Not exact matches
Lots of taste cells are situated
at the top of the intestines — not much different from the ones on our tongues — and these taste the
contents of the
stomach.
It normally stops by the time a baby is a year old, when the ring of muscle
at the bottom of their oesophagus fully develops and stops
stomach contents leaking out.
If an emergency arises, you may need general anesthesia, which puts you
at risk for vomiting while you're unconscious and inhaling your
stomach contents into your lungs.
Also, if some of the
stomach contents get into the nose or lungs, a baby with GERD might develop respiratory problems like pneumonia, a cough
at night, or sinus or ear infections.
In reflux, the muscle
at the top of the
stomach (called the lower esophageal sphincter, or LES) allows
stomach contents to come up out of the
stomach and into the esophagus.
Research by Robert Bilby, an aquatic ecologist
at the Weyerhaeuser Company, shows that up to 78 percent of the
stomach contents of young coho salmon and steelhead are salmon carcasses and eggs.
The
stomach and small intestines can not secrete their
contents as well, the gut lining has less of a protective mucous barrier, and the small intestinal lining is exposed to food by - products
at dangerously high concentration only for a lack of fluid to dilute it.
Whether or not the
stomach contents can be emptied, continued treatment may be recommended
at a veterinary hospital.
As humans, we're often able to pinpoint the exact cause of an unwelcome revisitation of our
stomach contents (that $ 5.99 discount seafood buffet sounded like a good idea
at the time).