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Hypochlorhydria (저위산증)

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Contents  [hide]  1 Acid environment in the stomach 2 Problems arising from hypochlorhydria 3 Symptoms of hypochlorhydria 4 Cause of hypochlorhydria 5 Treatment of hypochlorhydria 6 Some interesting clinical observations 7 A test for hypochlorhydria - Salivary VEGF 8 Related Tests 9 Related Articles 10 External links

Hypochlorhydria arises when the stomach is unable to produce hydrochloric acid. It is a greatly overlooked cause of problems.

위장이 위산을 제대로 만들지 못하는 상황. 사람들이 흔히 간과하는 문제.

Acid environment in the stomach

The stomach requires an acid environment for several reasons.

위장에서 위산을 만드는 이유:

• acid is required for the digestion of protein, 단백질 소화에 필수
• acid is required for the stomach to empty correctly and failure to do so results in gastro-esophageal reflux disease (see Heartburn), 위장 속의 음식물을 십이지장으로 내보내는데 필요함. 위산이 부족하면 위식도역류질환이 유발된다.
• acid is required to sterilise the stomach and kill bacteria and yeast that may be ingested and
• an acid environment is required for the absorption of certain micronutrients, in particular divalent and trivalent cat-ions such as calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, selenium, boron and so on. 칼슘, 마그네슘, 아연,구리,철,셀레늄,보론 등 미량원소 무기질의 흡수에 필요하다.

As we age, our ability to produce stomach acid declines, but some people are simply not very good at producing stomach acid, sometimes because of pathology in the stomach (such as an allergic gastritis secondary to food intolerance), but sometimes for reasons unknown. 나이가 들면서 위산 생성 능력이 감퇴하긴 하나, 그 외에도 알레르기 위염과 같은 위의 병리증상과

연관이 있다. 때로는 원인을 알 수 없는 저위산증 환자도 있다.  

Problems arising from hypochlorhydria

저위산증으로 일어나는 문제들: 

Failure to digest foods properly. This will result in a general malabsorption of proteins. Indeed, hypochlorhydria as induced by antacids and H2 blockers and protein pump inhibitors substantially increases one's risk of osteoporosis because the body simply does not have the raw material to replace bone. Many degenerative conditions will be associated, therefore, with hypochlorhydria.

음식물의 소화장애로인해서 단백질 흡수가 어렵게 된다.  

위산억제, H2차단제, 양성자펌프차단제...등으로 유발된 저위산증은 결국 골다공증의 위험을 증가시킨다. 이는 인체가 뼈를 만드는

원료물질을 공급받지 못하기 때문이다.

1. Failure to absorb trace elements. Trace elements are essential for normal body functioning. If these are not present  then the biochemistry of the body will go slow, organs will go slow and this will accelerate the ageing process. Therefore, one would expect  to see people getting diseases, such as cancer, heart disease and neuro-degenerative conditions, before their time.
2. Failure to sterilise the stomach contents. This will make individuals more susceptible to gut infections such as gastro-enteritis and possibly enteroviruses such as Epstein-Barr virus, Coxsackie virus, Echovirus and so on. Gastric acid is an essential part of normal defences against disease. Gastric acid is also essential for getting rid of undesirable bacteria and yeast that appear in the diet. Particularly virulent strains, of course, may cause simple food poisoning. However, if there is an overgrowth of bacteria and yeast in the stomach, then foods will get fermented instead of being digested. This produces wind and gas resulting in bloating and alcohols, which may or may not be useful to the body.
3. Allergy to gut microbes. The idea here is that gut microbes are miniscule compared with human cells and all too easily spill over into the bloodstream with the potential to cause allergic or inflammatory reactions at distal sites. Irritable bladder or interstitial cystitis is an obvious case. But I suspect many other pathologies such as arthritis, venous ulcers, rosacea, "intrinsic" asthma, mesenteric adenitis, rheumatic fever, polymyalgia rheumatica and other such can be explained by this mechanism.
4. Fermenting brain. Nishihara has shown that fermenting gut may result in fermenting brain - low levels of microbes in the brain may ferment neurotransmitters into LSD and amphetamine like substances (to cause hyperactivity, psychosis and other such) or ferment out serotonin, acetylcholine, GABA to cause low mood and depression. If this is correct then this explains a whole range of psychiatric conditions and establishes the mechanism of the widely observed food-mood connection. See Nishihara's work at [[1]]
5. Increased risk of stomach cancer. Having the wrong bacteria and yeast in the stomach will irritate the lining of the stomach and increase one's risk of stomach cancer.
6. Malabsorption of vitamin B12. It is well known that the stomach must be acid in order to absorb B12. Indeed, using a proton pump inhibitor such as Omeprazole, will reduce absorption of vitamin B12 to less than 1% of expected. Many people already suffer from borderline B12 deficiency - this is a difficult vitamin for the body to assimilate, but essential for normal biochemistry.
7. Risk factor for cancer. I suspect many bowel tumours are driven by microbes in the upper fermenting gut. Indeed we know that helicobacter pylori infection is a risk factor for stomach cancer. In Japan, where hypochlorhydria is very common, stomach cancer is a major killer.

