Functional dyspepsia rarely has a single cause — it's usually a combination of how you eat, what you eat, and how stressed you are. Here's what the research identifies as the main risk factors.
Not all indigestion is the same, and the distinction matters more than most people realise. Here's how doctors tell functional dyspepsia apart from organic dyspepsia — and why it changes the treatment approach entirely.
Several recent clinical trials have looked specifically at probiotics in functional dyspepsia — with some studies reporting improvements not just in digestive symptoms but in anxiety too. Here's a closer look at what the studies actually found.