Symptoms

Burning sensation in the mouth or throat.

Eruptive noise from mouth and throat accompanied by nausea.

Causes

• Swallowing excess air (aerophagia).
• Eat or drink too fast.
• Drink carbonated beverages.
• Drink through a straw.
• Talk while chewing.
• Gall stones.
• Gastric ulcers, gastritis, acid reflux disease.
• Diabetes mellitus.
• Hiatus hernia.

You can reduce belching if you

• Eat and drink slowly.
• Eat 4-6 mini meals with small bites and mouth closed.
• Avoid carbonated drinks and beer- they release carbon di oxide gas.
• Skip gum and hard candy.
• Don’t smoke.
• Check your dentures- poorly fitting dentures can cause to swallow excess air.
• Treat gastritis, gastric ulcers, and reflux disease.

Infants burping

• Accumulation of gas in the stomach while feeding.
• Agitation to the child unless it’s burped.
• Burping can cause vomiting in the infants, burp cloth or pad is employed on the shoulder to protect the adults clothing.
• Holding the infants up to the adults shoulder with the infant’s stomach resting on the adult’s chest, and gently patting over the lower back.