations, observe the regime and principles of rational nutrition. We have developed practical recommendations for the prevention of symptoms of dyspepsia among first-year students.