 

Symptoms of hypochlorhydria

저위산증의 증상 

음식물의 소화, 흡수 불량으로 인해서 빨리 늙는다. 

1. 가스가 발생, 속이 더부룩한 것은 음식물이 소화되지 않고 발효되기 때문인데, 이로인해 과민성대장증상 같은것이 유발된다. 
2. '음식물 알레르기'가 발생하기 쉽다  
3. 이것을 설명하자면, 음식물은 잘 소화되지 않을 경우에 커다란 항원유발 물질 분자가 큰장자로 들어갔을 때 거기서 면역체게
4. 와 부딪치게 되면 알레르기를 유발시킬 수 있다.
5. A tendency to allergies - the reason for this is that if foods are poorly digested, then large antigenically interesting molecules get into the lower gut, where if the immune system reacts against them, that can switch on allergy.
6. 위식도역류 질환 
7. 철 결핍성 빈혈
8. 비타민 B12 결핍
9. A tendency to candida dysbiosis or bacterial dysbiosis.

Cause of hypochlorhydria

저위산증의 발생원인 

The stomach is lined with cells that are proton pumps - that is to say they pump hydrogen ions from the blood stream into the lumen of the stomach. Stomach acid is simply concentrated hydrogen ions. There is a natural tendency for these hydrogen ions to diffuse back from where they came but this is prevented by very tight junctions between stomach wall cells. However, if the gut becomes inflamed for whatever reason, there is leaky gut and hydrogen ions leak back out. A common cause of inflammation and leaky gut is allergy. See Allergy to Foods, Inhalants & Chemicals - signs and symptoms of

위장에는 양성자 펌프가 깔려 있다. 이는 위장의 세포가 혈액 내의 수소이온을 분리해 방출하는 것을 말한다. 위산은, 쉽게 말해서

수소이온을 농축시킨 것이다. 수소이온들은 원래 자신이 온 곳으로 되돌아 가려는 경향이 있는데, 위벽세포들이 이것을 매우 강하게 붙들어 놓는다. 그런데, 어떤 이유로 인해서 위장에 염증이 생기면, 농축했던 수소이온이 원래 있던 곳으로 새어 나가게 된다. 

염증, 그리고 수소이온을 새어 나가게 만드는 위장에서의 가장 흔한 원인은 바로 '알레르기'이다.  

 (*위장의 염증 즉 만성위염을 치료해야만 위산분비가 정상화되고, 알레르기도 자연치료가 된다)

Treatment of hypochlorhydria

저위산증의 치료

The treatment in the short term is to take acid supplements. Indeed, this may explain why cider vinegar is such a popular treatment for many problems - the vinegar acidifies the stomach and improves the digestion of food. Clearly, this has the potential to affect a wide range of conditions. The problem with cider vinegar is that it contains yeast and would therefore not be tolerated by many people.

A second possibility is to take high dose ascorbic acid at mealtimes. Indeed, my standard recommendations for nutritional supplements suggest combining my Mineral Mix with ascorbic acid to be taken at mealtimes. Ascorbic acid, combined with the minerals, most of which are in the chloride form, reacts to form a combination of mineral ascorbates and hydrochloric acid. This is the perfect mixture to optimise absorption because it mildly acidifies the stomach and puts the minerals into the best available form to be absorbed, i.e. the ascorbate, and, of course, an acid environment.

The third approach is to take betaine hydrochloride. This is available in capsules, which need to be taken with food and the dose adjusted according to the response. I suggest that people start off with one capsule initially and build up to, maybe, four or five capsules depending on the size of the meal and the response to treatment. Often in the longer term with the correct diet (low glycaemic index, low allergy potential, smaller meals), getting rid of helicobacter pylori, and correct gut flora this cures the chronic gastritis and the stomach is again able to produce acid normally.

1. 산성 보조제를 섭취한다. 식초 종류

2. 비타민c를 많은 양 복용한다. 

