Wet burp

A wet burp is a slang term for a burp where small amounts of liquid are regurgitated. It is similar to vomiting—one who experiences a wet burp often has an acidic/burning sensation in the mouth, which can be displeasurable.^[1] In addition to the cause of this typically being related to acid reflux disease, it also occurs if an individual consumes too much food for the stomach to handle. This results in the partially digested contents of the stomach to back up into the esophageal canal, which may cause small amounts of the bile and food to come up during the burp. This may also be accompanied by excessive, deep burping. Wet burping can also take place if someone consumes food too quickly, resulting in air being trapped throughout the stomach's chyme. When the air is released, it carries small amounts of chyme with it.

According to Charles Bourland, a consultant for the NASA Food Technology Commercial Space Center, if one burps in outer space, it is usually wet because the liquid and gas do not separate in the stomach like they do on Earth.^[2]

References

↑ "Acid Reflux Symptoms". WebMD. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
↑ Hsu, Jeremy. "Beer for Space Tourists: More Taste, Fewer Wet Burps". msnbc.com. Retrieved June 28, 2011.

Symptoms and signs: digestive system and abdomen (R10–R19, 787,789)

Upper	Nausea Vomiting Heartburn Aerophagia Dysphagia oropharyngeal esophageal Odynophagia Halitosis Xerostomia Hypersalivation Burping Wet burp

Defaecation	Flatulence Fecal incontinence Encopresis Blood: Fecal occult blood Rectal tenesmus Constipation Obstructed defecation Diarrhea Rectal discharge Football sign Psoas sign Obturator sign Rovsing's sign Hamburger sign Heel tap sign Aure-Rozanova's sign Dunphy sign Alder's sign Lockwood's sign Rosenstein's sign

Abdomen	Abdominal pain Acute abdomen Colic Baby colic Abdominal guarding Rebound tenderness Abdominal distension Bloating Ascites Tympanites Shifting dullness Bulging flanks Fluid wave test Abdominal mass Hepatosplenomegaly Hepatomegaly Splenomegaly Jaundice Mallet-Guy sign Puddle sign

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