Patient was educated on complications of dyspepsia (indigestion) as follows:

  1. Chronic and unresolved episodes of dyspepsia can lead to severe abdominal pain and trouble breathing.
  2. Abdominal fullness can result in episodes of regurgitation of gastric contents.
  3. Chronic regurgitation can result in cancer of esophagus, due to the injury caused by the acid contents of the stomach.
  4. Abdominal fullness and regurgitation makes it difficult to swallow and patients can often present with nausea and vomiting.
  5. Diminished intake of nutrition with vomiting can result in weight loss and can be alarming.