3. 베타인 염산염을 섭취한다

   처음 1캠슐로 시작한다. 먹은 음식물의 양, 직전 베타인 섭취결과에 따라, 4개에서 5개 까지 복용한다.  장기적으로 볼 때,

   평상시의 음식물 섭취를 정확히 하고 (저 혈당지수 음식, 저 알레르기 음식, 소식 등) 헬리코박터를 제균하고,

   위장flora를 개선하면, 만성 위장염은 고칠 수 있다. 위장은 다시 위산을 정상적으로 분비할 수 있게 된다.

 

Some interesting clinical observations

흥미로운 임상사례들 

It has been well known now for many decades that childhood asthma is associated with hypochlorhydria. Asthma in children tends to be caused by allergy to foods. If these foods are poorly digested, then they will be very much more antigenic and therefore very much more likely to switch on allergies and, therefore, asthma. Indeed, a study done in the 1930s showed that 80% of children with asthma also have hypochlorhydria. The two conditions are undoubtedly related. As the child's stomach matures and acid eventually is produced, then the asthma disappears. What often occurs with hypochlorhydric children is that they malabsorb their food and therefore tend to be underweight. So clinically it is unusual to see overweight kids with asthma - almost invariably they are thin children who wheeze. The treatment is as above, as well as trying to identify provoking foods. The commonest allergy food, of course, are dairy products.

과거 수 십년 간의 사례는 어린 시절에 앓은 천식이 저위산증과 관련있다. 아이들 천식은 음식물 알레르기와 관련이 있다,

이러한 음식물들이 잘 소화되지 않았을 경우, 항원이 되어서 결국 음식물 알레르기가 일어나게 된다. 1930년대 연구결과는 80%의

천식을 앓은 아이들이 저위산증을 갖고 있음을 보고하였다. 저위산증과 천식의 관련성은 의심할 여지가 없다. 

아이들이 나이를 먹으면서 위장이 정상 발육하면 위산이 잘 생산되고, 천식은 사라질 것이다.  간혹 저위산증 아이들이 겪는 것은

음식을 잘 소화시키지 못해서 체중이 미달된다는 것이다. 병원에서 볼 때, 과체중인 환자 아이들이 천식을 앓는 일은 거의 보기 힘들다. 

예외없이 삐쩍 마른 애들이 천식을 앓는다. 천식의 치료방법은 위에 적은 대로이며, 알레르기를 일으키는 음식을 피하는 것을 물론이다. 

가장 흔한 알레르기 유발 물질은 낙농제품(우유,치즈,버터,크림 등)이다.

A test for hypochlorhydria - Salivary VEGF

Dr John McLaren-Howard has again come up with a brilliant suggestion for a simple test to identify hypochlorhydria. The idea here is that it is very difficult for the stomach to produce stomach acid. The normal acidity of blood is about pH7, but the acidity of stomach acid can be as low as pH1 - that means that hydrogen ions (which create acidity) are a million times more concentrated in the stomach than in the bloodstream. So the stomach wall has a very difficult job to do. The gastric parietal cells need quite a bit of energy from ATP to pump hydrogen ions from the inside of the parietal cell into the lumen of the stomach. The difficult bit is stopping these hydrogen ions leaking back again. This is achieved because the gastric parietal cells form a protective barrier between each other at the cell membrane tight junction to stop hydrogen ions leaking back. Because this is extremely hard work and the body does not want to waste energy, the main regulator for the cell membrane tight junction is vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).

What this means is that the more stomach acid is produced, the more VEGF is necessary to keep the glue going between gastric parietal cells. Therefore, one would expect salivary VEGF levels to be proportionate to the amount of stomach acid. And indeed this is the case. There is a huge amount of research that has been done with respect to VEGF, most of which is to do with high levels. However, the reverse is also true and low levels of VEGF would be a pointer towards hypochlorhydria.

This test would be invalidated by taking proton pump inhibitors and possibly other acid blockers, so for the best chance of an accurate result, really these drugs need to be stopped for four days prior to doing the test.

VEGF test - the practicalities

Saliva for VEGF tests should be unstimulated. That is: a sample is given at least one hour after a meal and at least 15 minutes after drinking soft drinks, tea or coffee. A break of 24 hours after alcohol ingestion is needed AND a similar break after any proton-pump-inhibitor drugs are used and ideally any drug that interferes with stomach acidity. Put 1-2ml of saliva into the blue topped trace element free tube supplied and post to Acumen to arrive on a working day.

Bicarbonate burp test

This may give a rough guide - the idea here is that sodium bicarbonate, when swallowed, reacts with stomach acid to make carbon dioxide which is subsequently burped up. The timing of the burp gives a clue as to how acid the stomach is. It is at least cheap and DIY. See [[[2]]]

Related Tests

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)- salivary test for hypochlorhydria