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Indegestion
Treatment in the home
- Try and work out what foods make the pain worse and avoid them
- Avoid alcohol
- Try to avoid stress
- Have regular meals
- Raise the head of your bed
- Avoid smoking
- Avoid taking aspirin unless instructed to do so by your doctor
- Rest in a chair
- Take antacids or half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda in a glass of water
- Drink fluids in small amounts
When to go to the doctors
- If symptoms are persistent or getting progressively worse
- If there is abdominal pain, cough or loss of appetite
- If you are aged over 45
- If you have been taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g. paracetamol or ibuprofen) or aspirin
- Immediately if;
- You have had a sudden onset of indigestion or it is related to exercise
- Your indigestion is accompanied by weight loss or vomiting
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