Do You Understand Heartburn? To understand heartburn you need to know when and why is happens.
If you have just finished a large meal and you are relaxing on the couch watching TV; when you feel a burning sensation, which builds in your stomach and creeps its way up behind your breast bone, making your chest feels as if it is on fire.
The burning pain continues moving up to your throat and you have a sour taste in your mouth and the feeling of food coming back into your mouth.
You just experienced a bout of severe heartburn.
Heartburn is a digestive problem.
Heartburn occurs when the stomach acids come in contact with the esophagus, which causes irritation.
Most people experience heartburn occasionally, typically after a meal.
If you only experience heartburn once a month, it is considered to be mild.
If you experience heartburn once a week, it is considered to be moderate.
If you experience heartburn every day, it is considered to be severe.
Those people who only have heartburn about once a month can manage their heartburn with a change of diet, weight loss and over the counter antacids.
Even moderate suffers can find relief with these same remedies.
However there is a small percentage of adults whose heartburn is severe, these remedies will only give temporary relief or partial relief.
Several food and incidents can bring on a bout of heartburn.
Of course the main reason for heartburn is the improper function of the lower esophageal sphincter.
Heartburn can be caused by stress.
Stress can increase the acid production and slow down the process of digesting and ridding the stomach of the food.
It has been found that smoking can cause heartburn.
Certain medications can be associated with heartburn.
Eating large meals or eating shortly before bedtime can cause heartburn.
It has been found certain foods are associated with heartburn.
Foods such as chocolate, fried and fatty foods, peppermint, coffee, alcohol, sugars can all weaken or relax the lower esophageal sphincter.
Pressure on the stomach can cause heartburn and includes bending over often, tight clothes, lifting, obesity, and pregnancy.
A hiatal hernia has also been known to cause heartburn.
For the heartburn suffers the majority of them suffer from mild heartburn.
To them heartburn is more of a nuisance than something serious and can be controlled with a change in the diet and lifestyle.
For those suffering with chronic heartburn with incidents happening several times a week or even as severe as several times a day, the condition can lead to severe complication unless the situation gets treatment quickly.
If you have just finished a large meal and you are relaxing on the couch watching TV; when you feel a burning sensation, which builds in your stomach and creeps its way up behind your breast bone, making your chest feels as if it is on fire.
The burning pain continues moving up to your throat and you have a sour taste in your mouth and the feeling of food coming back into your mouth.
You just experienced a bout of severe heartburn.
Heartburn is a digestive problem.
Heartburn occurs when the stomach acids come in contact with the esophagus, which causes irritation.
Most people experience heartburn occasionally, typically after a meal.
If you only experience heartburn once a month, it is considered to be mild.
If you experience heartburn once a week, it is considered to be moderate.
If you experience heartburn every day, it is considered to be severe.
Those people who only have heartburn about once a month can manage their heartburn with a change of diet, weight loss and over the counter antacids.
Even moderate suffers can find relief with these same remedies.
However there is a small percentage of adults whose heartburn is severe, these remedies will only give temporary relief or partial relief.
Several food and incidents can bring on a bout of heartburn.
Of course the main reason for heartburn is the improper function of the lower esophageal sphincter.
Heartburn can be caused by stress.
Stress can increase the acid production and slow down the process of digesting and ridding the stomach of the food.
It has been found that smoking can cause heartburn.
Certain medications can be associated with heartburn.
Eating large meals or eating shortly before bedtime can cause heartburn.
It has been found certain foods are associated with heartburn.
Foods such as chocolate, fried and fatty foods, peppermint, coffee, alcohol, sugars can all weaken or relax the lower esophageal sphincter.
Pressure on the stomach can cause heartburn and includes bending over often, tight clothes, lifting, obesity, and pregnancy.
A hiatal hernia has also been known to cause heartburn.
For the heartburn suffers the majority of them suffer from mild heartburn.
To them heartburn is more of a nuisance than something serious and can be controlled with a change in the diet and lifestyle.
For those suffering with chronic heartburn with incidents happening several times a week or even as severe as several times a day, the condition can lead to severe complication unless the situation gets treatment quickly.
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