What causes hyperacidity?

Answer 1

If you mean gastric hyperacidity, a few things cause it. Here are a few of the more likely culprits: * Various medications that cause gastric irritation. * Injestion of lots of acidic foods. * Stress! All of this can be easily treated in various ways. Reducing causitive factors is of course the best way to go, but isn't always possible. Antacids are available over the counter in pharmacies, and apply basic chemistry; you can offset acids with a base or alkaline substance. Likewise, other medications inhibit the formation of acids in the stomach (e.g. PPI's or proton pump inhibitors). A chat with your pharamacist will clear this up. If this is an ongoing problem, talk to your doctor. If you mean acidosis -- an overaccumulation of acids in the body at large (when your blood plasma pH drops below 7.3-7.45) -- that's a different story. While it too can be caused by diet (too many acids or too few bases), it can also be caused by failure to exhale enough carbon dioxide. Your normal breathing breaths in oxygen rich air, absorbs oxygen, and outgasses CO2. When you fail to outgass enough CO2, it forms into carbonic acid. This can happen after heavy excercise, panic, or chronic breathing difficulties. The cure for this depends on the cause.