Have you ever experienced these uncomfortable
phenomenon immediately after taking down a
very nice diet? Have you ever wondered what might be causing the unpleasant soft burn somewhere around your heart?
It feels like someone has just set up a tiny flame
inside of you that burns softly.
Heart burn also called pyrosis,cardialgia , or acid
indigestion. It is a burning sensation in the
chest, somewhere behind the breastbone or in
the epigastrium, referring to the upper, central
abdomen.
We all know about the esophagus right? The tube
that connects the mouth to the stomach. It is
made of muscles that work to push food towards
the stomach in rhythmic waves.
Within the stomach, food is prevented from
refluxing (flowing back into the esophagus), by a
special area of circular muscle located at the
junction of the esophagus and stomach, called
the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). A pressure
difference across the diaphragm, the flat
muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen, also
tends to keep stomach contents within the
stomach.

The stomach was designed to combines food
together with acids, and enzymes so as to break
them down, that is digestion. There are special
protective cells that line the stomach to prevent
the acid from causing inflamation on the walls of
the stomach but the walls of the esophagus does
not have this protection on them, and if stomach
acid and digestive juices reflux back into the
esophagus, they can cause inflammation and
damage to its unprotected lining and when this
occurs, that is when.we feel the burning pain.

Common Treatments For Heart Burn

- Eat smaller, more frequent meals

- Avoid eating before bedtime

- Avoid alcohol, aspirin, ibuprofen, and caffeine

- Stop smoking

- Elevate the head of the bed (or use two or
three pillows) to allow gravity to keep acid in
the stomach and avoid acid reflux.
-Take Antacids after meals, at bedtime, or
when needed, to bind excess acid in the stomach
and to coat the esophagus.

- Take it easy when we consume some common
foods and drinks stimulate or cause irritations
which increase stomach acid secretion which can
set the stage for heartburn. Examples of these
irritants include:
Alcohol
Caffeine
Aspirin (Bayer, etc.),
Buprofen (Motrin, Advil, Nuprin, etc)
Naproxen (Naprosyn, Aleve)
Carbonated beverages,
Acidic juices (grapefruit, orange,
pineapple)
and
chocolate.
Etc……
Heartburn appears not to be so complicated but
sometimes if ignored can put on some red lights.
Recurrent irritation and inflammation of the
esophagus can lead to ulcers. These can cause
serious
bleeding.
Scarring and stricture during acid reflux can
changes the type of cells lining the esophagus,
causing a condition known as Barrett’s
esophagus, which is associated with an increased
risk of esophageal cancer.

source:
http://cliniconomy.com/2014/07/what-causes-heart-burn/

Jayclinics:
Have you ever experienced these uncomfortable
phenomenon immediately after taking down a
very nice diet? Have you ever wondered what might be causing the unpleasant soft burn somewhere around your heart?
It feels like someone has just set up a tiny flame
inside of you that burns softly.
Heart burn also called pyrosis,cardialgia , or acid
indigestion. It is a burning sensation in the
chest, somewhere behind the breastbone or in
the epigastrium, referring to the upper, central
abdomen.
We all know about the esophagus right? The tube
that connects the mouth to the stomach. It is
made of muscles that work to push food towards
the stomach in rhythmic waves.
Within the stomach, food is prevented from
refluxing (flowing back into the esophagus), by a
special area of circular muscle located at the
junction of the esophagus and stomach, called
the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). A pressure
difference across the diaphragm, the flat
muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen, also
tends to keep stomach contents within the
stomach.

The stomach was designed to combines food
together with acids, and enzymes so as to break
them down, that is digestion. There are special
protective cells that line the stomach to prevent
the acid from causing inflamation on the walls of
the stomach but the walls of the esophagus does
not have this protection on them, and if stomach
acid and digestive juices reflux back into the
esophagus, they can cause inflammation and
damage to its unprotected lining and when this
occurs, that is when.we feel the burning pain.

Common Treatments For Heart Burn

- Eat smaller, more frequent meals

- Avoid eating before bedtime

- Avoid alcohol, aspirin, ibuprofen, and caffeine

- Stop smoking

- Elevate the head of the bed (or use two or
three pillows) to allow gravity to keep acid in
the stomach and avoid acid reflux.
-Take Antacids after meals, at bedtime, or
when needed, to bind excess acid in the stomach
and to coat the esophagus.

- Take it easy when we consume some common
foods and drinks stimulate or cause irritations
which increase stomach acid secretion which can
set the stage for heartburn. Examples of these
irritants include:
Alcohol
Caffeine
Aspirin (Bayer, etc.),
Buprofen (Motrin, Advil, Nuprin, etc)
Naproxen (Naprosyn, Aleve)
Carbonated beverages,
Acidic juices (grapefruit, orange,
pineapple)
and
chocolate.
Etc……
Heartburn appears not to be so complicated but
sometimes if ignored can put on some red lights.
Recurrent irritation and inflammation of the
esophagus can lead to ulcers. These can cause
serious
bleeding.
Scarring and stricture during acid reflux can
changes the type of cells lining the esophagus,
causing a condition known as Barrett’s
esophagus, which is associated with an increased
risk of esophageal cancer.

source:
http://cliniconomy.com/2014/07/what-causes-heart-burn/

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